Listen up Toyota... Options

[creamed_corn]

Get up off your conservative butts and make something fun. Right now you're the only car company out there with nothing even remotely sporty in your lineup.

There's a huge HUGE gap in the fun category between the $15,000 tC and the $35,000 IS.

What they need:

-proper two door, rear wheel drive sports car
-starting around $25,500
-2GR-FE plant to the tune of 300-320 horsepower (they'll wanna stay a little bit ahead of the Z and Mustang, knowing them).
-six speed close ratio gearbox, LSD standard, TCS optional
-Keep the weight reasonable at around 3300-3400lbs.
-I'd like to see gas mileage at around 22 city/30 highway. I'm gonna have a hard enough time keeping my foot off the gas as it is.

This is well within their reach and they need to do it. I've been living off my celica for too long. Ever since I got my new job I've been saving my money, just waiting for a car like this. I just can't bring myself to defect to another company, and if this doesn't happen soon, I'm going to be picking up an MR Sypder next summer.

[rzanology]

nothing wrong with this thread. when we bought a Toyota we earned the right to speculate and criticize. The man is just expressing how he feels about a company that he helps drive forward.

I don't think we'll see anything like the celica under the Toyota name any time soon. If they do they'd have to match the power of the rsx and other cars in that category. I think the TC is doing a good job at this. Besides...it would be too expensive....I thought that's the reason the gt4 was never brought over to the states.

[Mynzeyes]

nothing wrong with this thread. when we bought a Toyota we earned the right to speculate and criticize. The man is just expressing how he feels about a company that he helps drive forward.

I don't think we'll see anything like the celica under the Toyota name any time soon. If they do they'd have to match the power of the rsx and other cars in that category. I think the TC is doing a good job at this. Besides...it would be too expensive....I thought that's the reason the gt4 was never brought over to the states.

you didn't buy stock. you bought a consumer good. that's like me saying that sony isn't being intelligent about the electronics they are coming out with. the right to speculate and criticizie is inherent in everyone, no matter what they own. only when you own a substantial portion of the company does it actually matter, however.

i.e. this thread is useless.