2020 Supra... first thoughts

ZCanadian

A true sports car shouldn't be very good at being a normal car. Its job is to lure you to drive it to nowhere in particular and back, as often as possible. It need only convert petroleum into smiles.

If someone is evaluating a sports car for the number of cupholders it has, ride comfort, the quality of the audio, or the practicality of the back seats, then they are fooling themselves. So is the manufacturer, for showing the car on a race track.

I guess that trucks are advertised by showing them carrying loads of steel off a jobsite, pulling stumps, and towing a small house. Most are actually sold for taking the family on trips and potentially hauling some toys or a few sheets of drywall. But at least it's true that they CAN do what the adverts show.

Maybe it is me after all. I know it's a big purchase. Having a vehicle that can be all things is a "sensible" approach for both buyer and manufacturer. But that kind of car will never be exceptional at anything (excepting possibly some Porsches). At least not without substantial mods. Most are barely adequate at anything. And the word "sensible" does not belong in the same sentence as "sports car". Except perhaps the way I just used it!