In the case of Toyota, it relaunched the Supra with significant help from BMW in 2019, but the resulting high-performance, two-seat sports car came only with an eight-speed automatic gearbox. Do-overs happen and sometimes they need to.

Or even this year, when Tesla quietly conceded that the yoke steering wheel in the Model S and Model X is a terrible idea. I remember when the 2009 Subaru WRX got a sizable power bump, more aggressive looks and a retuned suspension after critics and fanboys accused the then-new 2008 model of going “soft.” More recently, Porsche issued a mea culpa by throwing a flat-six back into the 718 Boxster and Cayman when American buyers failed to warm up to the turbo flat-four. Automakers don’t always get it right on the first try. This has happened before in the world of cars. The 2023 Toyota GR Supra is one of the best automotive examples of this idea that I’ve encountered yet. Barring completely unconscionable behavior-say, manslaughter, or putting insane ingredients like peas into your guacamole-we are not defined by our worst days.

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