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Old 05-07-2019, 12:55 PM   #1084
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Originally Posted by unhappymeal View Post
There was also quite a bit of discussion as to why it was a joint venture. Tada theorizes that if it was a purely Toyota car, it would've taken 2+ more years, a new factory and have a price tag over $100,000. Of course, to those who know the industry, this is no surprise.

https://jalopnik.com/why-the-2020-to...why-1834540861
yup, A70TTR (former engineer on A90 project) said that if Toyota had reskin the LC500 to look like the FT1 then it would have been a $100k+ car.
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