User blog comment:ShinnyShin/The Problems with the Munich Update/@comment-26363841-20171026043050/@comment-27980511-20171026190856

Fabien from Gameloft said in the official forum that players will get a free SV for their troubles. But there's no word on whether they will come MAXed out.

As for the omitted Events, however, it's down to Gameloft wanting to make us forget that those cars and their Events ever existed. Licensing issues also play a part in this as well, so they say. I also would like to see these cars return, but it's very likely not going to happen. I bet if every car maker behaved like Toyota and Porsche, and pulled out one by one, Asphalt would have no more cars left. It doesn't justify selling out and removing what we've all invested so much resources into, though.

Apparently, Toyota doesn't want any depictions of their vehicles in video games, at least those released in 2017. But Asphalt 8 came out in 2013, and the Toyota/Scion cars have been there since at least last year, so really they should be safe. It's almost as bad as going to all the old Need for Speed, Forza, Midnight Club etc. games and removing any traces of Toyota's brand in there.

Toyota is becoming the next Porsche, in terms of low-key game presence. But it's not almost exactly the same thing since they're not exclusively tied to just one game developer