And Toyota, the company that prior to the Tsunami was the world's number one car company is not? The Volkswagen group is doing it via sheer number of brands owned by the group, many of them selling the same bland cars. Is it really a matter of recognition or lack of a desire to put more effort into design. Those…

Actually I have driven many FWD cars from a Civic Si to the WRX and I would say with the exception of the WRX in the snow, no they aren't very much fun compared to a RWD car in the same price range. The car just doesn't get the power down in the same way, most of them have horrific under-steer and the suspension feels…

The NSX was a $125,000 car in Canada with the Supra being $60, so that would be something around $70,000 USD (?) for the NSX and $30-35,000 for the Supra. Those two were completely different categories, but I get what you mean. The SC400 was a $100,000 (Canadian about what, $60,000) car at the time, if this is a…

My favourite would be Midnight Indigo Pearl [8J5].

The fact that other manufactures can't compete with it, so the German / GM fanboys need to trash it.

If it's like the Ft-86 which I have seen in person, it will fit without any trouble but I wouldn't put anyone over 5' 5" in it for very long. If this is off a different platform and closer to the original SC, then it won't be much trouble (but for short stints, oh god no more than short stints, it isn't pleasant, but…

I'm interested in the supercharger, I am getting an IQ (Scion) now that it is coming to North America as I have just moved back to Canada from the UK. As far as I know, only Blitz has made a turbo for the car, but clearly that must be a completely custom supercharger (the car needs one, it is incredible, but needs a…

Oh don't get me wrong, I want a new SC, it's just that from that concept shot it appears to have the dimensions of a FT-86 and I am hoping for an SC400 replacement that has more similar dimensions, she has the most beautiful front end, long and sleek. Mine is actually an SC400 as well, I'm swapping the tranny with an…

You mean the car that looks just like the A5, A4, (previous) S4, A6 and S6? They all look exactly alike, the only difference is the length of the car by a few inches to feet (centimetres to metres).

That is the Toyota IQ of my oily car dreams, oh god that is one incredible IQ...

I agree with you on that completely, they are not living up (within the last decade) to what they have done in the last, they are starting though and what we are seeing is impressive.

The odd thing is that most of the other places I have seen the car on haven't said anything about a hybrid, could it be just a statement based on how they have quite a few hybrids at the moment (generalised assumption)?

Yeah, FWD and AWD cars that are FWD biased could be classified as beige, that and every Audi with the exception of the R8 and TT pretty much look the same, biege.

I meant the car, I refer to my SC as a female (her name is Stacy by the way, for some reason the site that I keep my pictures on won't work here so I had to use Ueno's D1 car).

To be honest that is why I prefer the Japanese car in most cases, I don't enjoy these so called "design evolutions". In my eyes, that is a poor excuse for lack of innovation in design, with BMW being the main offender here. You might disagree with me and that is fine, but I really hate when a brand's cars all look…

I'd say it will be out in 2013 if it's a car based off of the FT-86 or in 2014 if it is a whole new car or a successor to the SC real SC, not that piece of shit they sold from 2000 onwards (meaning it would have a six and an eight).

That is what Scion is for in North America, by Japanese standards the Toyota designs are quite acceptable in their home market and they also spend a substantial amount of their income on vehicle modifications (so even your Vitz/Yaris will have some serious power and looks, heck look at this Scion IQ).

It's there for a very good reason, so you can put baby seats and kids in the back and still keep your coupe. This way, the wife/fiancé is happy, as are you. This is exactly why I can't get a few of the cars I want, I would have to get a second car to drive the kids in, meanwhile I don't want to own a soccer-mom…

The SC300/400 came with a four wheel independent suspension, though technically it is an active suspension, as with several of the Soarers.

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