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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Best Car's record on the new ones only looks good if you only read the one immediately before the car showed up and they had real info. Go back even a few months and it was not even close to reality.
Totaly ridiculous to think the CEO of Toyota waited until the car was ready and then said "oh no no no make it better than the BRZ even if we have to wait"
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I agree that I think they are making a guess as to release dates and mechanical details, and reading the article it kind of feels like they are extrapolating from a very small bit of information. I think its a mistake to do that anyway, I think the 'twins' image is far far more positive in nature to say how people view the Supra BMW venture. I think its actually a positive, and one hopes that there isn't from some kind of of management frustration with how that project played out (the Toyota got a lower power engine profile)
In regards to bestcar - this is from early 2019
https://bestcarweb.jp/news/scoop/93965
They got a few things right - they did pick that it would be the same platform, suspension layout, NA FA2.4, with much more torque than power (although it was a lower number of 217hp, 177lbft), also got the date right (mid 2021), and keeping the auto and manual box (though that probably isn't hard to predict).
They also got the dimension changes pretty close - 10mm longer, 5mm wider, 5mm lower - though failed to predict the (admittedly extremely small) change in wheelbase, saying it was unchanged.
The bits they got very wrong was that they predicted little styling changes and that it would not be another generation as such, just more like a continuation on the first model - which I think you could kind of argue based on silhouette and general layout, but I think its a bit of a stretch.
It will be interesting anyway - I've now put out feelers for a BRZ deposit (seems a bit harder to achieve, but I'm working on it), and honestly I'm not going to wait for the 86 if its late because I actually need a car!