Toyota II
A few good comments have come in on my previous post on Toyota. Perhaps I should clarify what I meant.
Toyota’s a fantastic company. If they want to create a sports car, I’m sure they can do it and I’m sure it will be a huge commercial success. If they want to make a spaceship that goes to Jupiter, I’ll bet they could make one of those too.
I guess it was the comparison to Ferrari and Porsche that set me off and prompted the “crack pipe” image. I’m a little old-fashioned about this, but in my book I just can’t fathom walking onto a car dealer’s lot and driving away in a Toyota sports car instead of a Ferrari (or Porsche). Forget about the specs, forget about the money. Where’s the passion? Where’s the soul?
Put it another way: Would Miami Vice have been remotely the same if Sonny Crockett drove a Toyota?
Comment by mATT on 25 July 2006:
John:
Toyota has been making fast sports cars for years, Celica and Supra are examples, though not as pricey as Porsche. The Supra’s came factory with a turbo that put out over 320 hp and it is still a sought after car among street racers. Most big automakers spend big bucks on Motorsports like Formula One and oftentimes, the technology they test in these race cars winds up in everyday automobiles. That is going on now with Audi’s Lemans winning TDI engine technology and also I believe with Honda’s V-Tech Engine, which is in both Honda’s and Acuras. Also remember that Toyota owns Lexus and they make sports cars.
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