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  Generally speaking, you can increase you horse power by about 50% maximum without needing to do major engine refitting( you are probably going to need a get a better air intercooler/ radiator and most likely better breaks)
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. >
  
  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. >
  
  Yeah I saw this on Facebook.. I don't get how everyone is making fun Toyota engines are used across trucks, cars etc. >
  
  Lotus >
  
  Don't think I'll be buying a afgani car anytime soon. Probably self destructs if a women gets behind the wheel >
  
  Sounds legit.. >
  
  Truly. It goes from 0 to Oppression in 4.5 lashes. >
  
  This is just what the world needs, I hope that they invest heavily in it.
  I assume that it has self driving capability.
  /s >
  
  So they built a kit car?? >
  
  I don't think so. Not a kit car just because it uses someone else's engine. >
  
  Yeah I was greatly over exaggerating. >
  
  I had a Supercar for 15 years and never knew it!! >
  
  Lemme guess it only rolls down the hill
  Reminds me of another scam… >
  
  Lost 50% of that investment. Those fuckers. It was only like $50, but still, the nerve. >
  
  At least there won’t be any engine reliability issues. >
  
  Gonna give Elmo Musky a run for the most awful auto manufacturer in the 21st century. >
  
  Not for nothing instead of super cars they should focus on modern plumbing, sewers, other basic infrastructure type things. My .02. >
  
  Doesn’t seem to be a practical design for Afghanistan terrain. >
  
  See this is what happens when you ban women from higher education. You get a country run by complete morons who devote their resources building objects that represent fragile egos in western cultures. >
  
  I get that you hate the Taliban's, but the engineering students were working on this project long before the Taliban was in power
  It's extremely ignorant to shrug it off as "just another terrorist project". >
  
  I wouldn't discount that for one second lol. Toyota builds bulletproof engines >
  
  She’ll go 300 hectares on a tank of kerosene! >
  
  Here I thought it was powered by religious extremism >
  
  An alternative to getting virgins and staying alive! >
  
  It would be so funny if Toyota tried to sue them for using their parts without permission >
  
  Don’t you need, uh, roads to drive a super car? Are they just doing laps around the Bagram runway or what? >
  
  Does it come with built in terrorism? >
  
  At the very least! I would expect the door open chime  is Ahmed the dead terrorist shouting "I keiiilll you!"
  The tires also have detonators built in to help with blow outs/ups!
  The most serious thought I have about this is.... Imagine you're the reviewer, telling the tallymybanana that the car they have is a pile of shit! - I'm sure they'll be very understanding and reasonable! >
  
  Accomplish women's equal rights, education and health care and I'll be impressed. >
  
  Meanwhile it’s has more security then the US president >
  
  whats the point of supercars if you can simply buy multiple wives? >
  
  so they killed all those people and ran the country further into the muck for this? ok, i guess. >
  
  The inventor/engineer was working on this well before the Taliban were in power.  They just allowed him to continue. >
  
  Heard these cars have explosive power. >
  
  They got toyota corrola'd >
  
  Next up, Taliban review the next installment of Pokemon on the XBOX.
  What's happened here. This seems odd. >
  
  I’ve drive a Lotus Exige on one of the rental track days. A supercharged Toyota engine is nothing to scoff at, that thing was a blast. 
  I actually like how this one looks. The only thing missing is the freedom for their women to learn and be equal members of society. >
  
  WTF >
  
  Where can I pre-order >
  
  You’ll get one before a Cybertruck. >
  
  Haram. >
  
  I wonder what their warranty is like >
  
  BMW should hire the designer >
  
  Glad to read that they have finally got their priorities straight! 
  / S >
  
  Someone's been watching a little to much Initial D >
  
  And the design team, the mechanics, everyone involved...it's religious incel sausage fest. >
  
  My mom still has the '96 standard transmission corrola i learned how to drive on. Other than the water pump and few other basic maintenance parts the engine is still OG too. >
  
  I would buy one, with that engine size the tax and insurance is manageable. >
  
  If only they dropped the engine to some of those US aircrafts we left in there then they may have something >
  
  Taliban should have thought differently they should have let their women build it and design it that would have been completely different >
  
  Finally a supercar that can easily be driven 400,000.
  That supercar frame will rot out before the engine will. >
  
  What a stupid flex. How about the taliban allow women to get education and drive cars like these instead. >
  
  ½JZ motor >
  
  Anyone else wondering if Supercar Blondie will be doing a lame ass walk aroun- Oh, sorry! A well informed and highly entertaining review. >
  
  And fueled by the suffering and broken dreams of women, because it's the most abundant resource in the country >
  
  If this is true, who are they thinking their market will be? >
  
  I SO want to see The Gramd Tour and Top Gear do a bit on it. >
  
  With built in car bomb! >
  
  Batteries, Aziz! >
  
  Is the leader of the Taliban a fucking 10 year old? >
  
  That car is going to be the bomb! >
  
  Have you guys seen the video of it driving? When I heard the engine I knew there nothing 'super' about it. Sounded just like the old cars I would hear in Mexico all the time. >
  
  toyota engines are fucking good lmao wdym >
  
  Reliable engine for sure. By no means is that a 'Super Car'. Sounded like a straight tube exhaust. >
  
  sound isnt really indicative of much. that can be greatly modified by just the exhaust, cat and muffler, which obviously doesnt define the speed of an entire car.
  better indicators would be to inspect the aero of the body, the tuning of the motor (not the motor itself - it is NOT the same across the board), the presence of speed limiters, turbos, etc.
  for comparison, the lotus is most definitely a supercar - and has the exact same motor this one and your average toyota does. the difference is that its been used to its full potential. >
  
  And these mother fuckers won the war >
  
  It's a Lotus but less gay, because taliban.
  Probably even starts in the morning. >
  
  At least the Lotus uses the Toyota V6 which sounds good. >
  
  I guess it depends on the lotus.
  I really don't know why sandpeople need a supercar. >
  
  Ngl was not expecting this one lmfao >
  
  Not a lot of clearance for a V hull or armor underneath >
  
  Old top gear would take that car on a spin >
  
  Meh, supercar designs are overrated. After all, they are "handcrafted", but if you put it in a destitute/ barely developing country, it's just the norm as they don't have access to tools to make mass production possible anyway. This is probably why the engine has to be taken from somewhere else.
  In the Philippines, our dilapidated jeepneys are also "handcrafted". We could shift our labor force to make them look like supercars, but it's definitely not practical and no one's gonna buy them. >
  
  Does anyone know what the motivation behind this might be? Like, haven’t they got more important things to put their energy into? >
  
  A couple of university students were developing it years before the Taliban took over, now that the Taliban are in power they are just taking credit for it to make the regime look better >
  
  It’s a Porsche 911 rival >
  
  That's gonna be expensive.  You need at least 1 guy in full camo with an AK-47 for every 3 workers to ensure there are no religious offenses on the assembly line. >
  
  This is gonna be a big seller. >
  
  NGL it looks pretty good. Reminds me of the Saleen S7 >
  
  The one thing Afghanistan REALLY needs right now is a supercar. >
  
  Soon followed by the super carbomb >
  
  Everyone bagging on the Corolla engine never heard of the GR Corolla. >
  
  That's not exactly a super car. 300 horsepower and 273 lb.-ft. of torque is just barely in the lower end of Camaro, Challenger, and Mustang performance. >
  
  You have to keep in mind though, the average super car weighs almost as little as half as much as the other cars you listed >
  
  Now this is a car Andrew Tate can get behind >
  
  Does Toyota sponsor Taliban? >
  
  
  The Taliban has revealed the first-ever supercar designed and built in Afghanistan. 
  The team behind the car says it features an engine from a Toyota Corolla
  
  Pretty sure that's not how that works. I put a body kit on my Toyota Corolla in 1999, does that count as designing and building it? >
  
  The Taliban has automotive engineers? >
  
  Ok but where do I order one? >
  
  HTF are you going to get in that thing with a turban on? >
  
  Good life for everyone ❌
  Supercar ✅ >
  
  Why though? This is so dumb. Whooooo cares. >
  
  I think the Taliban might be on to something. I left a Corolla on all night once and I didn’t even need to jumpstart it. Things are built like tanks. >
  
  Supercar. They keep using that word. I don't think it means what they think it means. >
  
  You might not believe this but the Taliban actually has a consumer protection program to stop counterfeit goods and medicines. >
  
  Lotus fan boys conspicuously quiet regarding "Corolla engine" >
  
  The 1.6L GR Corolla makes 300hp stock, and the 2.0L civic type R makes 310hp stock
  I mean it's not the fastest engine ever but provided the engine is tuned and in a light 2 seater body, I don't see a problem here. It's what lotus has been doing for a while >
  
  r/foundthetoyotacorolla >
  
  The people who claim it's not raining because the women don't wear hijab produced a car, now they pray for it to move and for some reason it doesn't. And they promise it won't blow up when you start the engine. >
  
  How is this an achievement? >
  
  Give it a few years and people will be like this car is more American than your Chevy or Ford. How un American can someone be. In the 40s you wouldn't dare buy a Toyota (Pearl harbor) but yet veterans love their jap cars. >
  
  Ok >
  
  so the 0 to 60 is what? Oh wait, 60 is like way to fast, how about 0 to 20? >
  
  Because Toyota makes bad engines? Lotus has been using tuned Toyota power plants for 20 years >
  
  is that an American soldier? did they make friends now over a super car?
  nice car btw
  p.s. I am not American nor Afghan... just a bit strange they be together ... or is that taliban americanized now that he wants to drive the car.... >
  
  These people love to kill them selves and the parts used for this car are, I'm assuming, widely available. They're probably going to be used as suicide bombers to attack enemy convoys. >
  
  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 1MZ-FE in some older Camry's had a TRD designed supercharger option.
  ETA: if only I could bolt it onto my Lexus... >
  
  You could turbo any engine.  I used to frequent a first gen Lexus ES forum (these have the 1mzfe) and someone asked if you could add a turbo. And everyone was like “sure you can but it would be too expensive”.  And then some guy pops in and shows how he diy-ed it and didn’t cost an arm and a leg. >
  
  Doing it right will almost always cost an arm and a leg. You'll get limited benefits unless you change the compression ratio, get bigger injectors, intercoolers, need a new exhaust manifold and downpipe... At minimum a few grand to really see the full benefits. Of course, you could slap a turbo on and change nothing but downpipe and modify the intake if you want to run lean and blow up your engine and get another 40-50hp until that point... But that's usually not worth the trouble.