Toyota Volta **Info from Autocar (page 3)**
07-29-2004, 04:26 PM
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So this is Toyota's next generation...NSX 
Where is Honda's?
Great news. Although the price is high for mass market production, this is still an interesting offering from a bland (company) company like Toyota.
Where is Honda's?Great news. Although the price is high for mass market production, this is still an interesting offering from a bland (company) company like Toyota.
07-29-2004, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
So this is Toyota's next generation...NSX Where is Honda's?
Where is Honda's?
07-29-2004, 04:49 PM
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Ohhh thats gotta be a suckerpunch to honda.....unless they have an ace up their sleeve.
I'd rock that car.
I'd rock that car.
07-29-2004, 05:08 PM
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Priapus! 
But my first thought is priapism, the form of the word that is more used today.
Priapus
n : (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and
guardian of gardens and vineyards
n : (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and
guardian of gardens and vineyards
priapism
n : condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually
painful and seldom with sexual arousal
n : condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually
painful and seldom with sexual arousal
07-29-2004, 05:47 PM
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I miss my 03 CL-S :(
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But my first thought is priapism, the form of the word that is more used today.
I guess you can say some people will have painful hard-ons for this car
07-29-2004, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by titan
!!!!!!! That's fucking incrdible!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe they're going to actually make it (I thought it'd never see the light of day). And for $72K ?! That's insane!! And 30MPG! Damn, I may have to mortgage my life and get this car. 
If I had 72k to throw around on a unpractical supercar, then I'd care less about saving ~$1000 a year on gas.
07-29-2004, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
So this is Toyota's next generation...NSX Where is Honda's?
Great news. Although the price is high for mass market production, this is still an interesting offering from a bland (company) company like Toyota.
Where is Honda's?Great news. Although the price is high for mass market production, this is still an interesting offering from a bland (company) company like Toyota.
they shouldn't axed NSX
But performance-wise, 
07-30-2004, 10:33 AM
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You have to remember that an electric motor develops full TQ at only 1 rpm. So from a standing start this thing would be incredible. Both electric motors plus the V6 applying massive TQ from a stand still will blast this thing off like a rocket.
07-30-2004, 11:25 AM
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supposedly that article at "glossynews" or whatever is a hoax. BUT - I would hope this is mostly in reference to the name of the car and its "release date". I would like to think Toyota is not sitting idle in the midst of all the action at all the other companies. With a continued F1 presense, I think it's high-time Toyota got back in to the supercar leagues.
07-30-2004, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by srika
supposedly that article at "glossynews" or whatever is a hoax. BUT - I would hope this is mostly in reference to the name of the car and its "release date". I would like to think Toyota is not sitting idle in the midst of all the action at all the other companies. With a continued F1 presense, I think it's high-time Toyota got back in to the supercar leagues.
Oh I am sure we will see a supercar of two from Toyota soon. Getting in F1 was part of the whole strategy.
11-22-2004, 06:50 PM
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Toyota's supercar is electrifying - - SOurce: Autocar
Toyota is planning a high-output hybrid supercar that could be on sale by 2007. The flagship Toyota would be the first production supercar with hybrid power, offering high performance with a low environmental impact.
‘If we do a supercar, we don’t want to copy everyone else,’ said Thierry Dombreval, marketing boss for Toyota Motor Europe. ‘With hybrid power we could mix high performance with green credentials.’
At this year’s Geneva Motor Show Italdesign showed the Alessandro Volta (above), a 402bhp
3.3-litre V6 hybrid supercar, with a claimed 155mph top speed, 0-62mph in 4.1sec and 38mpg. It was developed with Toyota.
Although the Volta is not a running prototype, Toyota Motor Europe’s research and development boss Kazuhiko Miyadera said he has driven the company’s high-performance hybrid test car. ‘Because of the steep torque curve of an electric motor, the acceleration is very good. It’s very quick,’ he said.
Toyota is exploring its first supercar to take advantage of its involvement in F1 and to keep up with arch-rival Nissan, which will unveil a 400bhp Skyline GT-R at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota will also steal a march on Honda, which has canned an NSX replacement (right) in favour of a Porsche Boxster rival, still several years off.
‘A hybrid supercar is just right for Toyota. It is something different and fits our brand,’ said Dombreval. ‘We are leaders in hybrid technology and we could exploit it in this new way.’
But Toyota has to overcome the resistance of supercar buyers, who judge their purchases on factors such as engine size, badge credibility and racing heritage, as well as performance. ‘We don’t think this should be a problem. We could offer something new and different that also has strong performance and is green,’ said Dombreval.
Significantly, because of the size of their markets, both Toyota in the US and Japan are understood to be behind the idea.
‘If we do a supercar, we don’t want to copy everyone else,’ said Thierry Dombreval, marketing boss for Toyota Motor Europe. ‘With hybrid power we could mix high performance with green credentials.’
At this year’s Geneva Motor Show Italdesign showed the Alessandro Volta (above), a 402bhp
3.3-litre V6 hybrid supercar, with a claimed 155mph top speed, 0-62mph in 4.1sec and 38mpg. It was developed with Toyota.
Although the Volta is not a running prototype, Toyota Motor Europe’s research and development boss Kazuhiko Miyadera said he has driven the company’s high-performance hybrid test car. ‘Because of the steep torque curve of an electric motor, the acceleration is very good. It’s very quick,’ he said.
Toyota is exploring its first supercar to take advantage of its involvement in F1 and to keep up with arch-rival Nissan, which will unveil a 400bhp Skyline GT-R at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota will also steal a march on Honda, which has canned an NSX replacement (right) in favour of a Porsche Boxster rival, still several years off.
‘A hybrid supercar is just right for Toyota. It is something different and fits our brand,’ said Dombreval. ‘We are leaders in hybrid technology and we could exploit it in this new way.’
But Toyota has to overcome the resistance of supercar buyers, who judge their purchases on factors such as engine size, badge credibility and racing heritage, as well as performance. ‘We don’t think this should be a problem. We could offer something new and different that also has strong performance and is green,’ said Dombreval.
Significantly, because of the size of their markets, both Toyota in the US and Japan are understood to be behind the idea.
11-23-2004, 04:28 AM
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700 km -- > 7.5L
equivalent to
435 miles --> 1.98 gallons!!!!#@#$@%$@!*
Suppose it has a 12 gallon tank, that would mean LA to Atlanta on one tank!!!!!!!!!
13-14 gallon tank, LA to NY on one tank!! $30 of gas money and 3-4 days of around the clock driving, knocking on Soopa's door...priceless.
equivalent to
435 miles --> 1.98 gallons!!!!#@#$@%$@!*
Suppose it has a 12 gallon tank, that would mean LA to Atlanta on one tank!!!!!!!!!
13-14 gallon tank, LA to NY on one tank!! $30 of gas money and 3-4 days of around the clock driving, knocking on Soopa's door...priceless.
11-24-2004, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
Toyota is exploring its first supercar to take advantage of its involvement in F1 and to keep up with arch-rival Nissan, which will unveil a 400bhp Skyline GT-R at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota will also steal a march on Honda, which has canned an NSX replacement (right) in favour of a Porsche Boxster rival, still several years off.
2nd 400hp in 07 will be like 300 now, either the gtr will be 45k or the engine will be putting out a lot more.
3rd, if Toyota was that brilliant in f1 they wouldn't be stealing from ferrari.
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