What's with all the 370Z wannabes?

m4a1mustang · 10-04-2011, 08:57 PM

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Mother Nature's up to it too...

emx620 · 10-04-2011, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by LT419

Mother Nature's up to it too...

shadoquad · 10-04-2011, 08:47 PM

FricFrac · 10-04-2011, 09:05 PM

Focus.... I'm talking a whole entire car that looks very very similar to the 370Z. Not just styling cues. You can compare every friggin car ever made with styling cues from any other car.....

m4a1mustang · 10-04-2011, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by FricFrac

Focus.... I'm talking a whole entire car that looks very very similar to the 370Z. Not just styling cues. You can compare every friggin car ever made with styling cues from any other car.....

See above.

m4a1mustang · 10-04-2011, 09:09 PM

I'm totally forgetting about the time machine, though. That's how all of those pre-2009 concepts copied the 370.

m4a1mustang · 10-04-2011, 09:12 PM

A little bit of Google due diligence will show you that the FT-HS concept was unveiled at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show.

Masa · 10-04-2011, 09:14 PM

IBTL....

FricFrac · 10-04-2011, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

A little bit of Google due diligence will show you that the FT-HS concept was unveiled at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show.

I think a little bit of due diligence would be reading the article I posted and finding that it wasn't actually stated in there....

m4a1mustang · 10-04-2011, 09:20 PM

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I think a little bit of due diligence would be reading the article I posted and finding that it wasn't actually stated in there....

Text of the article you linked in your opening post:

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and now the Toyota Supra?

New Toyota Supra due in 2014 - rumors

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Akio Toyoda, head of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Co., says he would like to see a new Toyota Supra hit the market. Seen in 2007 as the FT-HS concept at the the Detroit Motor Show, the fifth-generation Supra would be the first in showrooms since the Mark IV was cancelled in 2002.

Toyoda used to test drive the fourth-gen Supra on the Nurburgring, and the idea of developing a better version became a pet project for the company chief. Speculation suggests the car would use a hybrid powertrain involving a V6 engine.

But not everyone in the company is inline with Toyoda's wishes. Since the company is already preparing a replacement to the MR-2, and the FT-86 sports car is an advanced development stages with Subaru, some may not see the need for a Supra release anytime soon.

Though Toyoda says he "wants to see the next Supra tested in the near future," he acknowledges that even if he wants the car to be released "the whole company is not going to be responding to that request," according to a published interview.

Read more: New Toyota Supra due in 2014 - rumors

Red__Zed · 10-04-2011, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

A little bit of Google due diligence will show you that the FT-HS concept was unveiled at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show.

sounds like a lotta work

m4a1mustang · 10-04-2011, 09:27 PM

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sounds like a lotta work

tl;dr

waaaasabi · 10-04-2011, 09:35 PM

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Where does it say "Seen in 2007"?

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I think a little bit of due diligence would be reading the article I posted and finding that it wasn't actually stated in there....

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Sorry I was looking in the FT-HS link - you're right.

Damnit! I made this nifty graphic (because I have no life) and, f*ck it, I'm gonna use it!

And yeah, I used Powerpoint, deal with it.

FricFrac · 10-04-2011, 09:15 PM

... found it in another article where they talk about the 2007 FT-HS....

"It's rumored that the upcoming Lexus LF-A sports car also could offer a hybrid powertrain (in conjunction with a conventional V-8 or V-10), but the FT-HS doesn't share the platform of the Lexus. Size-wise, the two-plus-two is almost an exact overlay of the Nissan 350Z, a car that would be an obvious competitor, although, if you take the Supra's price at the time of its departure ($40,000) as a ballpark starting figure, the Toyota would be considerably more expensive."

FricFrac · 10-04-2011, 09:16 PM

2007 Toyota FT-HS Concept - Latest News, Features, and Auto Show Coverage - Automobile Magazine

10-04-2011, 09:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
FricFrac A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 1,481 Drives: 370Z 300ZX 280ZX 240 Rep Power: 229	Focus.... I'm talking a whole entire car that looks very very similar to the 370Z. Not just styling cues. You can compare every friggin car ever made with styling cues from any other car..... __________________ '09 370Z - '93 300ZX Vert - '83 280ZX - '83 280ZXT -'81 280ZXT stroker - '72 240Z - Stillen CBE, HFC, G3, Grounding Kit, Sways // Swift Spring // H&R 15mm // 5% Tint // Clear Bra //

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m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6963	A little bit of Google due diligence will show you that the FT-HS concept was unveiled at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

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10-04-2011, 09:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
FricFrac A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 1,481 Drives: 370Z 300ZX 280ZX 240 Rep Power: 229	... found it in another article where they talk about the 2007 FT-HS.... "It's rumored that the upcoming Lexus LF-A sports car also could offer a hybrid powertrain (in conjunction with a conventional V-8 or V-10), but the FT-HS doesn't share the platform of the Lexus. Size-wise, the two-plus-two is almost an exact overlay of the Nissan 350Z, a car that would be an obvious competitor, although, if you take the Supra's price at the time of its departure ($40,000) as a ballpark starting figure, the Toyota would be considerably more expensive." __________________ '09 370Z - '93 300ZX Vert - '83 280ZX - '83 280ZXT -'81 280ZXT stroker - '72 240Z - Stillen CBE, HFC, G3, Grounding Kit, Sways // Swift Spring // H&R 15mm // 5% Tint // Clear Bra //

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10-04-2011, 09:16 PM	#15 (permalink)
FricFrac A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 1,481 Drives: 370Z 300ZX 280ZX 240 Rep Power: 229	2007 Toyota FT-HS Concept - Latest News, Features, and Auto Show Coverage - Automobile Magazine __________________ '09 370Z - '93 300ZX Vert - '83 280ZX - '83 280ZXT -'81 280ZXT stroker - '72 240Z - Stillen CBE, HFC, G3, Grounding Kit, Sways // Swift Spring // H&R 15mm // 5% Tint // Clear Bra //