Comments by "pm ayo" (@pmayo7894) on "" video.

 @CurtisSmal - which wasn't the designers had intended. It was aimed primarily at the Z cars.
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@CurtisSmal - which required ditching the 2JZ in favor of the 3S-based 503E 4-pot and 3UZ V8 in the JGTC and early years of Super GT.
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@Paul - and besides, didn't James Bond drive a Toyota before?
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Not quite. In the long run, Toyota bringing out sports cars (despite being co-developed) in an era where not many manufacturers make them and affordably is already balls-y enough. Besides, the former CEO was known to have raced quite often.
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"I don't see why we just can't build this exact same car." - you can't.
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Until regulations come into play.
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@Manny32V - it ain't just the engine. The car's chassis and passenger protection also needed extensive updates as well to comply.
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@Manny32V - again, chassis and passenger protection needs extensive updates. So, it's not exactly doable without meeting the stringent regulations compared to the 90's. Total that and the engine modifications (even as trying to get it to meet performance goals) and this would be expensive.
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Except it basically used a Celica 4-pot in place of the 2JZ. EDIT: And by the later years of the JGTC, the 3UZ V8.
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Not exactly it. As Albon mentioned, the situations regarding the economy brought a hit to sportscars. One particular economy is Japan's; the 90's weren't exactly kind to them (they called this the 'lost decade' for a reason). Then, there's also the 2008 financial crisis (this brought down the road-going version of Honda's HSV-010 race car).
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 @Oosh21 - and by early next year, the R34 would be road-legal on US roads. EDIT: Early R34 models to be more precise.
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