He added that intake tract as a meager attempt to fool people, it’s decorative. In fact, you can see in the picture where the actual intake is (short aluminum tube that he stuck inside the black PVC tube running to the back of the supercharger). There’s nothing underneath the supercharger platform. Also, here’s…
The letters spell “Tired”, although we all know it says “stupid”.
Yeah, it’s probably slightly faster than the stock Forester, so 0-60 in maybe 8.5 seconds if you really hammer it, and all the added suspense of if you’ll be stranded on the side of the road for each trip. So much fun, and CO does require emissions testing, so good luck with that.
*Someone else’s project.
You need to buy this and report back how it is.
You’re clearly doing it wrong. Engineers are supposed to say, “I cannae do it, it’s impossible.” And then you do it anyway in half the time.
I thought you had good taste.
“Easy” is relative.
This is going to come across as completely heresy, but I like the GT350 more.
That’s pretty weak. I was expecting the power levels to match the Z4.
I like Toyota and, even if it takes them a decade, I like that they do eventually get round to having other people make sports cars for them (as opposed to Nissan resting on the laurels of two sports cars they made during Obama’s first term).
How do the doctors that botch this so grossly stay in business? Toyota gets away with this and stays in business because they still sell a boatload of SUVs and Camrys, no matter how ugly is the front end/grill of modern Toyotas and Lexuses (Lexi?).
Dear Jalopnik,
Lots of good choices here. I do want to provide a reminder why a cheap exotic car is not always a good thing:
$60k exotic with a vinyl wrap, NY plates, listed on a NJ Craigslist, and pictures taken in a strip mall?
2 comments so far and both about the badge... The hype for this car has truly fizzled to nothing.
