I love the old Toyota V8 as much as anyone but Im not afraid of this new turbo motor. Toyota doesn’t half ass things.

Except the only powerplant you can get is Toyota’s version of the Ecoboost engine.

If you think prices are going down in 2024 you’re mistaken.

Both nostalgia’s are not equal at this point in time though.

How is $2M for an R34 worth it when half a mil for a 65 GT350 not?

The primary rarity of the car in the article is that it is an R34 a few years early (i.e. before the 25 year rule). The number of R34's you can legally buy in the US right now is (a) the number of Motorex cars plus (b) any other R34's like this one on Show&Display exemption. How many cars is that? 20, 30?

but young people these days do not care about cars and various car related lifestyle posing anywhere near as much as the generations before them

Disagree. When you can buy one of these new, right now:

The HP figure is a bit lower on the 300 than the LS, possible that they turned the boost down for longevity. I’m sure it has a different engine code, it’s likely most of the same parts with a slightly different tune?

Assumption is that this engine is the 3.5L twin turbo from the Lexus LS, so they’ve been running it for a few years.

I’ve owned three used cars in my life, and every single one of them left me stranded on a highway somewhere

Yeah screw the gutless S2000.

That “used (minimum) 12 year old car” is appreciating in value. Not depreciating like every 86/BRZ on the road.

This car has the potential to be quite collectable when they stop making it in a couple of years.

Lack of a factory sunroof is the same damn reason I didn’t buy the FJ Cruiser when I was looking at them.

Buy an S2000 instead.  And no matter how many miles you were going to put on it, it will still be worth more than the 86 when you’re done.

How many sub-3000 lb RWD manual coupes are there for $30K brand new?

No one complains about the Miata’s power.

Side-opening door is better if you want to mount a spare tire on it (FJ Cruiser). The stock spare tire space on a 5th gen 4Runner (‘10-’21+) under the deck barely fits the stock tire, nevermind if you go up in size. That’s the main benefit.

The GX’s are full-time AWD so the center diff locks, not the rear.  They don’t really have a lot of options to choose from, I think the center locker is standard on all of them.