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Originally Posted by reni
Maybe a bit harsh but anyone who believed this had any chance of actually reaching production really only has themselves to blame.
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Wasn't too far fetched to believe it at the time:
-Toyota was on record for saying they want three sports cars (three brothers) in their lineup.
-The 86/FRS had been released, the Supra was well on its way (mules and whatnot I think appeared around this time, so there was somewhat of a sports car revival momentum happening.
-The SF-R looked quite production ready for a concept, there wasn't really anything about it that looked like "no chance that element is making it to production"
All signs were pointing in the direction that this was the next/third brother sports car coming out. It was never confirmed though and as time went on and all the news about this car just disappeared, plus the slowing 86 sales, the "meh" reactions to the Supra for the most part....seemed like if it was ever close to being green lit, the market changed and it got shelved instead.