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  I drive a Corolla and when I saw this the first thing that came to mind was, "Taliban constructs super car made only from old lawnmower parts."
  Thank you for being the only person who isn't talking about how great Corolla's are so I could tell my shitty joke.
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. >
  
  Debatable, but okay. >
  
  Evija yes. Elise, no. >
  
  Thanks for again stating your opinion as fact, again I will disagree. A Ferrari is considered a supercar, the F360 at the time of the Elise I was talking about had 400hp and weighed 3200lbs. The Elise had 189hp and weighed 1,200lbs less. You don't get to coin the term supercar to only the cars you feel fit the description, no one asked. >
  
  Whether it's a supercar or not isn't down to the power to weight ratio. A Porsche 911 isn't even a supercar, let alone a lightweight sports car with a 4 cylinder Toyota or Rover engine... >
  
  Yeah? So what's the definition of a supercar? >
  
  Not an Elise. 
  You must drive one to be this vocal. >
  
  I wanted to read this article but holy mother of god that website is awful. >
  
  firefox reader view >
  
  The most important question in Afghanistan: does it provide mounting points for one or more DShK 50 calibre machine guns? >
  
  You need the one with the Hilux engine for that. >
  
  I starting to think that's why they went with a Toyota motor.
  If it's good enough to fight in then it must be good enough for "supercar". >
  
  It is finally revealed that this was their goal all along: an Islamic state that builds fast cars to race around the 3,360km Afghan ring road. >
  
  They have roads? >
  
  Where else do you think they planted all those roadside bombs? >
  
  Obviously they have roads - badly worded my comment.  I guess I meant roads you’d want to drive a low to the ground elite sports car on >
  
  No worries. I interpreted it as a tongue-in-cheek reference, and responded with a similar one. >
  
  The title’s attempt to make Toyota engines out to be l trash offends me more than the Taliban. >
  
  Ah, they’re angry porsche already took the 911 moniker >
  
  You're mistaking the Taliban for Al Qaeda. A classic American mistake. >
  
  No wonder they lost the war after 20 years, can’t even define the enemy. >
  
  But pump money into them >
  
  So they put a bodykit on a Corolla? Nice >
  
  It’s basically a kit car and was designed and built by some Afghanistan engineer students and the Taliban are now claiming it’s theirs. >
  
  Engineering that takes years of education, and on the other hand they will now return to condemning education. >
  
  Afghanistan has unlocked the secret to reliable supercars, or at least supercar engines, even if it comes at the expense of being super. >
  
  It's got all kinds of extra equipment. Cup holder, a Quran glued to the dashboard and a built in car bomb. >
  
  Built in carbomb?! I didn’t know they had the IRA package there. >
  
  It actually doesn't look as terrible as I expected. Sure it's a bit generic and probably very far from production (no interior shots, no stats) but at least it looks a lot better than Dubai's horrible supercar The Devel Sixteen.
  However, it seems like the development started 5 years ago, which was pre-Taliban takeover so this car will likely be remembered for what could have been, rather than what Afghanistan will be. >
  
  Which Corolla? Haha. They have a few notable fast engines…. >
  
  they actually have the ability to make lots more power than you think. they’re just crazily de-tuned for better fuel economy. >
  
  You don’t have to tell me twice! >
  
  Aren't they still terrorists? Or did I miss something? >
  
  Technically they're in charge of the government now.
  I don't know if the terrorist designation was ever super accurate, they had nothing to do with the 911 attacks, they were given that label after Bin Laden took asylum there and George Bush refused their pretty reasonable extradition terms on purpose. They were accused of harboring him, when they were pretty much ready to give him up. People tend for get what a shithead Bush was in basically making a whole bunch of unnecessary enemies on purpose.
  I don't even know if you could really call them insurgents even historically except in relation to the reigning government the US military helped establish because they predate it and had a large amount of political control back then too. They're more of something akin to a militant islamic state political party slash militia. They've done a ton of fucked up things and they're certainly not that popular with a great deal of the people but they're not exactly a fringe group of terrorists.
  Its probably splitting hairs to say all this and i don't approve of them at all, but i just think someone should mention it since the whole history behind it is far more complicated than just chocking them up to another Al Qaeda. >
  
  I think that distinctions like this are important because we live in a complex world, and simplifying them means that it's not always easy to understand how some parts of the world works.
  What were the extradition terms that the Taliban offered? >
  
  On a quick Google search, it seems they wanted evidence that Osama actually did 9/11, and they wanted his trial to be held in a neutral country. >
  
  That actually sounds very reasonable. The US was still signatory to the ICC at that point, why not use that for the trial? >
  
  War makes alot of people a lot of money and really gets the voters fired up or so I’m told >
  
  Don’t get the negativity, what do you think powered Lotus for a very long time? >
  
  It’s prob because of the Taliban, not Toyota >
  
  The Taliban made a supercar before they made women rights >
  
  So glad to see that they have their priorities straight! Who needs food security, access to basic plumbing or a functioning healthcare system when you can build a supercar which "will one day maybe go international"? >
  
  To be fair, this car was already being developed by university students before the Taliban took over, the Taliban merely just took credit for it now >
  
  How about stop posting anything to do with taliban >
  
  Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they don't exist, and also doesn't mean the entire population of Afghanistan is barred from ever being discussed. I don't agree with their policies but the unfortunate reality is they are the current government of Afghanistan.
  Like someone else mention it was probably the hardwork of some uni engineering students that was grabbed by the Taliban for propoganda. Shouldn't dismiss that it's an achievement by the people of their country. It might inspire more respect for education and and those that aspire to better themselves.
  I've heard anecdotal stories of Afghani's be incredibly disrespectful of knowledge and education due to the fact that if they themselves don't already know it , that's it's not worth knowing. Which is ironic given they are embarrassed by their own lack of knowledge that instead of admitting a weakness and working to better themselves, they would rather drag everyone around them down.
  Ive seen corroborating info from multiple different sources that would lend some credibility to the above, however I would not want to assume that is what every Afghani believes, but I would assume that is the current culture they are promoting. Obviously, is a bad idea. >
  
  What's the point of driving a supercar if all the ladies are forced to stay indoors? >
  
  They said it’s 430 goat power. >
  
  To be fair, compared to donkeys the Corolla IS a supercar.