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vj123

Autocross Newbie
Location
The Detroit
Car(s)
19 & 16 GTI - sold
I would be skeptical considering BMWs involvement in this project. BMW has gone a long way from what they were a decade back.
 

The Fed

Old Guys Rule
Location
Florida
Depends on the cost and power. Both were high for the last one, so while I expect excitement I don't expect a lot of sales.
 

Cowzill00

Ready to race!
Location
Florida
Depends on the cost and power. Both were high for the last one, so while I expect excitement I don't expect a lot of sales.



$40somethingK you reckon? I still see these things burning up the drag strip on YouTube.

Speaking of Supras, I drove over the Tampa bridge this weekend where Hulk Hogan’s son crashed his Supra street racing and maimed his friend. Traffic was flowing 85mph. Lonnnng bridge with a concrete divider so no uturns ...for anyone. Random I know. But I saw the appeal for a stretch where one might let er rip.
 

Cowzill00

Ready to race!
Location
Florida
The ‘98 had 50% more displacement than the GTI for the same hp and much worse mileage.





Edit: ...or not. 320 ponies according to another site.
 

FastEggMk7

Ready to race!
Location
Texas
Apparently it's wider, shorter and not as long as the 86/BRZ

I hope it fails and prices continue to go up on clean MK4 Stock example Supra's Turbo's. LOL
 

Trainingwheels

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
Muskogee Ok
The suggestions over the last couple years would lean toward a more expensive car. I think it will be in the TT S price range or higher.
$50-60,000.

I bet that your right just looking at the base price of 86 sitting at like 27K.

I could see it in the low 40K-50K area easy.
 

Cowzill00

Ready to race!
Location
Florida
Holy poop! I was only off me guesstimate by 100% or so! So...think a Supra would be 300-400% better than my GTI? Not that I need that rationale. If they are really going to be in the $80K range...schnikies. Out of my league.

“The reason why we decided to jointly develop the 86 and BRZ is because sports cars are extremely difficult in terms of their business model. To make a business case, you require many special parts, a lot of investment, yet it doesn’t sell much (relative to mainstream models).
"When we worked together with Subaru, our common understanding from the very beginning was that it is a given that we will seek out as much common parts as possible.
"The only differences we’ll have between these two models will basically be colours and badges and other than that, we will have as many common parts as possible,” Tada-san said.
The 86 and BRZ do represent one of the most blatant badge engineering efforts in modern motoring, but at their sub-$40k price point, they simply wouldn’t exist otherwise. The balance sheet looks a bit different at the circa-$80k zone the Supra is expected to play in, as with the $100k+ of the BMW Z4 it will share its underpinnings with."

https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/toyota-supra-a90-project-was-the-opposite-of-86brz-68049
 

Trainingwheels

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
Muskogee Ok
Holy poop! I was only off me guesstimate by 100% or so! So...think a Supra would be 300-400% better than my GTI? Not that I need that rationale. If they are really going to be in the $80K range...schnikies. Out of my league.

“The reason why we decided to jointly develop the 86 and BRZ is because sports cars are extremely difficult in terms of their business model. To make a business case, you require many special parts, a lot of investment, yet it doesn’t sell much (relative to mainstream models).
"When we worked together with Subaru, our common understanding from the very beginning was that it is a given that we will seek out as much common parts as possible.
"The only differences we’ll have between these two models will basically be colours and badges and other than that, we will have as many common parts as possible,” Tada-san said.
The 86 and BRZ do represent one of the most blatant badge engineering efforts in modern motoring, but at their sub-$40k price point, they simply wouldn’t exist otherwise. The balance sheet looks a bit different at the circa-$80k zone the Supra is expected to play in, as with the $100k+ of the BMW Z4 it will share its underpinnings with."

https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/toyota-supra-a90-project-was-the-opposite-of-86brz-68049

Holy smokes well that's that then.
 
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