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Originally Posted by Dimman
Remember that the chassis info has been revised. It's no longer Legacy/Impreza based (likely a rumour that came from the test mule). It's all new and hopefully single purpose, like the Miata. If that is the case it won't have any extra unnecessary weight from platform sharing like the Z. If they attack weight as seriously as Nissan did with the Z, in the name of efficiency and performance, sub-2500 lbs is actually very reasonable.
If Toyota's thinking ahead, they should be introducing weight-saving measures and production methods (left over LFA carbon-fiber facilities?) across their line to keep ahead of the competition in the economy war. If they do, economies of scale come into play.
And that could mean an inexpensive, very light FT86/FR-S.
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Wow, great, but I don't think it will happen soon. Toyota corp has to deal with is with customers, and stockholders. Those freak stockholders would like more revenue. They don't care to spend on something like this until everyone start to do it( well, why would they care when they drive Germans and Italians?). This is why Toyota is not like what it used to be, just like other corps.
EDIT: I mean Big Stock and Shareholders.