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Originally Posted by cbaber
That would be even worse. The point here is that Toyota and many other car companies today chose to ruin the heritage and tradition of some car brands simply to sell a few thousand more cars.
The FR-S, or Toyota 86, is the spiritual successor to the AE86. It also has ties with the 2000GT and 800. This is a long and proud line of front engine, RWD, sport coupes. For Toyota today, it represents a major shift back to a traditional sports car.
My whole point is to not attach 4 doors, a diesel engine, or a hybrid system to a name that represents such a great history for sports cars. The only reason they are doing this is because a 4 door will sell better than a coupe in today's market. For the people that respect what the Toyota 86 represents, it's shameful.
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Hmmm. You're "master Eco-modder" status makes everything you said here sound like an idiocy. If you truly cared about the "essence" of some sports car, you would drive a miata, or an 86, and you wouldn't be on a forum specifically tailored to people pushing economy to the furthest possible consumer limits. Toyota sees that economy is quickly becoming the name of the game. Thus why the supra is probably coming back (based on Toyota renewing the supra trademark last year, with the copyright only lasting till 2015) and the fact that they need a omething to compete with the new HYBRID NSX. If you want to get angry about a cars lineage being soiled, think about that for a second. A hybrid NSX. The poor mans super car getting the underpinnings of something much less... super.
Selling cars is NOT about upholding the essence of something so distant. More cars are sold in the name of PROgression, rather than REgression.