03-02-2011, 02:43 PM
G.Irish Wrote:First of all, what existing platform did this car come from? It's not like they chopped 2 doors off an IS250 and called it a day.
I see what you're saying but they were mighty specific about the dimensions... and they were quite close to the "final" specs 4 years ago. You're right in that it takes some time to come to Market, but normally we don't really get wind of this stuff until like 2 years in. I bet MM could knock together a "concept car" in less than a year.
G.Irish Wrote:Also, Carrol Shelby is a dickhead.
Well, yeah. Doesn't mean I'm wrong. Colin Chapman could have done this in his sleep. We act like auto design is some kind of fucking sorcery, but with all the new computer aided design we've got going here in THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND TEN AAAAAHHH-AAH-OOH-AAAHHH there's no excuse for this kind of faggotry.
All I'm saying is that there's no excuse for it, number one, and number 2, I think they missed the small window they had. Maybe I'm wrong. Hell, I *hope* I'm wrong. But let's face it, the freakin' original AE86 didn't even sell all that well. This will be a huge flopperdoodle for Toyota and then they'll cut it and be all 'We don't make sports cars because nobody buys 'em.'
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