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Originally Posted by brewksy
This whole argument precipitated because that one guy said Toyota never made a single successful sportscar and that Subaru had to bail them out. We were just correcting him.
There's obviously a team aspect in the development and we all get that, but to say Toyota was inept at creating a sportscar was ridiculous.
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I'd have to agree with him on that. Toyota *today* has been entirely full of fail on any performance car since the Supra. The MR-S was a flop, the Celica was a flop, the LFA was a flop.
I can't think of a car company less likely to deliver something like the ft86 than Toyota.
I'm glad it's here, but Toyota's own internal corporate culture makes it very difficult to expect great things from them. They don't take risks anymore. I had bet that the ft86 was going to end up weighing 3300 pounds and would be fitted with Camry seats. I'm pleasantly surprised, but it's very un-toyota.
-Justin