The $63,500 Toyota Supra Will Do 0-60mph In 4.5 Seconds
It’s been a little while since we last had a reasonably solid Toyota Supra rumour, hasn’t it? The last time we reported something about the new sports car - built as part of a joint venture with BMW that will also give birth to the next Z4 - it involved a Toyota exec telling the world that the Supra “will not be a cheap car.” Now, we have a good idea of how ‘not cheap’ it’ll be.
According to “unconfirmed” details from a “valid source” posted on the Supra MkV forum, we’re looking at a US MSRP of around $63,500. Which, we’re keen to point out, is less than the MkIV was sold for (adjusted for inflation) even after Toyota slashed the price. To give that in some kind of context for those outside the States, that’s around $9000 more than a BMW M2, and $5000 less than an M4.
It’s not just pricing that this source has just divulged - we’re also given some technical details and spec information. On the performance front, we can expect a 3.0-litre inline-six turbo developing 335bhp and 369lb ft (almost certainly a BMW-sourced engine), allowing for a 0-60mph time of 4.5 seconds. The weight meanwhile should be just under 1500kg.
It’ll have a head-up display, lane-keeping assist, pre-collision warning, navigation and park assist fitted as standard. The vents in the front and rear wings are - we’re afraid - said to be fake.
On the inside, we’re promised “Lexus-level quality,” although the infotainment system has been pinched from BMW. Given how good iDrive is these days we’re just fine with that, and in any case, the overall design of the interior will be very different to the Z4’s, from the sounds of it.
It’s hard to know how accurate the above information is, and it’ll be a while before we know for sure: the Supra isn’t expected to be revealed until the 2019 Detroit Auto Show.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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This is what Toyota needs. We’ve been waiting for a Supra for the longest time and if these turn out to be true, it’ll be a worthy successor
And everybody is complaining about it…
Honestly we already have a car that can wear the Supra badge.
Lexus 500/500h
Luxury GT✅
Innovative ✅ (10 speed)
Not too fast✅
It’s literally like the Supra
This is none of those, except for not too fast. I’m mixed because of that. I wonder if they can keep the spirit of the original Supra.
There just isn’t much of Toyota in this car, is there? Altough I’m digging the looks, the lack of a manual and the BMW sourced powertrain really bugs me
Is Toyota going to go all Dodge Demon on us with the never-ending teasers?
With all these rumours, you could argue the job is being done for them…
I hope it gets added to GTS so I can recreate this scape with the FT1 replaced with the supra road car
I’m hyped for the Supra’s reveal
Not exactly a Supra fan, but this news does make me supra-mly happy. It looks like it’s gonna be better than the M2 and that’s really fantastic
It’s not better considering it’s higher price, and the M2 has whatever this is beat in terms of looks by miles
So, more expensive than an M2, but with as much power as an M240i?
Am I missing the point?
The point is its overhyped name.
The point is that it will be a purpose built 2 seat sports car, not a small hatchback platform with the rear doors removed.
After all, the Toyota GT86 on release was £25k to £30k and had less power than every hot hatchback available on the market, and look how that turned out.
it will sell like hotcakes the amount of hype around the supra name is huge now
Only 335hp for that price? If it’s going to cost more than an M2, at least use the S55 from the M2 Competition. Maybe there’s going to be a more powerful edition with that engine. Although what I’d really like to see is a Lexus V8 under there to make a more sporty alternative to an LC500.
That would make more sense and it’s what they did with the Soarer (SC) and the MkIV Supra.
Well, my take on this topic, is that if you look at the new Supra, it’s a Corvette, 911, M4, etc. rival. These are just normal high end sports cars(just the base version). However, the “top of the range” Supra hasn’t arrived or hasn’t been thought about yet. So that’s why it has 335hp for the base version and if you look at the competitors, the base Corvette can get up to 455 HP, 911 Carrera has 370, M4 has 425 HP, etc., yes it maybe a bit less than than of its competitors. If you look at the top of the range versions of those cars I mentioned, you’d see that the GT3 has 500 HP, Zo6 has 650 HP, etc. So we don’t know about the HP that the hardcore version of the Supra will have.
Um no
I believe that the new supra is going to be more powerful. Those specs are only rumors based on the new z40i details of the autocar video. But only rumors for now
It’s silly to think BMW would ever give anyone the right to use an S engine.
For me the hype as died already, I honestly don’t care about how good the car will be, but being priced above the m2 it has to be a god damm good car
We all know this is really just a Lexus LC right(?)
Wrong
No, it isn’t. The new supra is based on a new platform co-developed with bmw z4. They spended a lot of time making the new platform ligthweigth and rigid.