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Originally Posted by HawaiiShrimp
The New Supra:
1. No MT
2. No original Toyota engine
3. No original Toyota trans
4. Not good looking
5. Fake vents
6. Not Toyota interior
I will not consider buying the new Supra for the reasons above.
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The bolded IMO are reasons to buy the car. When is the last time you have driven any Toyota? When is the last time Toyota ever built anything that was close to best in class? When is the last time they mass produced a great engine or transmission? Have you sat in a Toyota interior of late? BMW's worst interior is miles better than Toyota's best. Toyota indeed does know what it's doing which is why they left it to BMW to build these cars as they know if they built the Supra there would be only two possible outcomes;
- It would have been a very good car but cost well over $100k making it unattainable for the consumers that actually would purchase this car.
- If they made it affordable it would be a bloated 4000 lb pig based on a mediocre Lexus platform that would likely get outperformed by cars like Golf R, Civic Type R, STI, etc.
People should be grateful that this car exists and there's another option out there for a mid-ranged performance coupe at a time when cars are disappearing rapidly in the marketplace being replaced by SUV's. The people on the internet that constantly whine about everything are the reason we can't have nice things as nothing is ever good enough for some people. Everything has to be just perfect like a fairy tale. Just be happy with reality in a case like this as this Supra is a very good car and C&D and other outlets have called it the best Supra ever.