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Originally Posted by CP911
I read somewhere recently that Toyota and BMW were originally planning to share a significant number of parts between the Z4 and Supra, but through the course of development, Toyota ended up developing everything in-house except for the drive train, which obviously came from BMW. In other words, I think this is far from a re-skinned Z4. We shall see once we learn more from the production vehicles.
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Ah I have to disagree. A quick look at the engine bay and interior and you can see how much of this is typical BMW engineering. I haven't paid close attention to all the supra news, but I would like to see underneath (suspension, etc.) to see if those are also rooted in german engineering.
I don't doubt that Toyota was involved, but I would like to know where and what they focused on designing. As someone who works for a Japanese company (automotive engineering) I would be intrigued to know how they worked together on this project, since my experience has lead me to believe that european/american companies take a much different approach to design and development.