Toyota To Supercars

[Kingair]

Could explain, the sudden dropping of Frosty for next year and the signing of a young gun replacement.

Charlie Forklifts might have some extra dollars from Toyota to lure a driver, and the Toyota name as an incentive to get ADP on board.


It seemed a bit funny at the time for ADP to leave DJR, to go Team18.

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by Sandgroper

thats what I was thinking. Its a small body car unless they stretch it to suit the same size of the current race models

they have to. I am sure it will look like as stupid as the Gen 2 Mustang stretched over a 4 door frame

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Trevor

they have to. I am sure it will look like as stupid as the Gen 2 Mustang stretched over a 4 door frame

I came in to post exactly the same fears. Hopefully it will end up more in proportion than that, but I guess it is what it is, or will be what it will be.

[mf51]

Originally Posted by Trevor

they have to. I am sure it will look like as stupid as the Gen 2 Mustang stretched over a 4 door frame

Supercars won’t do that again. That Mustang looked like a joke.
How the Supra looks now (as in the announcement) is how it will race, Toyota won’t allow their car looking like a joke.

[Mixer]

Originally Posted by Trevor

they have to. I am sure it will look like as stupid as the Gen 2 Mustang stretched over a 4 door frame

You know the biggest issue wasn't the Supercars requirements, it was Penske deliberately making it ugly for aero benefit.

The glasshouse was the frame, but everything else including the droop snoot, was 100% for performance gain.

the Supra anyway can just be scaled up and kept in proportion, it's proportions are not massively different to the other 2 cars, unlike trying to squish a 2 door car over frame built for a 4-door car.