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- From: dje@mail.bellcore.com (Don Eilenberger)
- Subject: Re: Where is the new Toyota Supra?
- Reply-To: dje@mail.bellcore.com (Don Eilenberger)
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 18:22:56 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.182256.662@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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- In article <wood.727972718@siemens.com>, wood@siemens.com (Jim Wood) writes:
- |> The subject heading asks it all. I have been looking for this
- |> car to debut for quite some time, expecting it in January of
- |> this year. Where is it?
- |>
- |>
- Jim.. last rumors I heard is that it will be delayed until the
- '94 model year.. if at all.
-
- There was a recent commercial for Toyota exholing how much of
- their vehicle and development are done in this country, and
- they showed one of their California design studios.. in passing
- there is a very quick glimpse of a low slung sport type clay
- mockup.. perhaps the new Supra?
-
- My gut feeling is (and I've owned 3 Supras).. they aren't too
- worried about this market.. the Lexus SC400 and SC300 fit into
- the price range the new supe would have to fit, and they probably
- don't want to compete with themselves.. if you look at the SC series,
- I think you'll see where the '92 Supra went..
-
- I suspect part of the reason we never saw a new Supra is that the
- car as designed (figure the SC Lexus now) - didn't really give the
- performance that other manufacturer's were offering (300Z, Mitsu
- 3000GT).. and they steered it more towards luxury GT which fit
- better in the Lexus line.
-
- It's also interesting that they have discontinued the Cressida line
- completely.. apparently it was (1)competing with the Lexus...
- (2)since it used the Supra driveline, not economical to produce without
- the Supra.
-
- Don Eilenberger (dje@mail.bellcore.com)
-