Not surprisingly, they’ve been approved for a loan on a new Maxima.

All of those “better” cars were developed in (or trace their lineage to) the great Japanese bubble of the 80s.  They were an anomaly in the broader history of cars.

Oh man, agree to disagree. I think it’s great. 

“Car enthusiasts are a deeply miserable lot, almost endemically unhappy about everything...”

“The steel gray, $25,000ish tester I drove early on didn’t even have navigation, which I think is kind of a crime for any new car in 2019.”

These days if you were in a clean MKIV you could say to people “More than you can afford, pal. Supra” 

I don’t like it, but I am glad they didn’t go full tilt boogie with it. We don’t need another LFA, NSX or GTR that only a select few can buy, that you’ll hardly ever see on the road. This is well within budget for millions of people. They could have resurrected the Supra nameplate and built another $100-200k halo car,…

The ultimate goal here is to make it 1950 again, so “reasoning” doesn’t really come into it. Just like when you tell people that if American manufacturing suddenly returned, it’d largely be automated and you’d have like three people running the spatula factory instead of the entire town.

He’s clearly a smart dude but I don’t agree with some of his reasoning.

Eternal wisdom from the ilk that actually encourages David Tracy’s rusty escapades.

From a manufacturing and cost standpoint, I get it. And from a performance standpoint (reliability is another story) modern BMW inline-sixes are fantastic and readily available, so I get that, too.

“In the spirit of the Supra, I wish Toyota had the guts to make a PROPER sports car. ~300hp, manual, $25k. Take out all the unnecessary nannies and save a few hundred lbs.”

I would assume it’s got a lot to do with the seating position. A typical sports car, has a very low seating position, while the 2 Series has a more upright seat height/position. Nothing like a crossover, but more than a sports car. The lowness of the sports car would increase the necessary leg room to make it…

Tada doesn’t strike me as the type of guy that makes a lot of mistakes. If he found it necessary to compromise, I feel like we can trust his reasoning. If the 86 and Supra had to have parts from other manufacturers to make it to market at (relatively) reasonable price points, I say, so be it.

even if this thing weighed 2,500 pounds, had 500 horsepower, a manual gearbox, featured the second coming of the 2JZ engine and cost $30,000, people would still find reasons to complain

I’ve seen it at the auto shows. I think it actually looks pretty badass in person.

If the Bluetooth pairing works then hell yes it will 

Please just keep in mind that the last Supra.. in stock form, wasn’t that great of a car. That’s this cars real benchmark.. not the legend the tuned versions have created.

I would love a Yaris GRMN. A 500 Abarth might work but I’m not sure either would be allowed to autocross, something I’d like to get into.