Prafull Koli
01-31-2003, 01:25 AM
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Exotica from Toyota
Still intending to jump into the 2-seat exotic game with the super sport GT, Toyota won’t be turning to the V-12 currently found in it’s home market century sedan but instead will use an all new V-10 based on the one in Toyota’s Formula 1 racer. The mid-mounted V-10 will be tuned to produce something in the neighborhood of 450 hp from 5.0 liters. Curb weight will be kept in the 3200-lb. Range, comparable with that of the Acura NSX and Ferrari 360 MODENA. But what surprising is that the car may come with all wheel drive. The early forecast for 0-60-mph performance is 4.0 seconds.
Look for this groundbreaking Japanese sports car to make it debut possibly at the Tokyo motors show in 2003. The on sale date may be as soon as 2004, with a price tag of about $150,000.
Also in the works for Toyota is a mid-price high-performance sports car, code-named 395, designed to take over where the supra left off when it was discontinued in the U.S. market in the late 1990s.
Toyota has learned that it needs a high-profile sports car to heighten the company’s somewhat bland image. That image, Toyota insiders say, must change.
When you think of exciting Toyota cars, you must think back to the days of the 2000GT. The future front engine/rear drive sports car will borrow styling cues from that icon, while using the Lexus IS 300 platform as abase.
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Sources tell us that the company is thinking of making the car available in two versions, one with a V-6 and the other with a V-8 engine. The V-6 will come from the Lexus ES 300, but bored out to 3.5 liters. Output is said to be in the neighborhood of 280bhp. Another, more upscale version will come with the 4-3-liters V-8 currently found in the Lexus LS 430. With a little tuning, Toyota should easily achieve 350bhp from this power plant.
Here in states the V-6 Supra successor will go head-to- head with the Nissan 350Z, so expect a price somewhere near $30.000. The V-8 version, which will fill a gaping hole in the Japanese sports car market, will be priced in the $40,000 to $45,000 range.
Exotica from Toyota
Still intending to jump into the 2-seat exotic game with the super sport GT, Toyota won’t be turning to the V-12 currently found in it’s home market century sedan but instead will use an all new V-10 based on the one in Toyota’s Formula 1 racer. The mid-mounted V-10 will be tuned to produce something in the neighborhood of 450 hp from 5.0 liters. Curb weight will be kept in the 3200-lb. Range, comparable with that of the Acura NSX and Ferrari 360 MODENA. But what surprising is that the car may come with all wheel drive. The early forecast for 0-60-mph performance is 4.0 seconds.
Look for this groundbreaking Japanese sports car to make it debut possibly at the Tokyo motors show in 2003. The on sale date may be as soon as 2004, with a price tag of about $150,000.
Also in the works for Toyota is a mid-price high-performance sports car, code-named 395, designed to take over where the supra left off when it was discontinued in the U.S. market in the late 1990s.
Toyota has learned that it needs a high-profile sports car to heighten the company’s somewhat bland image. That image, Toyota insiders say, must change.
When you think of exciting Toyota cars, you must think back to the days of the 2000GT. The future front engine/rear drive sports car will borrow styling cues from that icon, while using the Lexus IS 300 platform as abase.
http://www.alsayer.org/articles/images/Supra.jpg
Sources tell us that the company is thinking of making the car available in two versions, one with a V-6 and the other with a V-8 engine. The V-6 will come from the Lexus ES 300, but bored out to 3.5 liters. Output is said to be in the neighborhood of 280bhp. Another, more upscale version will come with the 4-3-liters V-8 currently found in the Lexus LS 430. With a little tuning, Toyota should easily achieve 350bhp from this power plant.
Here in states the V-6 Supra successor will go head-to- head with the Nissan 350Z, so expect a price somewhere near $30.000. The V-8 version, which will fill a gaping hole in the Japanese sports car market, will be priced in the $40,000 to $45,000 range.