Lexus SUPERCAR, MKV Supra, 8G Celica, New Info Options

[XE_Nathaniel]

Rmemeber my ramblings aout the next supra and my THEORIES with the V-10 Toyota Supercar. Well Road and Track has jsut realeased a new article stating that their sources have found Toyota to be building a V-10 supe.r car for Lexus and a New Supra for 2005. Looks like my theory is possibly correct. Fromm further digging and a few calls...ive found out that the 2005 date is a bit off. Toyota is planning on going all out on sports cars...V-10 Supercar with 6 speed and 6 speed sequential. Supra 6-Speed or 6-Speed sequential (?) or possibl automatic with 5-speed shift. 8G Celica...very fuzzy details. Due for 2006.

Remember...you haeard it from Nate first before Road and Track =P

-Nate

I hope I hope I hope the supercar war happens again =)

[Cody]

It's gonna be early 90s all over again. A new Z car is launched, and Mazda and Toyota launch their own cars to compete. Wild.

[macavely]

damn nate... see you shouldn't have told me that.. now i have to go robb a bank so i can go buy toyota's super car..j/k lol i can't wait to see the new supra. i will have go pick on of those up..

This post has been edited by macavely: Aug 15, 2003 - 4:40 AM

[SiN_CeLi]

I just hope once the new supras come out the older ones lower a little in price. I wouldn't mind pickin up a TT supra.

[KAMiX]

Pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


MUST


HAVE


PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lastdream]

[silvasurfa]

ME 3!!!

[snadman]

whooopideedoo

[Jussimple]

I love my 6gc but if the 2005/6 supra even comes within a mile of me and I here that V-10, by by celi hello supra. Maybe I'll keep her because of the history but supra......V-10.......yyyuuuummmm

[97sccelica]

[Benevolence]

What I wanna know is if the supra will be turbo'd or NA.

[Jussimple]

Damn that misleading post

J

[Cody]

It's gonna be N/A. Turbo engines are too expensive and complicated.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

i dont want them to come out with another supra! :-( THey should leave it how it is and not release it again!

[Chrobis]

[Guest_Matthew_*]

hahaha

[boosted_K2]

this thread sucks without pictures!

[XE_Nathaniel]

I agree...I want pictures too LOL

Road and Track made a pic about the Lexus V-10 supercar...but we all know how crappy their concept pics are.

I hate to burst your guys bubbles but Toyota HAD attempted to release a V-8 400HP Supercar in the early 90's. The car was simply AMAZING and it was known as the 4000GT. Critics hailed it and loved it.....but due to sagging Supra sales im guessing thats why it was never realeased =(.


Toyota has
-Nate

[XE_Nathaniel]

Heres my POSSIBLE line up.

October 2003: Release of Supra and Lexus sportscar plans
August 2006: Release of the Supra N/A
November 2006: Release of the HKS Twin turbo kit for the Supra
December 2006: Release of the Lexus Supercar. Possible named 4000 or 5000GT
March 2007: 8G Celica Release.

-Nate

[FallenHero]

With the Z car, Evo, and STI Impereza, (most likely made faster or dead by 2006,) we are going to have fun watching 40 year old doctors racing down the inter state!

Jon

[Cody]

lol...

[CelicaTEK]

supercar wars is gonna be badass.

the mazda rx-7 gonna be reborn in 2006. supposively there will be a mazdaspeed verison using turbo rotary making about 300 bhp and base model using the n/a renisis (spelling?) rx-8 engine.

the rx-8 wont be discontinued they will both be coming out at the same time.

that'd be so badas if it does come out. another pure sports car.

[Andason]

This is all good news to me. I'll be done with school and onto a career around '06. Good money= Good car.

[phat94celi]

Sorry guys, but I'm with Natalie on this one. If they do release the Supra again, it shouldnt be called the Supra because every concept Ive seen looks like complete ass and it would ruin the Supra name.


-Kaleb

[GeEkBoY]

Sorry but these rumors are nothing new...

If you want to hear more rumors check out this thread on carspyshots:

http://carspyshots.proboards2.com/index.cg...&num=1059973029

There are a couple of pics, but the styling is not quite right yet.

[Celica2085TA]

How many miles per gallon would you get on a v- 10?

[KAMiX]

Not many.

Nate how good is your source on the Celica? I hate to be a bringer of doom, but it's really strange for a car to be released regularly for 20/30 years or whatever then to survive after a several year gap. Are they going to run the 7th gen untill 2007? I don't think so..

Unless they brought it out sooner

[Andason]

I would imagine it would be the general five years of the same body style. IMO I would guess around '05-'06 there would for sure be a new Celica out.

[GeEkBoY]

Sorry to bring this up again, but I just found this rumor on the lexus supercar:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/ae_news_...ry.php?id=39118

didn't know japeneese cars were limited to 280 HP

[XE_Nathaniel]

Japanese Supercars arent limited to 280. THey jsut say that due to a gentlements agreement early in the supercar battle.|

-Nate

[XE_Nathaniel]

Oh yea I said before a loong time ago that hte V-10 supercar and teh Supra may debut at the october AutoSalon.....I just did this post again because MotorTrend and several other mags etc...sorta "affirmed" it....ya knoe? LoL.....plus its always fun to look at future vehicles. The information im putting is the most up to date crap. I put this info up because theres too much bull picutres on teh message boards and such....blah blah blah...LOL

-Nate

[XE_Nathaniel]

Oh yea there is a possibility on the 8th gen being released in 07 due to sales....killing the 7G in 2006.

-Nate

[FireinDC]

[XE_Nathaniel]

LOL possibility mang POSSIBILITY.

Killed in 06...and Released as 07 model....making the run life around 6 Years.

-Nate

[jayi12-15psi]

well, I think it was nate that informed us about the new solara before I saw it in any mags (maybe it was someone else)

so mybe we should trust his sources, but a 2007 8th gen? that seems like a long time to wait, it seems that sales are sharply dropping off on the 7th gen, even the gt-s, probably because of the rsx-s, but I don't care either way, I probably wont have enough for an 8th gen come 2006, and I'm definately happy with the 6th gen.

BRING BACK THE 6TH GEN j/k

[XE_Nathaniel]

LoL my bad I jsut realized I put 2007 instead of 2006......

-Nate

(OH yea I jsut drove the new solara btw =P)

[KAMiX]

Nate your posts are confusing bro

I still don't believe toyota will run a celica model more than 5 years. They have run the celica for 32 years now, and the year gaps were:

1g - 2g: 6 (first model so really a test run! car saw several updates over 6yrs)
2g - 3g: 4
3g - 4g: 4
4g - 5g: 4
5g - 6g: 4
6g - 7g: 5 (such a beautiful / well selling car, why not run it 5 years )

So I think the 8th gen could come out as early as the end of 2004 through to mid 2005.

Thats just a guess though!

[Cody]

You know what I noticed? The headlights on that Supra concept floating around on the internet...the one in the japanese magazine. The headlights look exactly like the 2000gt's. It's kinda cool that they're going retro.

[XE_Nathaniel]

CRAP! im sorry I made a big mistake.....I mixed up the 8G Celica with the Sequoia redesign! Sequoia in 2006 and Celica in 2005. I misheard sorry!

doh...

LOL

I feel stupid.....although it wouldnt be the first time.....or second.....or thrid....or.....

-Nate

[XE_Nathaniel]

Oh yea Geek_One....the links are a big misleading..the 1st one having old concept pics and the next one for saying it will have the 4.3 liter (presumably) 3UZ-FE engine. Toyota has tinkered and finalyl made the V-10 streetable. All of this information was new at the time...but thanks for the posts! =)

-Nate

[erc]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[BlackSTX]

I actually read Road and Track this weekend, it's the September issue. The article about the Lexus supercar is in there, with a picture. It says it has a 5.0 V-10. It also said something about the engine having problems with vibtrations, but they fixed it, whatever. It's supposed to push 500 horsepower and compete directly with lambos and Ferrari Maranello's. They're going to introduce it when they introduce the Lexus line in Japan. The article also said the Supra was going to POSSIBLY be reintroduced in the US the following year to enhance their sports car image in the U.S., but it didn't say it would be based on the Lexus supercar. The next page had a concept drawing of an RX-7 that may come out, it looked a lot better than the new RX-8. I almost bought the magazine, but I don't have a scanner anyway so I wouldn't have been able to get the pictures up. Go to a bookstore and skim through it though if you want to see it for yourself.