View Full Version : my talk with the celica engineer
gains238
08-05-2004, 07:40 PM
well, you guys were right; he said the scion was replacing the celica. ANYWAY, they gave me a prius for a rental car. it is pretty cool. it is one ugly piece of work from the outside but it has a really cool liquid touch screen that operates everything from the climate to the radio. I really liked it. if I was to get a hybrid car, that would be it. the engineer was a really cool dude. he told me that they were thinking about bringing back the supra and that the tacoma was going to be redesigned or something. and after they looked at it, they even gave me a free alignment ON TOP OF the $200 for all the trouble, praise God for it all. anyway, just thought I would post what happened.
Blue Bomber
08-05-2004, 07:57 PM
Well, the Tacoma is definitely gonig to be redesigned this year, with a high performance version called the X-Runner that can be supercharged to 300hp stock. :eek: Stock handling is even slightly better than a stock Celica, as well.
All that is old news. The new "Supra" has been testing for months now and it won't have the Supra name. It will get a change like the Integra did when it was called the RSX. Tacoma is coming in an XRunner platform like blue said.
One thing that I have yet to see mentioned on the board yet, but I'm pretty sure is safe to say. Lexus is coming out a high end (as if the brand wasn't high end enough on it's own) brand of tuned Lexus cars. Basicly it will be like AMG is to Mercedes. The cars are going to have big horsepower numbers and be nicely modified. This isn't like that cosmetic L-Tuned crap they have now. We're talking a production LS with a 4.7 motor hitting the 600 Hp range and selling at $100k+.
Models included will be the new IS, new GS, and LS.
Butt Dyno
08-06-2004, 11:58 AM
*prays for IS430*
Originally posted by Butt Dyno
*prays for IS430*
yeah man, id definitely rock one :drool:
Gas-n-Grease
08-06-2004, 02:38 PM
A while back they dubbed the next "Supra" the 3000GT... probably will resemble a 2000GT of the past. That'd be sweet, a futuristic looking 2000GT (like the new GT40s and Mustangs resemble the classics)
Ford is the only company that I can say has really pulled off retro styling. The stang, Cobra, and GT all look great. Dodge is getting there with their Magnum, but they failed miserably with the PT cruiser series. Chevy's SSR is a debatable disaster. But hey, at least they mad the attempt.
As cool as it would be to see a retro GT from Toyota, I just don't think it will happen.
The Game
08-06-2004, 07:56 PM
Originally posted by GTSnut
but they failed miserably with the PT cruiser series.
how do you figure? I see them on the road all the time.
FriedRice
08-06-2004, 08:41 PM
Originally posted by GTSnut
Ford is the only company that I can say has really pulled off retro styling. The stang, Cobra, and GT all look great. Dodge is getting there with their Magnum, but they failed miserably with the PT cruiser series. Chevy's SSR is a debatable disaster. But hey, at least they mad the attempt.
As cool as it would be to see a retro GT from Toyota, I just don't think it will happen.
well the thing about the GT is that the styling was far ahead of its time that it would look in place rite about now... i wouldnt exactly call it retro.
the pt cruiser looks like ass. i think thats what he meant. have to disagree with the magnum tho.... looks more like their older dodge ram trucks with the giant grille in the middle than anything retro that i've seen...
i could be wrong... im not into muscle cars
Originally posted by FriedRice
well the thing about the GT is that the styling was far ahead of its time that it would look in place rite about now... i wouldnt exactly call it retro.
the pt cruiser looks like ass. i think thats what he meant. have to disagree with the magnum tho.... looks more like their older dodge ram trucks with the giant grille in the middle than anything retro that i've seen...
i could be wrong... im not into muscle cars Styling a vehicle today to look like a vehicle 30 years ago is retro. Plain and simple. And I wouldn't call the styling ahead of it's time. Ferrari had the GTO out in '62 and Lambo had the Miura out in '66. Maybe for Ford it was ahead of it's time, but in no way for automotive styling history was it ahead of it's time. I would give it to you for ground breaking race performace at Le Mans, but that's it.
And the PT is weak. Sure it sold okay at the beginning, but it was styled after hot rods of the 30s. But then they made it FWD with a pathetic 4. That's like if Ford made the GT sell at 20k with a mustang V6 and FWD. It just doesn't work. It's a joke really.
But I do give it back to Dodge for the Magnum. The wanted the feeling that the Judge gave customers back in the day. Awesome, stand out paint, on a low, wide, chop top beast with RWD, great suspension, decent brakes, and big ass HEMI V8 under the hood. I mean the thing is a dodge charger muscle car of 2004 with room for the kids.
portopotti
08-07-2004, 07:49 PM
I thought all the talk about the new Supra was related to it being badged as a Lexus??
TRD 2ZZGE
08-07-2004, 11:37 PM
I heard the Future Tacoma can out accelerate a 350z..:eek:
Originally posted by TRD 2ZZGE
I heard the Future Tacoma can out accelerate a 350z..:eek:
I heard you were smoking crack. :eek: I also heard that you should do research before posting. :eek:
2005 Tacoma X-Runner: 0-60 in 7 seconds, or 6 seconds with the TRD Supercharger.
2003 350Z: 0-60 in 5.4 seconds stock N/A
mithrandir167
08-09-2004, 08:43 AM
i herd that tammi said, aiesha told jimmy that tommy who has a cousin who knew a guy who screwed one of the techs from toyota said that the supra will have four wheels. :eek:
treeh8r
08-09-2004, 09:10 AM
:rofl:
im not an engineer or anything, but isn't a tacoma a truck? and isnt a 350Z a performance sports car? i wouldnt think the two would be in comparable classes...traditionally, when one is looking to purchase a car, they dont say, well this truck is better and purchase a truck. and vis versa. when you start saying stuff like that, you can always find a better vehicle. its a matter of finding the best car in a particular class...but i dont make the rules...
555 SOUL
08-09-2004, 09:23 AM
Originally posted by TRD 2ZZGE
I heard the Future Tacoma can out accelerate a 350z..:eek:
they used the 350z as a model...but it's HANDLE not accelerate.Originally posted by GTSnut
[QUOTE]Originally posted by GTSnut
I heard you were smoking crack. :eek: I also heard that you should do research before posting. :eek:
2005 Tacoma X-Runner: 0-60 in 7 seconds, or 6 seconds with the TRD Supercharger.
2003 350Z: 0-60 in 5.4 seconds stock N/A
The X-Runner will beable to handle well for any stock vehicle and accelerate decent for a smaller class truck.
Brett
08-10-2004, 12:44 PM
I love how GTSnut is the authority now :D
heltor2
08-10-2004, 08:35 PM
That should be a cool one. I heard it's got like over 300 horse-power or something from the Acura dealer.
Looked on Edmunds and it just acts like it's an ordinary gas engine. I guess we'll find out when 2005 RL comes out.
Originally posted by Brett
I love how GTSnut is the authority now :D This has been the case for the last two years. I just rarely post half of the things I know because I'm not allowed to because of all the lurkers from Toyota that browse the site.
ringthree
08-11-2004, 08:54 AM
Originally posted by GTSnut
All that is old news. The new "Supra" has been testing for months now and it won't have the Supra name. It will get a change like the Integra did when it was called the RSX. Tacoma is coming in an XRunner platform like blue said.
One thing that I have yet to see mentioned on the board yet, but I'm pretty sure is safe to say. Lexus is coming out a high end (as if the brand wasn't high end enough on it's own) brand of tuned Lexus cars. Basicly it will be like AMG is to Mercedes. The cars are going to have big horsepower numbers and be nicely modified. This isn't like that cosmetic L-Tuned crap they have now. We're talking a production LS with a 4.7 motor hitting the 600 Hp range and selling at $100k+.
Models included will be the new IS, new GS, and LS.
Proof? Not that I doubt you, I just haven't seen any news about this before now. Especially the Supra. I have seen many concepts but none of them were realistic.
ringthree
08-11-2004, 08:56 AM
Originally posted by GTSnut
Ford is the only company that I can say has really pulled off retro styling. The stang, Cobra, and GT all look great. Dodge is getting there with their Magnum, but they failed miserably with the PT cruiser series. Chevy's SSR is a debatable disaster. But hey, at least they mad the attempt.
As cool as it would be to see a retro GT from Toyota, I just don't think it will happen.
Debatable? The six month reserve of cars isn't a clincher?
Originally posted by ringthree
Proof? Not that I doubt you, I just haven't seen any news about this before now. Especially the Supra. I have seen many concepts but none of them were realistic. That is all I will post about it in a public forum. I would think you would have figured that out on your own.
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