2020 Toyota SupraHandout / Toyota A social media manager for Toyota UK got the brand in some hot water this week when they sent a response to a Twitter user who wanted to know why Toyota didn’t have any cars in the new Need For Speed video game. The Tweet has since been deleted, and the whole situation explained by Toyota UK, but we screencapped it so you can see what’s set the Internet ringing with cries of “hypocrisy!”Keeping its cars out of projects that romanticize illegal street racing sounds like a decision made with noble intentions, but it doesnt quite square up with what else we know about Toyotas current media partnerships.Because rumour has it Toyota will be lending its image to another media franchise that isn’t exactly renowned for its promotion of responsible, law-abiding driving. According to an Instagram image of a Supra on set and reporting by Motor1, the 2020 Toyota Supra will be one of the four-wheeled stars of the latest Fast and Furious film. All talk of hypocrisy aside, Toyota issued a five-Tweet clarification in the wake of the now-deleted post that kicked this whole thing off, explaining it has no plans to licence its cars to any video game franchises outside of Gran Turismo Sport. About last night ToyotaUK (@ToyotaUK) August 21, 2019Officially, Toyota Motor Corporation has no concrete plans to license its model range to any other games besides Gran Turismo Sport at the moment. 3/5 ToyotaUK (@ToyotaUK) August 21, 2019Well be really excited to share our future plans with you as soon as were able to. In the meantime, whether its Gran Turismo Sport, Forza or Need for Speed, keep on racing. 5/5 ToyotaUK (@ToyotaUK) August 21,
Origin: Toyota UK called hypocritical for video game street racing Tweet