I mean the Supras are discontuine in 98..now the celica in 2004...and what about the camry solora..do they stop make them too??
What do toyota have plan for their feature sport car. was hearing rummors that the supra might come back but not sure. I know the TC scion and Lexus are branch of Toyota but dont really belong with toyota cars
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yeah seriously are they giving up? it makes me sad how we only have the tc to go to, to actually have a sports car. unless you want to say a corolla xrs is a sports car. !
Toyota of North America has been asking Japan for several years for a Supra replacement and it is finally coming around 2008-09. The Celica as good a car as it was would have been kill by the tC, so Toyota saw the writing on the wall and pulled it. And the Solara shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence as "sports car". That does not mean that the Solara is not a nice car, but it is no sports car. The Solara is more Touring Car.
Toyota of North America has been asking Japan for several years for a Supra replacement and it is finally coming around 2008-09. The Celica as good a car as it was would have been kill by the tC, so Toyota saw the writing on the wall and pulled it. And the Solara shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence as "sports car". That does not mean that the Solara is not a nice car, but it is no sports car. The Solara is more Touring Car.
i wont believe the story about the supra yet as it's only a rumor right now..it may not even be true..imo, a true celica would be rwd..i believe that's where it's true traits are, NOT fwd..tC is okay, imo not a sport car...i mean it's almost as slow as the solara...gez..
but let's all hold our breath and hope that toyota brings back 2-3 sports cars...
I'd like to remind you Americans that you have it easy
Canada does not allow the sale or importation of any Scion tCs
We have no Celicas either
no Supras, we have Solaras but I see them more as supped up family/lux cars
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I love the first Gen Solara, but i don't consider it a sports car either. Very classy car though.
Back to topic. I think in today's world people would much rather have a car that supports a sporty look, rather than buy a sports car. In all honesty i don't think there is a large percentage of people who are performance fanatics.
Why does this come up so often?
Why do people not understand that barring... The Mustang, Vetta & Miata. About no other sports cars have about ever been profitable for a "normal" company to make.
Why don't they understand that sports cars are image cars. They don't make money. If they did, the world would be full of sports cars...
Understand... From an OEM & sales standpoint... Sports cars freaking suck. About they only thing they're good for is styling, then styling the rest of your line to suite. & on the chance people think it's ugly, or sucks hind tit. You're pony'ing tens of thousands of cars & very little profit out the tube instead of hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of sales out the window if you screw your main production car.
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Going along with what others said, sports cars are not profitable, well most of them...the Celica, MR2 Spyder were great sellers at first, but then sales declined and Toyota felt it should pull the plug. Remember Toyota is first and foremost a BUISNESS! They are in it for the money, and if a product doesn't net that or at least good enough to justify the production costs, its axed. Not to say image doesn't play a part in sales but that can go only so far...Also I think Scion has somewhat of a part in this, back in 03 to 04 it was just starting and a big deal. Then in 04 when it went nation wide it caught on like wild fire so that kind of eclipses the Celica and MR2, I'm not saying Scions are sports cars but the point is they were/are "youthfull" spunky cars with great value, not to say the Celica and MR2 was either but they didn't come down in bargin pricing like the Scions. But also the hype kind of killed the Celica and MR2, just my observation, obviously there were other factors involved.
Since I mentioned Scion obviously I'm just talking about the U.S.
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To whoever that started this type of thread AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN (just to get attention) and the ones that agreed with the original poster: MAYBE BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T BUY ONE WHEN TOYOTA WAS STILL MAKING SPORTS CARS??????? eh? Just MAYBE?????
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Maybe some of us could afford to get one of these expensive sports cars came out. Toyota do seem to be giving up on sports cars and if they give them to lexus then they will be too expensive. The new supra looks to be a great car if they make it
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Back to topic. I think in today's world people would much rather have a car that supports a sporty look, rather than buy a sports car. In all honesty i don't think there is a large percentage of people who are performance fanatics.
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The Mustang, Vetta & Miata. About no other sports cars have about ever been profitable for a "normal" company to make. Why don't they understand that sports cars are image cars. They don't make money. If they did, the world would be full of sports cars...
Understand... From an OEM & sales standpoint... Sports cars freaking suck. About they only thing they're good for is styling, then styling the rest of your line to suite. & on the chance people think it's ugly, or sucks hind tit. You're pony'ing tens of thousands of cars & very little profit out the tube instead of hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of sales out the window if you screw your main production car.
those two statements right there is the ANSWER. I know we all want performance cars from our favorable company (even I) but we all have to face reality and business.
Lol - I once in awhile on TN get people asking me if I'm selling my kit or car. Its slow as fudge, but many do like the look. I'm happy with that for now. Looks sporty
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