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Originally Posted by Red-86
I’m surprised they even sell the 2.0 Supra in North America. Here in Australia they don’t even offer the 2.0 as it would cost nearly as much as the 3.0 and almost no-one would buy it as a result.
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Yes 👍 it’s interesting indeed. I do know a lot of dealership franchise level groups (all independent firms in North America) went into long discussions on this, and one thing they opted was for it to have a much lower MSRP. Hence I believe the 4 cylinders were chosen to fill the gap for buyers with credit limits at $50,000 or less, and wanted to cater to them too. So the North American 2.0L are priced aggressively low compared to the 3.0L and void of many luxury items.
On the flip side, the 2.0L has significantly more centralized center of mass, less overhanging weight, and dynamically very agile and different. I guess it worked out for consumers because there are more choices. It’s rare for Toyota to offfer a choice on a A90/91 like this today with such small market. But I guess the Supra was that important to the company as flagship sports car.