Why Does Toyota Get So Much Hate?
Where car enthusiasts start to get a little disappointed in Toyota is the fact that, for a period of very many years, it almost seemed like they were going out of their way to not build anything fun.
In the mid-2000s, for instance, the fastest car Toyota made was a tie between a two-wheel drive Tacoma with a stick shift and ground effects and a V6-powered RAV4. I am not kidding. While Honda was out there making the S2000, and Subaru was making the WRX, and Mitsubishi was making the Evolution, walking into the Toyota dealer and asking for “something fast” meant they put you in a compact crossover with a spare tire mounted on the back.
And Toyota’s history of making exciting cars has been kind of spotty. You mention the Lexus GS-F—and it’s worth noting that the brand also has recently made the IS-F, the LFA, and the Scion FR-S. But they also gave us “sports” cars like the Scion tC, the last-generation Toyota Celica, and the MR2 Spyder, which was seen as the destruction of an icon by MR2 people with tattoos.
(Jalopnik.com)
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