11-10-2013, 11:38 AM | #68 |
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Could Be An Interesting Tie Up
The crux of the tie up is all about sharing the extremely expensive R&D spend of electric and hybrid tech with an established and credible player in the industry. BMW was on its own before but now the costs to apply this tech should be more competitive to develop and bring to the market (think batteries, e-motors, etc). Hopefully this will free up long overdue resources for BMW to put back into its core product.
They are also supposedly working on a joint light (and affordable) FR RWD sports car program which I believe should greatly improve the cost (to develop and sell) and performance of things like the Z4 and similar vehicles. |
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11-10-2013, 02:51 PM | #70 |
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I love the Supra. In the 90's that car was years ahead of its time. So was the 8 series (850 CSI was a monster) a true M8 without the badge.
If the mix those two together to produce something special. I am all for it. I don't think it's something that I could personally afford. But will enjoy nonetheless.
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They know very much more than you, and no less than BMW. Lexus had the LFA, BMW nothing. |
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Lexus and its LFA are an anomaly. Other than the motor Also Toyota does have motors that are used in the F1 cars, but they have yet to provide any of those innovations to the general public is a sport car. Prime example of a joint project with Toyota is the BR-Z. Complete and utter fail when it comes to power of that car. Totally under powered. And either Toyota told Subaru not to put in the awd or they themselves didn't want it to have awd because of some reason. At 200hp with 160 torque, that car is a grocery-getter. If this supercar will be anything similar to the LFA, then it will be a success, other than that, Toyota is an uber fail in my book until they start catering to the performance oriented consumer. |
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While this car may not actually be the Hydrogen prototype it is most definitely under development in a venture between BMW and Toyota. Just do some Googling and you can read all about it.
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