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Originally Posted by Shiza
I don't mind a BMW engine but why is the idea of Toyota creating an engine specific to the new Supra such a crazy idea?
You'd think they saved enough money having BMW do most of the R&D that they could afford it  |
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.