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Old May 4, 2022 | 07:55 PM
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99.9 percent of Toyotas and Lexus are fwd, you realize that, right?

Oh, and I'm dead serious
Um..no. Lots of rwd Toyotas amd Lexus models. There are at least 10 rwd based models for North America of the Toyota/Lexus brand
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Um..no. Lots of rwd Toyotas amd Lexus models. There are at least 10 rwd based models for North America of the Toyota/Lexus brand
Not lots. Some trucks, an SUV or two, and the IS/GS/LC/LS line. The majority on the road are fwd. Every Toyota I've owned over 30 years except my IS has been fwd... and I've owned quite a few
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I count 6 out of 26 Toyota's on their site as being RWD or RWD bias. 5 if you leave out the Supra which is not a Toyota.
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
Not lots. Some trucks, an SUV or two, and the IS/GS/LC/LS line. The majority on the road are fwd. Every Toyota I've owned over 30 years except my IS has been fwd... and I've owned quite a few
12 fwd based. 7 rwd based from Toyota.
4 fwd based. 6 rwd based from Lexus

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I count 6 out of 26 Toyota's on their site as being RWD or RWD bias. 5 if you leave out the Supra which is not a Toyota.
Yep. Majority of both Toyota and Lexus ON THE ROAD are fwd models. Nothing wrong with that I guess unless you're not Toyota LOL
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I count 6 out of 26 Toyota's on their site as being RWD or RWD bias. 5 if you leave out the Supra which is not a Toyota.
A BOF truck is the furthest thing away from a sporty vehicle lol.
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
Not lots. Some trucks, an SUV or two, and the IS/GS/LC/LS line. The majority on the road are fwd. Every Toyota I've owned over 30 years except my IS has been fwd... and I've owned quite a few
I'm the opposite, all but my ES have been correct wheel drive or true 4X4
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Um..no. Lots of rwd Toyotas amd Lexus models. There are at least 10 rwd based models for North America of the Toyota/Lexus brand
Depends on what he means by the exaggerated 99.9%. If its volume, its probably in the high 90% of FWD. In reality, very few models of the Japanese or Koreans have great performance compared to the German / American cars. Besides the GTR and NSX on the high end, CTR and Z Car on the low end, and the LC500 and IS500, everything else is kinda meh (thats spread across 6 brands!). The Koreans have the the N line of cars and the Genesis G70 and the upcoming EV6 GT / Ioniq 5 N so not a ton there either. The Germans have a high performance variant for almost every one of their models. The Americans also have a ton of high performance models too. In the end, not that many go Japanese or Korean when thinking of high performance or sport.
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
12 fwd based. 7 rwd based from Toyota.
4 fwd based. 6 rwd based from Lexus
Majority of Toyotas and Lexus on the road today in America are fwd models like Camry, Corolla, Sienna, RAV4, GX, NX, ES are fwd
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Originally Posted by EZZ
Depends on what he means by the exaggerated 99.9%. If its volume, its probably in the high 90% of FWD. In reality, very few models of the Japanese or Koreans have great performance compared to the German / American cars. Besides the GTR and NSX on the high end, CTR and Z Car on the low end, and the LC500 and IS500, everything else is kinda meh (thats spread across 6 brands!). The Koreans have the the N line of cars and the Genesis G70 and the upcoming EV6 GT / Ioniq 5 N so not a ton there either. The Germans have a high performance variant for almost every one of their models. The Americans also have a ton of high performance models too. In the end, not that many go Japanese or Korean when thinking of high performance or sport.
It is more like 25-30% are rwd based. By volume
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Originally Posted by EZZ
Depends on what he means by the exaggerated 99.9%. If its volume, its probably in the high 90% of FWD. In reality, very few models of the Japanese or Koreans have great performance compared to the German / American cars. Besides the GTR and NSX on the high end, CTR and Z Car on the low end, and the LC500 and IS500, everything else is kinda meh (thats spread across 6 brands!). The Koreans have the the N line of cars and the Genesis G70 and the upcoming EV6 GT / Ioniq 5 N so not a ton there either. The Germans have a high performance variant for almost every one of their models. The Americans also have a ton of high performance models too. In the end, not that many go Japanese or Korean when thinking of high performance or sport.
Ok, I stand corrected. 90 percent sounds like a lot of fwd to me. Again, nothing wrong with that
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
Ok, I stand corrected. 90 percent sounds like a lot of fwd to me
more like 25-30% are rwd based
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
more like 25-30% are rwd based
Maybe by models, but not by numbers on the road
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Lol we're really splitting hairs here.

I don't even know why we're having this debate. Korea's best sports car is a stinger? An NSX blows the doors off that as do other Japanese sports cars. Then their build quality is infinitely better and they will last much longer.



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