ff_

Too much weight in front of the forward axle. The car would be fine in a straight line, but as soon as you turn a corner...

UberNoob

hes talking about putting a V8 in a Lexus, not a corolla

JessePS

One thing would be nice to see this engine in a Yaris lol zoom-zoom woops that Madza saying but **** it!

ff_

Regardless of badging, a V8 in a small FWD car like that would be too much weight in the nose.

josephdoc

Not a Corolla.
I think the car is the Toyota Yaris, or I should say JDM's Vitz, to be more precised..

Or it is a better looking version of Scion xA, because they have same engine as at stock level but just different dress up.


But, it is a nice find on this good looking Toy, thx for my pic collection!

UberNoob

and lexus does not have a small FWD car
thats the point JessePS and I were trying to get at

is that a heavy RWD or AWD drive lexus could benefit from such an engine, more specifically in its F series line up
like if IS-F could have that instead
but of course like i said b4, race engine is very different from a production engine, expected life time is very different

oh heck, id be contempt with a GS-F that puts out like 500hp to go against M5

Richie

Sweet, but the 3 door would have looked better.

TRDFantasy

Got to love rumours . Seeing as you're in Japan, I would expect you to know the truth about Toyota's racing history. As mentioned, they only got caught one year in WRC for cheating, and then returned and still won, certainly silencing the critics. The reason they've been out of WRC for years is because of their focus on F1. With tighter integration with Subaru, they may return.

Tekknikal

arent there homologation requirements?
if so, where will the street car be marketed?

MR_F1

Homologation requirements, unfortunately aren't what they used to be. What with the interests of costs an all.

The FIA are a bunch of ****s.

MR_F1

though some of you guys might like to see this

TRD S2000 Video

spwolf

of course, thats not the Yaris but New Corolla hatchback, known as Auris.