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Originally Posted by Justin.b
The MRS was a single generation run lasting only a few years, same for the last Celica.
I'm not talking about performance necessarily - mainly sales.
And on the sales and performance front, the LFA is fail. Toyota takes so damn long to make a new car that the supercar bar moved twice while they were weaving their carbon fiber. They built the LFA to kick the F430s ass. Unfortunately by the time it came out it was sniffing the tailpipes of the 458 for almost double the price.
I'm not denying that Toyota HAS made some sports cars through the years, I'm just saying that their last successful sport cars were designed over 20 years ago.
-Justin
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first off, i appreciate that this has stayed relatively civil for an ft86 club "debate." i think thats worth mentioning.
evo uk said the lfa was "the best supercar japan has ever made" when comparing it directly to the 599gto and unlike the 458, it doesnt randomly catch fire.
in the last 20 years toyota has developed two generations of celicas (successful or not, thats debatable), mr2 spyder (again debatable), isf, lfa and frs. what company has had more effort in the sports car realm over the last 20 years? maybe mazda but i doubt they met the sales volume of toyota.