Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda has confirmed his desire to develop a successor to the iconic Toyota Supra, but has also warned Supra fanboys against getting their hopes up. In an open forum with journalists in Japan, Toyoda said that while he “wants to see the next Supra tested in the near future, ” it’s unlikely considering Toyota’s current situation.
Toyoda did say that he would like to build a new sports car, “that is better than the Supra,” which is a good thing in our minds, because to say the last-gen model was a tad on the hefty side would be a gross understatement.
Instead, Toyota will focus on a return to quality, and on building the FR-S/FT-86 compact sports car, which has reportedly been delayed due to development issues.
[Source: Autoblog]
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Toyota make amongst the most boring cars ever to grace the roads. Whatever happened to the heady days of MR2′s and Supras? Instead we have over-featured, underperforming, lacklustre cars. Boring family fare. I currently own five Toyota MR2s from 1986-88. They are incredibly reliable (all have 200K+ miles on the clock) and are a complete joy to drive. They are easy to work on, simple, well made and never ever suffer from electronics failures. My next car? Probably the new VW Bluesport in about 3 years and a Honda sports saloon. The only way Toyota will fix its problems is to fire the entire board of directors and most of their middle management. Rehire the guy who invente the Mark 1 MR2.
July 15th, 2010 at 12:40 pm