Here are what the Solara needs:

--Get rid of that 3.3L 210 hp V6, and let it get the current 270 hp 3.5L V6engine found on the Camry, Avalon, Highlander, and Rav4.

--FWD is fine. It will compete with the FWD Honda Accord Coupe and Altima Coupe, and it will be the only one with a convertible option.

--Give it a hardtop option. Keep the ragtop, but give it a hardtop option (like what the Sebring is now offering).

--Shorten it a bit. It's nice having quite a bit of legroom in the back. However, the car drives like a boat. For it's size, Toyota should offer a backup camera and parking sensors.

 

Front end of that thing on the first page looks like a Scion or something. Solara needs to just be killed off and never mentioned again...

 

give it a hardtop convertible and hybrid. can't be that hard...the Camry already has a hybrid.

 

Why dont they take the avalon touring and shorten it a little rduce the weight slightly and give a body styled like a mix between the sporty version of the aurion and the current GS and make it a passat CC competitor.

 

That's definitely NOT a 3rd-gen Solara, and it definitely IS the Genesis. It's a bit ridiculous if the person who posted this on the Solara forums was serious. A 3rd gen Solara is nothing more than wishful thinking, unfortunately. Although I do agree if Toyota was to bring it back, they should just name it the Camry Coupe.

 

So this will battle the upcoming VW CC, aka 4 door coupe.

What SCARES me is reading Toyota SAYS coupes are dead. Not good for other coupes.

 

It was a joke people.... just wanted to put it out there....

 

Huh? Toyota never said "coupes were dead". All Toyota said was that they don't see a big enough market for the Solara, and I would agree with Toyota. Solara sales were quite low, because it was a comfortable 2-door freeway cruiser. The marketplace today demands that coupes be sporty, and the Solara did not fit into that.

There is a definitely a market for a sporty coupe or a 2 door sports car and Toyota knows that.

 

I would hope for those over at SolaraGuy (a wonderful forum that I visit daily) that this would be a reality for them.