Oh yea I said before a loong time ago that hte V-10 supercar and teh Supra may debut at the october AutoSalon.....I just did this post again because MotorTrend and several other mags etc...sorta "affirmed" it....ya knoe? LoL.....plus its always fun to look at future vehicles. The information im putting is the most up to date crap. I put this info up because theres too much bull picutres on teh message boards and such....blah blah blah...LOL

-Nate >>

Oh yea there is a possibility on the 8th gen being released in 07 due to sales....killing the 7G in 2006.

-Nate >>

-XE_Nathaniel+Aug 19, 2003 - 10:44 PM

LOL possibility mang POSSIBILITY.

Killed in 06...and Released as 07 model....making the run life around 6 Years.

-Nate >>

well, I think it was nate that informed us about the new solara before I saw it in any mags (maybe it was someone else)

so mybe we should trust his sources, but a 2007 8th gen? that seems like a long time to wait, it seems that sales are sharply dropping off on the 7th gen, even the gt-s, probably because of the rsx-s, but I don't care either way, I probably wont have enough for an 8th gen come 2006, and I'm definately happy with the 6th gen.

BRING BACK THE 6TH GEN j/k

LoL my bad I jsut realized I put 2007 instead of 2006......

-Nate >>

(OH yea I jsut drove the new solara btw =P)

Nate your posts are confusing bro >>

I still don't believe toyota will run a celica model more than 5 years. They have run the celica for 32 years now, and the year gaps were:

1g - 2g: 6 (first model so really a test run! car saw several updates over 6yrs)
2g - 3g: 4
3g - 4g: 4
4g - 5g: 4
5g - 6g: 4
6g - 7g: 5 (such a beautiful / well selling car, why not run it 5 years >>)

So I think the 8th gen could come out as early as the end of 2004 through to mid 2005.

Thats just a guess though!

You know what I noticed? The headlights on that Supra concept floating around on the internet...the one in the japanese magazine. The headlights look exactly like the 2000gt's. It's kinda cool that they're going retro.

CRAP! im sorry I made a big mistake.....I mixed up the 8G Celica with the Sequoia redesign! Sequoia in 2006 and Celica in 2005. I misheard sorry!

doh...

LOL

I feel stupid.....although it wouldnt be the first time.....or second.....or thrid....or.....

-Nate >>

Oh yea Geek_One....the links are a big misleading..the 1st one having old concept pics and the next one for saying it will have the 4.3 liter (presumably) 3UZ-FE engine. Toyota has tinkered and finalyl made the V-10 streetable. All of this information was new at the time...but thanks for the posts! =)

-Nate >>

I'll believe it when I see it.

I actually read Road and Track this weekend, it's the September issue. The article about the Lexus supercar is in there, with a picture. It says it has a 5.0 V-10. It also said something about the engine having problems with vibtrations, but they fixed it, whatever. It's supposed to push 500 horsepower and compete directly with lambos and Ferrari Maranello's. They're going to introduce it when they introduce the Lexus line in Japan. The article also said the Supra was going to POSSIBLY be reintroduced in the US the following year to enhance their sports car image in the U.S., but it didn't say it would be based on the Lexus supercar. The next page had a concept drawing of an RX-7 that may come out, it looked a lot better than the new RX-8. I almost bought the magazine, but I don't have a scanner anyway so I wouldn't have been able to get the pictures up. Go to a bookstore and skim through it though if you want to see it for yourself.