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09-30-2019, 09:29 AM | #1167 |
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Except it does have better steering feel because modern BMW's have zero feel, and Toyota tuned the steering separately from BMW. The car is essentially a re-tuned Z4, and tuning and can make change a car's driving dynamics more than most would think.
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Agreed. Friend has a Cadillac with same EPS HW as mine. Feels like night and day.
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10-01-2019, 06:18 PM | #1171 |
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Sales for September were posted today.
Supra - 514 units Z4 - 247 units https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-...er-2019-sales/ http://www.bmwusanews.com/newsrelease.do?id=3504&mid= |
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10-01-2019, 06:35 PM | #1172 |
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how many they want to sale a year again?
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10-01-2019, 07:50 PM | #1174 |
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Yep, I remember reading that the ATS-V (which is one of my favorite hi-po sport sedans in the class) uses a similar rack as the F8X, I believe they're both ZF racks, and the tuning creates a night and day difference. The ATS/ATS-V has some of the best modern EPS, meanwhile BMW has some of the worst.
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10-01-2019, 09:39 PM | #1175 |
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I have no idea on the BMW side, but word on the internet is 10k for North America (US, CDN, Méx) for a full 1st year of sales. Since 2019 basically only has 5 months we were told around 5k units, but in reality they'll probably fall a little short at around the 4k mark.
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10-02-2019, 12:22 PM | #1176 |
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listened to Matt Farrah's latest podcast.
Says he drank the Toyota Kool-Aid initially and that Toyota pretty much lied about their press info. Says the supra drives the same as an M2c, but the M2 gets the manual and more interior room and more trunk space.
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That seems about as asinine as saying that the E89 Z4 drove like the 1M.
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Ran across this. Not sure if this is a sign of things to come.
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Toyota has been able to successfully convince many journalists and the public at large that their badge-engineered sports vehicles (FR-S, Supra) are bespoke Toyota creations, despite fairly minor revisions from their donor vehicles. Conversely, FIAT partnered with Mazda in the creation of the 124 Spider and has been less successful in this regard despite the vehicle using a unique engine and drivetrain.
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There's more than meets the eye on this story.
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Care to share? I only posted this up as something I ran across. If you have info, why not spill it?
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Welp that didn't take long .....
Went to the local Toyota for the first service on the beater 2020 Corolla SE and took a sales guy down for some numbers Guess Supra LEs with premium pack can be had for around $2k below msrp now Hard pass , still can't get over all them fake vents |
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