MatizNiels

This is really clever. I'm sure you can use the lights from an old E-class as spare. Why didn't any other car maker outside of China think of this?

Yes. I'm also glad they are choosing to consider the whole world marked instead of having the national socialistic stigma we see in most other countries. But what makes you think the products are designed outside of USA? I'm pretty sure the DTS was designed in USA and it is not inferior when you only consider home marked competitors.

Yes. Now it is official that the GP is gone this year. A shame because it is one of my favorites. The NASCAR case was against Bill Davis. To say it was Toyota who stole the plans for the prototype would be wrong. I can't say if any Toyota employee knew about Mr. Davis' affairs, but I doubt anything you are able to find out about it will change your point of view. I wonder if I will become like you if the Chinese car makers enter motorsports. I'm fine with it. I just had to find out why you wrote that kind of posts in the other thread. Peace.

I'm going to see what the court decides. There is this old saying: "Innocent until proven othervise". FIA has announced that there are no plans for removing Spa from the race callendar. BTW. See comment about auto generated replies.

That case has been under its way for years now. You can even in the link you provided read that: "A Cologne court that specialises in economic crime will hear the case but no trial date has yet been se". And yet you say Toyota cheats! That's so far fetched that I didn't even consider that conclusion from you part, hence why I mentioned the restrictor problem - this is the only place where you can claim they have been cheating. I didn't say that you have posted about this specific incident, I simply made the mistake to think that you used facts to back up your claims. I'm sorry for that baseless assumption. The only place where I can see F1 being "in deep doo doo this year" is in USA where Michelin has taken blame for the scandal last year. I can see that I have to point out Toyota is not Michelin. Toyota is not to blame for the scandal in USA. Got it? F1 has increased its popularity last season because a single team isn't dominating anymore. We saw a lot of exciting fights mainly between Renault and McLaren, and even teams like Red Bull, Toyota and Ferrari sometimes had a chance to play with the new big guys. This is what fans of F1 missed before last season, and this is what we hope to see again this year. No team is trying to ruin that. (PS. Do I really have to back this up with links to people saying the same, but whose integritation apparently is higher because they have published it on the net?)

You can hope for some strict safety standards which would hinder Chinese cars from the market. We all remember the Landwind. They had to make it weight more than 2500kg in order to bypass European safety standards. I hope USA doesn't have similar loopholes.

The subject was exhausted allready at the first post. All comments could easilly have been auto generated. [off_topic] Yes. Toyota has done much to F1. It is has developed rapidly and was last year competitive with the best. It draws more fans and sponsors to the sport. It is just like all the other teams in F1. So you say a few members are being investigated and in the other thread you obviously referred to the problem a couple of years ago where both Toyota and BMW Williams were found to have too large air restrictors. They were disqualified and life went on. You can find such things on everyone! No. I didn't love the sludge problem (It didn't affect me since I have never owned a Toyota), but it seems like the problem is solved and that Toyota has learned a lesson from it. It's fine with me if you keep having a grudge over it. Just stop those mindless comments about Toyota ruining everything. As you can see, somebody might read them and comment on them.

Also. Take a look at the plastic panel visible behind the rear window at the right side. Is that supposed to stick to the green metal?

Hey Angry Dad. Do you also think it was the engine sludge that lead to Toyota ruining Formula 1?

LED taillights are not that important. They often end up with weird bee-cube holed designs. Even the little Volkswagen Polo has them!

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Say what? You need to put a whole lot of "IMO" into that text!

The Yaris is not smaller internally, believe me! I have been in most of these cars. The "A-segment" city car from Toyota is named Aygo. The Yaris is one of the smaller superminis, but it is still a supermini, or "B-segment" as you like. Would you also classify Peugeot 1007 in the "A-segment"? Try to go from a Yaris to a Hyundai Accent - the Yaris's interior actually feels larger although the Accent is clasified as a small family car (C-segment)! Funny how I forgot about the Fiat Stilo. That car has sold so poorly that I hardly ever see it.

All those cars have comparable interior space. The Yaris is shorter because of the front and a smaller length of the trunk. The rear seats can be pushed forwards to compensate for that. The Euro Corolla competes with the Peugeot 307, Renault Megane and Fiat Bravo if we keep it to the brands you mention. It also has one of the smallest trunks, but is just as large in the cabin as the others. The only 'dumb' thing about buying it is that a new generation is on its way. (Kia is rarely compared to these because it is a discount brand like Chevrolet in Europe)

F1 derived? It might use some ideas from the F1 engine like BMW M5's engine, but it will be far from derived. The F1 engines are 3.0 liter with just less than 1000HP (Honda roumered having more than 1000 in their special Suzuka engine) and only lasts for about 800km. One engine alone costs millions to make. Where do you have those crazy rumours from? And that black car is the Toyota Crown! ~Sigh!~