Comments by "Ryan UFC" (@ryanb8736) on "MotorWeek" channel.

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  9. They have a cult following, but it’s only in modified version. Most of the cult can’t afford it. Toyota could have built their own car. It would have cost 150k. Look at GTR and NSX. Plus those sales are also poor. R&D would have put Toyota at a half a billion minimum. They would lose 200 million just to sell at 60k. How many people you think would buy a 2 door sports coupe? They needed numbers of 200,000 units. Never would have happened. Learn all about R&D and building an assembly plant full of robots to mass produce. They knew the C8 mid engine was coming out so they scrapped the concept of building their own car. They are lucky they did. They have little investment in this one and they let BMW take the loss of it don’t sell. So far they are selling well. Toyota is in business to make money. Not to make internet people happy that can’t afford a 150k super car. Go look at the sales number of the GTR’s over the past 10 years. It’s real low. There are way too many cars on the market. Plus GM just leveled the market and dominated it. But GM will sell more C8’s the first year then GTR sold in a lifetime. Why is that? Cause their clients have money and their cult just buy them. Toyota knows from past with Supra and LFA that it’s too risky of an investment. They lost money back then and it will be worst this time. Production costs have gone up 400%. Also with all the used exotic market, it makes it even harder. The Supra diehard fans are only in the low 1000’s who actually have the money to buy the car. Even at 150k, it would be tough. A 50k bespoke car in the 90’s is now equivalent to 120k Plus now. Guys seem to think Toyota didn’t spend months analyzing the market and costs. They did everything and it couldn’t be done. Also the 2JZ engine is outdated and would never pass emissions. You’re talking about 1000’s of parts that have to be manufactured under the hood, let alone the chassis. When you have bespoke parts that can not be shared with other platforms, it raises the prices really high.
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