Modern Toyota sports car

So will Toyota ever design, engineer, and build a sports car that isn’t a warmed-over BMW or Subaru?

 

Like a TRD Camry? Or avalon

 

MR2 has a rumor

 

Id shit my pants if they did and it actually looks good.

 

No, I’m talking about a sports car. Like the actual Toyota Supra’s and at least some generations of Celica.

 

Don’t hold your breath.

 

They should rebadge a Nissan next!

 

If they do, it will most likely be an "E" ride.

 

There's no money in it, why bother.

The Yaris GR and Corolla GR are what we get right now, and they are pretty good.

Drove a Corolla APEX the other day, I hated it, the corollas handle really well now (better than FR-S I'd say) but the APEX is far too firm for my canadian roads.

 

That will be another joint venture...initially heard with Porsche, then Lotus.

 

So Toyota isn’t interested in sports cars anymore.

 

Toyota is interested in making money and evidently they their research doesn't say that money is in sport cars.

 

Toyota would have to compete with Corvette, Ferrari, Lamborghini, NSX and I don't think they could, or would invest in building a respectable sports car.

Maybe the new Acura Integra, or something from Lexus would be the next best thing to a Toyota SC.

 

The present Supra doesn’t really compete with Corvette or Ferrari.

 

Lexus IS500?
Looks pretty sweet.

 

No, what is the supra inline 6 or a turbo 4? The Supra and Vette and the Italian super cars are not really a comparable. What ever a modern Supra would be it would have to adress what is on the market, and who ever would be in the market for a Toyota sports car could probably afford a Ferrari.

I think the Lexus RC would be a better choice over the Toyota Supra. The Supra is more of a sports car, but I think the IS or RC with the V8 would be faster than the Supra.

 

If I had some more disposable income Id use it one a lexus LC500

 

LC500 are super under rated for sure. I drove one at my work a few weeks ago and was impressed.

 

Very nice looking car - with the exception of that "grill" I can't seem to get by that. I know Toyota/Lexus does not give a crap what this old fart thinks, but they may want to know I have heard the same thing from many others. They need to give the buyers a allowance to hire a detail guy to clean the grill every week. That damned "bar-b-que grill" would catch literally everything and anything that ain't tied down!

 

I wish Toyota would tone down the Grilles a little also, way too obnoxious.