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Sounds like it's gonna be a killer ride, but Toyota is also throwing the price right through the roof reportedly. And I honestly don't know if it will sell, particularly with an escalated price.
Many automakers are producing high-priced sports cars now and in the next few years, perhaps in hopes of assigning supercar, collectible status to them so that the wealthy will purchase them. But the Supra was removed from the American Toyota line-up because of the SUV explosion. This explosion has not stopped, nor even slowed its expansive, almost dominating take-over of the automobile marketplace here in the US.
I applaud Toyota’s release of a new supercar to reckon with the likes of the Viper, Corvette Z06, Porsche 911, and others. But I have my doubts as to whether this move will pay off for them.
I am hoping for a resurgent, golden age in the sports car era, where Nissan, Toyota, Mazda rotaries, and other Japanese sports cars make their way to our shores again, and once again enjoy a share in the automotive market as SUV’s do now.
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