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Guru Woodman · 12-13-2015, 12:31 AM

Toyota made a gas turbine powered concept car in 1988

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Tcoat · 12-13-2015, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by carbonBLUE

Toyota is also holds the most shares in Fuji heavy industries aka Subaru. So it's a Toyota lol

Toyota also started out as a textile company. They still dive deep into those roots. Example. They own one of only two carbon fiber weaving machines. NASA owns the other one.

I believe that Toyota holds under 10% of the shares so not sure that they have the "most" and certainly not enough to call them Toyota.

KR-S · 12-13-2015, 12:56 AM

Now I'm learning some cool, actual concepts from Toyota.

The FXV-II and the GTV look like they were the precursors for the SC and MKIV Supra platform.

carbonBLUE · 12-13-2015, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

I believe that Toyota holds under 10% of the shares so not sure that they have the "most" and certainly not enough to call them Toyota.

Toyota has a 16.48% stake in FHI which makes them the largest share of FHI owned by a single entity.

KR-S · 12-13-2015, 02:59 AM

Toyota 4500GT (2:13)

Used a 4.5L derivative of the 1UZ-FE engine.

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elBarto · 12-13-2015, 06:14 AM

Also don't forget they also make these:

and offcourse this:

I wonder if you could do a 2JZ swap with one of those

Guru Woodman · 12-13-2015, 09:00 AM

They stopped making these...

Tcoat · 12-13-2015, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru Woodman

They stopped making these...

And these

KR-S · 12-13-2015, 12:33 PM

Japan had a Scion equivalent called WiLL, which was a collaboration with various other Japanese companies to offer products to the youth. The WiLL vehicles were produced by Toyota; the most notable of which (from a performance standpoint) is the WiLL VS. One of its engine choices was the 2ZZ-GE, which also powered the last-gen Celica GT-S and SS-II.

I wonder why Toyota never brought it here as a Scion. It would have been a hit and it looks far better than the Matrix XRS or Vibe GT.

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Guru Woodman · 12-13-2015, 12:36 PM

I know why they didn't bring this one as Scion in NA

KR-S · 12-13-2015, 12:39 PM

Lol, never saw that in the Scion lineup

86 South Africa · 12-13-2015, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by go_a_way1

I don't think any of us drive a Toyota, they are ALL made by Subaru, in a Subaru factory hahahaha!!

Most of your clothes are made in China/the Philippines, but you still call them Levi's or Nike's? Haha.

So what diff does it make!?

go_a_way1 · 12-13-2015, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 86 South Africa

Most of your clothes are made in China/the Philippines, but you still call them Levi's or Nike's? Haha.

So what diff does it make!?

Lol good point

Guru Woodman · 12-13-2015, 03:50 PM

For those who are confused as to who owns what, here is a map of Toyota activities.
Subaru (or Fuji Heavy Industries) is considered a small independent.

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