New Toyota Supra formally announced

Lowe · 6 Mar 2018 at 09:10

Really looking forward to this. Obviously we've known there's collaborative car between Toyota and BMW in the works with various camo photos being shown from the 'Ring etc. The car has now been formally announced as the new 'Supra' as of a few minutes ago with the racing concept version being unveiled at Geneva. More info here

http://blog.toyota.co.uk/toyota-gr-supra-racing-concept

Lowe · 6 Mar 2018 at 12:12

There's going to be a few by the look of it. 4 pot turbo in the lower spec, I6 for higher specs.

Lowe · 6 Mar 2018 at 12:14

Also, hope it ends up looking like this!

Lowe · 6 Mar 2018 at 13:17

Jumper118 said:
Needs to be i6 tt manual coupe RWD no hybrid poo

No manual option - BWM transmission by the look of it.

Lowe · 6 Mar 2018 at 15:19

SarGara said:
Is this topic misleading or am I missing something here? The article linked is titled: 2018 Geneva Motor Show: Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept

Yes you’re missing the point a little - the name ‘Supra’ has been formally confirmed. Up until now it was unclear on what the new car would be called. The physical car being shown is a racing concept yes.

Gibbo said:
Dreams, won't look like that though.

Can but hope mate, 50k price tag and 400bhp? Keep everything crossed!

Lowe · 8 Jun 2018 at 07:51

Few more rumours doing the rounds. Gotta say I'm really liking the sound of this!

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/the-63500-toyota-supra-will-do-0-60mph-in-45-seconds/

Lowe · 8 Jun 2018 at 10:28

crinkleshoes said:
If true that’s quite disappointing. I was hoping it would be a bit quicker than that.

Thing is though, is 4.5 seconds to 60 for a road car really not enough? At what point is anything under 5 seconds not enough? I know you like your cars and whatnot, but c'mon, that's plenty for the road. Also, for what it's worth Toyota are always really conservative with their figures. The GT86 for example is down as something daft like nearly 8 seconds to 60, which is utter rot - the only way I can see someone doing that is having a full tank of fuel, passengers and a boot full of luggage. The price seems a little odd given the M cars competition, but then I guess with it being a dedicated coupe rather than saloon there's going to be a bit of a premium added 'because sports car'. Either way we still have to wait until 2019 to see what the craic is, I just hope it's a belter and it lives up to the Supra name.

Lowe · 8 Jun 2018 at 10:31

Doesn't look far off though to be honest. Tetsuya Tada recently posted cold weather Supra testing on Instagram, and even with the dazzle camo wrap you can see were the lines are going.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjQiYVsjdJrxKiZiBXdCyF7g9P5UYPna6TJoAM0/?taken-by=tada.tetsuya

Lowe · 8 Jun 2018 at 11:47

Nasher said:
Yea I don't know why Toyota do that. They always seem to sell themselves short when it comes to performance figures. Maybe it's to attract "the right audience" or drive insurance costs down, who knows.

I'd imagine it's an insurance thing too. I've always thought the 86 is a surprisingly cheap car to insure, but then I'm getting old now

Lowe · 8 Jun 2018 at 12:29

Perhaps, but that agreement went out ages ago...

Lowe · 8 Jun 2018 at 14:35

Diddums said:
We were talking about cars from that era though

Just gone back and the post has been edited - that bit about Supras and Skyline's wasn't there when I read it!

Lowe · 23 Jul 2018 at 13:54

Latest renders attempting to decamo the car. Really liking this!

Lowe · 21 Sep 2018 at 15:23

Lowe · 5 Oct 2018 at 13:19

Loads more Supra info, engines etc:

https://www.supramkv.com/threads/a90-supra-engines-and-parts-diagrams-all-revealed.1404/

Lowe · 9 Jan 2019 at 07:54

It'll be interesting to see if they do an 'Aero' variant like on the 86 which will have a slightly different kit on it and the typical Toyota big wing.

I'm reading rumours of two specs of the 3.0l being mooted, one being road focused and another for the track, the track one having the 380bhp and the road one being the 340bhp version of the B58. I wonder if they'll do the 'track' one as the Gazoo Racing version. Either way it's not long until we find out, 5 more days.

Lowe · 9 Jan 2019 at 08:50

Nothing officially released yet but unofficially they're saying no more than 1500kg.

Lowe · 9 Jan 2019 at 16:39

Just on a tangent here but the only rust issue on the 86 is the front quarter window which was a known issue on the early cars. Easily sorted under warranty by the newer version of the part which doesn't have the same issue.

Lowe · 11 Jan 2019 at 09:33

Possible leak of the reveal video?

Lowe · 14 Jan 2019 at 08:54

Lots of leaks over the weekend...

Lowe · 14 Jan 2019 at 11:52

I doubt it'll be 40k. That might be for the 2.0l engine - I'd expect the 3.0l to be 50k, especially with the current exchange rate. Not long to wait to find out though.