Is Toyota Boring?

[CrzyMR2T]

i wonder how much the v8 m3 is gonna weigh, or the v8 version of the is300. i hope they dont become too heavy.

[kman10587]

Nah, I doubt the M3 will get much heavier. Besides, it's going to have so much more power and torque that it'll barely even matter if it gains 100 pounds or so.

[nbw]

"real" mr2?

[Chavez408]

Originally Posted by Lachean

Umm, i believe the Celice would beat your 15.3 SiR

[3000ways]

Originally Posted by nbw

"real" mr2?

The one with a turbo, or even the supercharged version, not the slow one that Toyota sells now. Slow? Yup, both the turbo and supercharged versions would show the new MR2 their tail lights.

[Polygon]

Originally Posted by ghetto7o2azn

actually supras with the right tuning can reach over 200mph...

Yeah, well, no shit. You can make just about any decently aerodynamic car go 200 MPH. We're talking about current STOCK Toyotas.

[ghetto7o2azn]

were talking about toyota cars in general which includes tuning ability

[Polygon]

Originally Posted by ghetto7o2azn

were talking about toyota cars in general which includes tuning ability

Ok, we might be talking about tuning ability, but the fact remains that we're talking about the current line of Toyota cars not past cars. We're talking about why the current line is boring and slow. Also, my last comment was more along the lines to prove the point that most any aerodynamic car can be made to go 200 MPH that is nothing special. Neither car can do it stock, but with time and money you can make most any car fast. It is just a matter of how much you're willing to spend of both.

[publicenemy137]

toyota's are boring, their styling is very unoriginal and unaggressive. Their new solara is an improvement, but overall toyota is still very boring. And I agree about Nissan's new line-up, they are great and I am glad they finally picked up on their design, The 350z and g35's are very nicely designed vehicles, the 350z is sleek and aggressive while the g35 is luxury and elegant. I don't like Honda's new line-up though, the TL is nice but the TSX - 2.4 liter inline 4 (my car has a similar engine, but I wouldn't pay $23k for it)

Toyota isn't marketing to the people looking for fun cars though, everyone sees Toyota as reliable cars that won't leave you stranded. And they are exactly living up to their name, building reliable cars that don't get people's attention.

[dbebesi]

but interestingly enough, they may not have awesome street cars, but they are in nascar (truck series) you don't see any other foriegners trying to make strides to be in the most popular auto racing in america. so they did something with that supercar division

[Jimster]

Originally Posted by dbebesi

but interestingly enough, they may not have awesome street cars, but they are in nascar (truck series) you don't see any other foriegners trying to make strides to be in the most popular auto racing in america. so they did something with that supercar division

Can't blame them, if I were a multi-national car company, I'd be concentrating my motorsport efforts elsewhere, that doesn't involve going in circles.



*Hides from the NASCAR fans*

[lucki17]

yeah ........toyota has the biggest f1 racing budget as well but they still arent winning, i really like toyota but their performance has left me searching for more.

[mason_RsX]

Toyota also makes a ton of other products automotive and otherwise... I thought the Tundras was winning in the Cascar (??? is that was the sort of Nascar truck series is called??)...Toyota does have the branding of a fuel economy old mans car (which as i said before their sorta trying to fix) and have very few exciting cars out right now

[drunken monkey]

y'know, reading some of the things here makes me realise how different our car markets are.

anyway,
the thing is, here in the uk, if you want an exciting car, you won't go and buy a toyota.
so isn't this statement, that toyotas are boring, kinda irrelevant?

in anycase, the mr-s is quite a fun drive.
so boring?
i wouldn't say so.