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I hope it turns out as good as it looks in production or concept. I'm cautiously optomistic.
I'm old enough to remember 1984 and the introduction of the concept and production of the original MR2. It was promised at a particular price and was introduced a few thousand higher. It was also promised to be around 1800 lbs and was just over 2200 by the time it was in production. If they had hit the target weight, the 1600 CC engine might have been fine but coming in 400 lbs heavier than promised, it wasn't near the car it could've been. I owned one and loved it but sure wished it had been lighter.
They then wanted to put in a 2 liter but found it wouldn't fit. The super charged version was their solution but it didn't come out until later. The larger engine not fitting was one of the reasons the second generation car was built. I hope they get close to the target weight this time.
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