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Razr · 03-28-2007, 01:58 AM

The Starlet was the precursor to the Vitz/Yaris line, and it was available in Turbo variants and 4WD for years... So up until 7 years ago, Toyota had decided that it's compact B segment car ought to have good performance variant - so WTF happened?!?

pc1x1 · 03-28-2007, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Razr

The Starlet was the precursor to the Vitz/Yaris line, and it was available in Turbo variants and 4WD for years... So up until 7 years ago, Toyota had decided that it's compact B segment car ought to have good performance variant - so WTF happened?!?

insurance rats. and cost of development maybe? The Starlet was a monster.

eTiMaGo · 03-28-2007, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Razr

The Starlet was the precursor to the Vitz/Yaris line, and it was available in Turbo variants and 4WD for years... So up until 7 years ago, Toyota had decided that it's compact B segment car ought to have good performance variant - so WTF happened?!?

Toyota's gone soft... I mean, what are the sports cars they are selling today? MR-S and Celica... MR-S uses a 1ZZ engine, same damn thing we get in corollas here! At least the Celica has a high rpm engine, but even so it can't really be considered all that sporty compared to the previous generations' rally-conquering monsters.

I guess it's all about profit margins now, pandering to the larger market, forgetting the performance enthusiasts...

At least they're working on a new Supra, and possibly an AE86 successor... there is still hope!

Yarii · 03-28-2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

Toyota's gone soft... I mean, what are the sports cars they are selling today? MR-S and Celica... MR-S uses a 1ZZ engine, same damn thing we get in corollas here! At least the Celica has a high rpm engine, but even so it can't really be considered all that sporty compared to the previous generations' rally-conquering monsters.

I guess it's all about profit margins now, pandering to the larger market, forgetting the performance enthusiasts...

At least they're working on a new Supra, and possibly an AE86 successor... there is still hope!

Unless you're in Canada (I think it's the same in the states)... We don't get anything sporty over here. We get "sport packages" on Toyota's regular cars... They include things like *fast looking, ugly-ass trim* and *a slightly more powerful engine*

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Razr YRS WHOR View User's Garage Drives: White 2007 Yaris E-Limited 5dr Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chiangmai, Thailand Posts: 359	The Starlet was the precursor to the Vitz/Yaris line, and it was available in Turbo variants and 4WD for years... So up until 7 years ago, Toyota had decided that it's compact B segment car ought to have good performance variant - so WTF happened?!?