Another hybrid sports car concept, Toyota HT-FS Options

[sinner96ST]

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"We feel there's a hole in our lineup," says Kevin Hunter, the vice president of Calty Design Research. "Toyota hasn't had a sports car since the Supra was dropped in 1997. We need some emotional punch in our lineup, a halo product."

Toyota envisions that punch to be a rear-wheel-drive Hybrid Sports Concept (HSC) that develops 400 horsepower. "It's a new kind of sports car for the 21st century," adds Hunter. "Eco and emotion in a sports car concept with a performance target of 0-60 mph in about 4 seconds and a price tag in the mid-$30,000 range."

It's no Volta, but it sure looks good.

[ExSane]

Looks nothing like a G35 coupe. Looks like it has potential. It looks like a compact car weighing 2400-2600lb in curb weight. Hopefully it's rear wheel drive or all wheel drive to compete the latest cars out today but the design already looks like its going to be front wheel drive. And hopefully it won't be a AZ series engine since it's ranging $30,000+.

And no, the 7th Gen Celicas weren't really REAL sports cars. The GT-S could barely hold up to 300hp turbo'd with aftermarkets unless you go full custom lubrication and fabrication and most I've heard was 400whp and that requires a big time butchet in which rarely anyone would spend on a 2ZZ engine. I think they were talkin about REAL sports cars like the Supra with 320hp-1300hp potential. Quote: "But as Toyota has crafted generation after generation of reliable yet uninspiring automobiles, the family of Toyota buyers has begun to look a little old."

I knew a guy, master mechanic. I'm talkin REAL race track mechanic works on nothing but offroad toyota running 10 seconds and under from Puerto Rico. His friend payed him big time to customize a Toyota Matrix XR with the 2ZZ-GE engine. He told me he has never worked on a 2ZZ motor before from Toyota. And out of every other motor he's worked on, that motor is the most pain in the butt motor he has ever worked on. And it's the hardest to work with and hardest to get gaines from tuning.

So yes... we need REAL sports cars.

This post has been edited by ExSane: Dec 25, 2006 - 8:37 AM