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      12-31-2018, 12:07 PM   #1139
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Originally Posted by robotk View Post
$100k or not, if it looked like this, I'd consider it.

I'm sure there will be a number of people with deep enough pockets, but it will be out of reach for the average joe. And this goes against what the design team and Tada san has said about Toyota wanting this car to be available to the mass.

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Originally Posted by baege View Post
I've always wondered why styling is so costly?
why would the looks of the ft1 cost Toyota 40k more to produce per car than the looks of the supra?
I'm not an expert by any means, but we have take in account that this hypothetical LC base Supra would already be using a very expensive platform to start off with.

Edit: This may help some to better understand the styling disappointment. According to one of the interviews that Tada san did he stated that work with BMW actually began before the FT-1. The two projects were not related. However, after the FT-1 was unveiled it's styling was liked so much that Tada's team worked with the Calty design studio to incorporate some of the FT1's styling onto the joint sports car.

Last edited by supra93; 12-31-2018 at 12:40 PM..
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