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Now I'm just as pissed at Toyota for not building much in the way of sports cars in the past decade, but anyone trying to claim that Toyota "doesn't know how" to build a sports car or that their sports cars "aren't sporty enough" can go pound sand. Seriously. The proof is there that they can and they have.

It is not profitable to waste energy building a sports car for a few thousand units per year, when you can build millions of normal, boring, sedate commuter cars that the masses will buy. That is why Toyota has not built a proper sports car in years. It is only because Akio Toyoda stepped in as President and acknowledged that there were no enthusiast offerings in the line-up that changes were made. Since then we have gotten the Lexus IS-F and the F-Sport model line, the LF-A (call it what you like but it's exotic, fast and people lust after it, bottom line), and finally the 86/FR-S. Now they have plans for two more sport models, likely a new Supra and MR2.

Toyota has been involved in nearly every major racing series in the past 40 years, and currently competes in numerous racing series including the 24hrs of Le Mans (next year they will prove a true threat to Audi), 24hrs of Nurburgring (which all of the Toyota/Lexus entries won their classes), NASCAR (I don't watch that $#!t) and Japan Super GT (that's right, a V8 race Prius motherf#%ker!). There should be no question that they know how to build race cars. So what if they didn't win Formula 1? Are you fielding a Formula 1 team right now? I didn't think so. Just to be able to compete in Formula 1 is a serious accomplishment. There are only what, 4 types of engines powering F1 right now? Mercedes Ferrari, Renault and Cosworth. Many carmakers have come and gone. To discount them by saying that they didn't win is ignorant to say the least.

Yeah, I'm a Toyota Fanboy. I'm also a Subaru fanboy. Also a Mazda Fanboy. And a Nissan Fanboy. And an Audi fanboy. And a BMW fanboy. And a Ferrari fanboy. And a Porsche fanboy. The list goes on...

Bottom line: Toyota can and has built a sports car. Subaru can and has built a sports car. The Toyota 86 and the Subaru BRZ are proof and enthusiasts worldwide are grateful for this.