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      03-16-2018, 12:37 PM   #441
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Originally Posted by eluded View Post
Haha. Funny. Now if you got 10,000 people to put down a down payment for a new MANUAL supra… Then maybe Toyota would listen.
I dunno about that.

This car's being built at Magna Steyr, which now has a capacity of 200k a year -- double what it was two years ago. A big part of that expansion is the creation of the Z4/Supra production line, which is reported to have a 60k/year max capacity for both models combined. If a third of potential buyers of a 30k-per-year model said they would order a manual, I think that's plenty to force TMC's hand -- and maybe even BMW's -- to give Getrag a call.
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