On the other hand, it’s mid-engined/RWD, so they don’t need to run a super-long driveshaft down the middle of the thing...
On the other hand, it’s mid-engined/RWD, so they don’t need to run a super-long driveshaft down the middle of the thing...
No torque, no problem. Just slip the clutch a little! Disregard the smoke, never mind the smell! Feather it!
How does someone who thinks this is a good idea have the means to make it a reality? Progressive slot machine jackpot? Their wealth certainly didn’t come contingent on any prudent decision-making.
9 owners over 32k miles... so each owner averaged about 3,500 miles....
For $20k, this thing would be a perfect Uber Black car.
Pictured here, special lifting apparatus. Also, just LOOK at the size of that mass damper on the front of the crank.
I wholeheartedly agree VajazzleMcDildertits!
As a mechanical engineer who studied a variety of sub disciplines, I have to say that the advanced noise and vibration theory classes were the toughest I encountered in my curriculum, even thermodynamics and heat transfer. So mad props to anybody who could even make some sense of the coursework, let alone make a…
NVH is one of those things I haven’t learned the science of but is so influential to so many types of car experiences. Can we continue to get more interviews of other engineers for other departments? Picking these peoples brains is something I really enjoy reading about.
“When I see the F150 Raptor, I tend to think the typical owner is compensating for something,”
Have no idea how useful the stuff in the bed is, but I do know that this truck looks sweet!
We get it Toyota, you vape.
I guess every car/truck manufacturer switched to all discs for no reason then. Toyota can do no wrong, especially to Taco fanbois. It’s to save money plain and simple.
The frame on the Tacoma dates back to 2004... The bones of this thing are older than the Frontier.
Now this is a snorkel!
Rear drum brakes???
All these “cheating” allegations on diesels, I wonder how many would cease to exist if the EPA/CARB used legit practices when setting emissions limits?
“Point me by”
Man, if you thought HOAs were pissy about closed garage doors and street-parked tanks, you’re in for a rough January...
It’s obviously a deer whistle. There aren’t that many of these Supra prototypes around, and they have to protect them from the scourge of deer at all costs.