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  Which Corolla? Haha. They have a few notable fast engines….
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.