Comments on: Toyota & Subaru’s sports car 2 years away

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:25:58 +0000

BRING BACK THE TOYOTA SUPRA!!!!

By: G

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:55:42 +0000

If it’s going to look anything like that CGI preview they can keep in Japan!

By: Lukaas

Lukaas — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:20:41 +0000

It wont even look like that IF it comes out.. or goes pass the stylign phase.

Extra front lamps?. Automotive engineering these days are pretty much reducing cost.. do you guys know lamps with wires, electronics can cost up to $20 bucks a piece.. and thats OEM price… imagine 100K a year production.. and that amount is HUGE.. for something not needed.. and in this case makes the car looks worse…

Not to mention the hard points,.. bumpers/bonnets these days (like last 2 years) are designed to be “soft”.. rigid enough but soft enough not to break bones.. crash/pedestrian requirements… they becomming really restrict…

all and all.. that CGI is basically.. just that..

the body shell however could look like that… from memory, the side view of that CGI looked nice… but the front itself looks too

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:47:30 +0000

“OMG Dan has made this comment on a Toyota thread :-o ”

I knew you would be impressed! :P Back at work from holidays :(

Seriously, this car looks too ‘bubbly’ for me…

But I’ll reserve my judgement when it comes out though, lots can change. Hopefully it will have some kickass perfomance!

By: Shak

Shak — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:12:02 +0000

I want to drop this car off a clip, and do something to the CGI artists.

By: OSU811

OSU811 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:10:42 +0000

SUBARU should bring out a higher spec higher tune AWD version with a higher price tag, and toyota should bring out a lower spec RWD lower price version , both should come to oz to cater for two different markets!!!

By: Frontman

Frontman — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:32:44 +0000

Dan Says:
March 4th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Yuck!

That is all…

OMG Dan has made this comment on a Toyota thread :-o

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:22:34 +0000

Yuck!

That is all…

By: Cox

Cox — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:12:40 +0000

So what happens if you combine the words “lame” and “ugly”…

By: Jojo bLo

Jojo bLo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:23:33 +0000

The back of the car reminds me of the old 1994 Toyota Sprinter hatch!

By: Frontman

Frontman — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:12:16 +0000

So this is what you get when you put a paseo and Vortex in a dark room together??? A boring car that looks like it’s trying to hard to be liked :p

By: Horse

Horse — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:18:40 +0000

Subaru make a point of only selling AWD drive cars in australia.

By: billy_bob_119

billy_bob_119 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:02:30 +0000

It should come out under Subaru because it looks to exciting and not boring to be a Toyota. If it was to go into a face lift and make it boxy, big and old man looking it would fit in well into Toyota. It looks like back in the days of the Celica and when Toyota use to have fun with car making.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:33:47 +0000

Hmmm, an imprezea crossed with a camry… should be interesting….

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:10:34 +0000

Gee fancy Subaru and Toyota coming up with such a boring and ugly design!

By: Pi_Mai

Pi_Mai — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:38:53 +0000

I’m huge Celica fan and to know that they are going back to RWD makes me giddy in excitement. I have been deciding to get a new car as my GT Four is a little expensive on the repair side of things. Was looking at a S15 but I can wait 2 years :D

The only thing is the design is horrible. Good news there will be 2 versions, so… What ever one looks the best that’s the one i will be getting.

If they ever come with te-37 out of the factory Toyota or Subez can have my money NOW!

By: Tack

Tack — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:28:40 +0000

“More good news for the Hyundai Genesis Coupe………….”
If they can find extra money…

By: Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Bavarian Missile (.)(.) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:57:47 +0000

More good news for the Hyundai Genesis Coupe………….

By: crouchy

crouchy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:53:58 +0000

Imagine how good the genisis coupe will be by the time this thing pops up again…

Just more proof that the koreans are just a step ahead at the moment. What are we doing wrong?

By: Lukaas

Lukaas — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:00:11 +0000

Dunno if the above comment is sarcasm.
But out of any manufacturers you use GM…

lol…

Either way, Toyota should always have opted for the Celica to be RWD or 4WD. The mid 90s Celica (exception of GT-Four) and the next model after it clearly were mis-targeted to the wrong audience…. females.

I think this will be sold under Toyota in Australia IF it comes out at all… everyone is losing money and sports cars are very small in terms of market share and profit makers for manufacturers.

Subaru is a prestige brand in Oz and any performance cars they have are priced well above 35K in which this car has always been rumoured to be below…

I’d price it under 35K, with a turbo charge model at 40K.
To attract young people.. cut out the extra features, mainly electronics and it should be feasible.