It can’t be just a money and resource saver can it? Plus I don’t really know Toyota’s U.S. engine range so I don’t know if they even have a real performance engine after the 1.8 VVT-i or the 2JZ.

(I hear ya LexusSoarer on the 2JZ block.) I wish I was a Canadian resident because then I’d be trying to import a JDM MKIV Supra RZ right about now.

http://www.terra2imports.ca/toyota/supra/

Obviously the LF-A at the top.
Rebirth of the Supra in the middle, and as much as I’d drool over another turbo 6 there will never be another 2JZ block, so I’ll take a V8.
Then have a new Celica-ish in price and size sporty car, probably as a Scion, but please, no Subaru engine.

Nothing against Subaru, but a boxer-4 belongs in an Impreza, not a Toyota.

Everyone is copying from everyone now-a-days, whether you walk in a domestic or foreign showroom all their designs seem to be inspired by their competition.

Got insomnia? Go to Ford’s design studio. Or look under the hood of a GM product.

DrFill

I am just glad to see more aerodynamic sport cars that are not retro over SUVs on the road.

You are completely delusional and overtly obsessed with Toyota. Why the fuk would you think that Toy can build the ‘best’ sports car if they wanted to?? What do you have that supports that?

Name 5 past great sports car that Toy and each of the other Jap automakers have built.

France builds ‘interesting’ hatchbacks. Italy builds exotic sports cars. Germany builds luxury cars. America is home of the V8 and large cars (especially RWD), Japan builds econoboxes!

Yeah G, I’m referring again to the Altima Coupe. the 2.5L 4cyl 174hp coupe starts at 20k. Then the 3.5L 270hp trim starts at 25k. Even with a 6spd manual after you add the premium package to get leather seats, moonroof, etc that package is 3k so I priced one online at 28k for a 270hp FWD Nissan Altima Coupe, I’ll spend that money on a 350Z before I’d get that.

Yeah meanpants555, for that kind of hp to come from a foreign vehicle priced in North America especially a 300hp Turbo AWD vehicle, (Evo and STI come to mind) It more than likely will cost over or at least 30k. Even if Toyota could price it competitively with a RX8 or a 350Z for a somewhat loaded one your looking at paying over 30k (U.S). The other thing that scares me is what the price of insurance is going to be on those things. The cost of insurance for a 05 Celica GT-S that I was looking into buying when I was shopping for a new car 2 years ago, scared me right out of buying it.

If the GT-4 model is $25k, looks sexy but not like a kid’s car, and isn’t fat, I might have to take a real look at it though…

And with all the mention about the 350Z…

Oh man I’m really waiting for the 370Z. I really hope it looks a lot like the new G37 except a little more aggressive and slimmer, and put on a massive diet. Then it’d become one of my fav cars …

The answer is elementary.
The put a $%&*load of money into the last Supra, and didn’t get it back, at least not enough for a redesign.
Toyota is all about the Benjamins.

Plus they would need a dedicated platform to launch Toyota’s version of the greatest sports car, one which may be coming from Lexus shortly.

The short answer is economies of scale and the ROI aren’t conducive to make a business case for such an animal.

People don’t go to Toyota to find the greatest sports car in the world, so it’s a tough sell, whether they make it, or not.

I fear the days of true sports cars, with all-conquering performance, and manual trannys, are gone, at least for Toyota.

They just aren’t cost effective.

If you know of a stock Supra Turbo, buy it, and don’t ever let it go.

DrFill

I will agree with you on the premises that they can make very good and very desirable true sports cars, as I am a Supra, Celica and MR2 fan. However my question to you and not even you could answer this is why haven’t they made the best sports car in the world then?

I agree with A4 because of their absence from this market anything they throw at us especially lately won’t just be widely liked (well it may be by idiots or fanboys) unless its truly a good vehicle. As of now a Subaru shared front engine, RWD and AWD 200hp and 300hp turbo models sports car doesn’t exactly = the recipe for the best sports car, especially for what it’s facing, as vLane said if they can make this a good quality and valued affordable sports car, with RWD/AWD then they will have something worthwile in my eyes already accomplished. If it looks good, has the goods and is more affordable than a Mustang, Challenger, and Camaro I’ll buy this over those and switch my name to GT-Four4Life…

PS – Quick stats for the 93-98 Supra: 0-60 in 4.6 seconds (making it the second-fastest Japanese car of the 90s, after the NSX), 0.97g grip.

Personally I think the Altima coupe is a joke, yeah they offer a 3.5L V6 in it, but loaded it’s like 2k away from a 350Z and it’s still FWD. I think whatever Toyota makes of this will kill the Altima Coupe.