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  Debatable, but okay.
context: Lotus beat them to it by about 20 years >
  
  Another commenter alluded to this but I just want to say it explicitly: Corolla and Camry engines can be pretty damn powerful depending on how they're tuned, aspirated, etc. In a "supercar" body (one that's handling-focused, lightweight, only two seats) they can haul ass. Lotus has been building their cars with Toyota engines for almost two decades.
  This will probably be a disaster, but it's not necessarily because of the engine running it. >
  
  Right! The lotus Evora runs on a bored and tuned 2gr-fe, which is a Camry engine!
  Edit: more specifically, my Camry runs a lotus engine >
  
  The Elise has been using Corolla engines from its inception. Different type of supercar, mind you, 1900lbs and 190hp, not trying to be a Ferrari. >
  
  Not a supercar. Sports car.