Comments by "pm ayo" (@pmayo7894) on "The Lexus LFA Was Not A Failure (Even Though It Was) — Revelations with Jason Cammisa" video.

  1. The LFA isn't really a "true Supra". Spiritually, it's a successor to the old Toyota 2000GT - even Jason pointed it out when doing the video for that car.
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  2. "and what I absolutely hate is that Toyota didn't keep the 1990s Supra Turbo upgrading decade after decade and keeping pace with the 911 or leading it." - what you failed to account was that Japan's economy wasn't exactly in a good spot in the 90's (there's a reason that some Japanese called it "the lost decade"). And then there's the part that Mark 4 (A80) sales weren't as good as the Mark 3 (A70).
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  3. Loud "SUPAKA!" intensifies
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  4. Still gonna be the same with the NSX: badged as a Honda elsewhere.
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  5.  @lqr824  - "Instead I'm saying that Toyota didn't approach this as: let's make a Toyota that becomes revered decade after decade like the 911." - this isn't exactly a good idea, in fairness.
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  6. You're forgetting that the LFA is a little more than a decade old. It also doesn't help your case that one of the companies involved in developing the LFA also produces musical instruments (of course, that's a bit inaccurate considering that Yamaha Motor Company is independent from the original Yamaha Corporation since 1955).
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  7. Too late for that one, bud.
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  8. "Price then could have been just under $100K..." - yeah, the moment you mentioned this, this actually becomes a bad idea... especially with the Corvette still around. Besides, there's the GR GT3's road car (or whatever's badged as) coming soon anyway,
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  9. ​ @texan176  - I didn't say ZR1, just the Corvette in general (including the base models which the more well-off Joe could afford). Besides, you kinda forgot the part of transportation costs from Japan to the State.
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  10. Not quite, bud. Besides, this isn't politics.
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  11. ​ @joeyboikly  - the video (about an expensive engineering exercise with racing pedigree) doesn't scream "anti-capitalist" the slightest. Besides, you don't even know what communism even means.
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  12. ​ @joeyboikly  - "if it don't make dollars it don't make sense." - you might want to re-watch the 3:40 part.
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  13. ​ @joeyboikly  - dude, you might want to cut the act. I can tell.
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  14.  @Daniel-dj7fh  - "I don't think the LFA played any role in this." - this is why I'll need to reiterate Akio's role (as briefly summarized from 2:45 onwards). Without him, the LFA would have been most likely shot dead before reaching production. In fact, him approving that car and racing that thing in the Nurburgring played a key role in shaping Gazoo Racing today.
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  15.  @Daniel-dj7fh  - except, not quite.
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  16.  @Daniel-dj7fh  - "if the yaris didn't take off that's what would have happened." - not quite, either. Or to be more precise, it misses a lot of contexts.
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  17. Except, not really.
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  18. Except, no. It's a spiritual successor to the 2000GT, not the Supra.
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  19. Not quite, bud.
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  20. Not quite.
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