Originally Posted by STIG
"I would personally love to see LF-A make it into production but then it will make no difference for me since i have no funds to buy that super car

but i would much rather see SUPRA or some affordable sports car coming back."


Probably why he used the word 'or'. Yeah, Supras we selling for ~$50k in '96, but they did manage to lop off about 10 grand for the '97-'98 models. Still a lot of money back then. But knowing then what we know now about the car's capabilities, they would have sold them all and then some at those prices, especially with a Lexus badge on it. I think Toyota did a poor job of marketing/bragging about it, and that kept a lot of potential buyers in the dark.

 

Ah. I read that as a Supra being an example of an affordable sports car.

I wasn't really 'around' back in the Supra's hay day, so I can't attest to the marketing. At that point in time, I was too busy rocking my big wheel.

 

it will definetly help the brand image. Europeans love this stuff.... People buy 520i because M5 is so cool.
I almost waved today when I passed brand new 520i in my Prius.

 

The original supra was top toyota tech. New engine (2JZ) new platform, new everything, nothing shared pretty much.

Also, the yen went down compared to the U.S dollar and SUVs started taking off and people were just dumping sports cars left and right.

Its different today, Toyota has tons of money to spend, they will share parts with the Supra and the yen is trading okay to the dollar. Also Toyota pretty much HAS to come out wiht something soon, as Honda and Nissan shame them with sporty offerings

 

very good point there!!! image is everything in europe

 

i couldn't find this article in MT...where is it?

 

I dunno if its online but in the mag, its in the beginning of the mag.

 

ok, you know the issue most have with the front of the LF-A, well i read an article saying they had top designers working on redesigning the front for a more aggressive look... and right after that, i saw spy photos which to me, look like they already have made some improvments to the nose... ill try to find those pics again...

 

I hope you're right, that ugly nose is the part that turn me off the most on this car . . .

 

That's a little wheel swap/tint change that I did last week and the car doesn't look so bad. A Sportier front end and a more production-esque rear could have this car looking great!

 

There's obviously a reason why they discontinued the supra which killed their sports car category. They have something much better in mind

 

^ I would actually buy that.

Anyways, forget a "new" Supra, it ain't happening. I can't help but think everybody who wants a new Supra to be built are still riding on the massive Supra bandwagon. I can't believe I'm even talking about this-so I'll stop.

Anyways, time to research into the LF-A.