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      03-13-2019, 11:36 AM   #491
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Originally Posted by The HACK View Post
Do you REALLY think that manufacturers just wave a magic wand and an engine just appears?

There's a reason why the B58 appears in nearly EVERY SINGLE BMW line-up. There's a reason why the INLINE 6 architecture has been in BMW's family of engines since the beginning of time. The engine is the HEART of a car. It is by far and away the most complex part of any moving vehicle that uses the internal combustion process. There's a reason why cars with bespoke engines typically cost north of 6 figures, and the first of those 6 figures don't usually start with a 1.

Anyone thinking that the new Supra is going to be a commercial success at $200,000 plus is also smoking crack.

Name me another car, in HISTORY of cars, that has had a brand new, completely designed from the ground up engine, that does not use some sort of existing architecture that the company already use.

1999 F20C
2.0L 9000rpm
11.7 compression
250 n/a HP @8600 rpm
Only available in the Honda s2000
Held the n/a specific output for 10 years
Bespoke enough for you ?
$29k



If Toyota wanted to they could
The Supra was never really what they wanted to sell
It's the nx300 and Corollas and rav4s and CHRs
Supra brings people into show rooms and they drive home in the Camry