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Originally Posted by chipmunk
From Forbes:
Japan’s No 1 carmaker is joining forces with small car experts Suzuki and Daihatsu to build a compact sports car.
Expect these three coupes to land in showrooms in 2025, with the as yet unnamed sports cars’ price hovering in the mid $20,000s.
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Lol, as much as I wish this was true, it seems very unlikely. If something were to arise from such a collab, it is more likely to end up as a ‘Japan only’ kei car, like the S660. In fact, it would likely end up with a 660ml engine to fit within the kei regs, maybe with a 1L option for those Japanese prepared to pay full price. Almost no chance of such a car being sold outside Japan if it even happens.
If Toyota were really going to make a dedicated new MR2, I think it’s more likely it would be an EV like the styling concept they showed a while ago.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/43507/...like-a-new-mr2
But even that is unlikely to ever enter production - it played its role as a styling concept and will soon be forgotten. A shame, because a tiny RWD EV sports coupe that is affordable would be one way to entice me out of my ICE RWD and into an EV instead.