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.

[boosted_K2]

for anyone who want to argue: fact (from autonews.com)

Best selling vehicles from 2005:

1. Ford F-Series (includes F-150, F-250 Super Duty and F-350 Super Duty) — 901,463


2. Chevrolet Silverado (includes 1500, 1500 Classic, 1500 SS, 1500 SS Classic, 1500HD, 1500HD Classic, 2500HD, 2500HD Classic, 3500, 3500 Classic) — 705,891


3. Toyota Camry, Camry Hybrid and Camry Solara — 433,703


4. Dodge Ram (includes 1500, 1500 SRT-10, 2500 and 3500) — 400,453


5. Honda Accord — 369,293


6. Honda Civic — 308,415


7. Nissan Altima — 255,371


8. Chevrolet Impala — 246,481


9. Chevrolet Malibu — 245,861


10. Chevrolet TrailBlazer and TrailBlazer EXT — 244,150

to me that kinda looks like: truck, truck, midsize family sedan, truck, midsize family sedan, economy coupe, midsize family sedan, midsize family sedan, midsize family sedan, SUV


also wanted to add i cant really agree with the statement of "where its going"... im pretty sure its already there, the discontinuation of the celica and MRS was kinda the final piece, the rest of the toyota sports cars have been long phased out, even the celica and MRS have been cremepuffs since the alltrac was discontinued in 93 and the mr2turbo was discontinued in 94. its not like this is a recent development.