The Reborn Toyota Supra Is Finally Happening

Toyota has confirmed, with a single teaser image and one sentence, that the Supra is definitely happening – and it’s coming at the Geneva Motor Show
The Reborn Toyota Supra Is Finally Happening

The rumours have been flying for months, the test mules have been spotted at the Nurburgring and during cold weather testing, but now, finally, Toyota has announced that the Supra is back.

All we have to go on is a single teaser image and one official sentence. The car that reaches Geneva is going to be a racing concept, which explains the big wing visible in the solitary shot, but we can see more than that.

A Car Throttle-commissioned render imagining the new Supra
A Car Throttle-commissioned render imagining the new Supra

Look below the wing and you can clearly see a duck-tail integrated spoiler. Look beyond it and you’ll see the ‘double bubble’ curved roof, both of which clearly hark back to the FT-1 concept of 2014.

That makes us believe that the renders we commissioned over a year ago might be very close to the mark when it comes to styling.

Another Car Throttle-commissioned render imagining the new Supra
Another Car Throttle-commissioned render imagining the new Supra

On the other hand, at no point has Toyota used the Supra name. Not even in this new release. We’ve used it because it’s the easiest way to refer to the legendary A80’s spiritual successor. There have been rumours that it will use the iconic name, and rumours that it won’t, but Toyota’s newest words refer to “its most iconic sports car.” What other name could it possibly use and still claim the heritage? We’re sure it’s going to be called Supra.

The Supra began life with the A40 generation in 1978, which, like the later A60, was derived from the Celica. The A70 generation that was launched in 1986 used a separate platform, and interest began to rise.

By the end of the A70 in 1993, tuners in Japan had begun to realise the potential in the twin-turbo version’s unburstable 1JZ, and when that was replaced with the famous 2JZ in the A80, the Supra reached its peak.

It was discontinued in North America in 1998 following a decline in sales, just three years before the car would become an instant US hero to a whole new generation thanks to The Fast and the Furious. Overnight parts from Japan, anyone? Sales finally stopped in the car’s home country in 2002 as the emissions regulations noose tightened around its neck.

The FT-1 concept looks very close to the reality
The FT-1 concept looks very close to the reality

But now it’s back, and based on the same platform as the BMW Z4, which, not-so-coincidentally, is also making its debut in Geneva.

After all the manual/automatic rumours and endless speculation, we can’t wait to see the final production spec.

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Anonymous
02/13/2018 - 07:17 |
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Anonymous

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02/13/2018 - 09:03 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Aaaaaand…. it’s a celica🤣

02/13/2018 - 16:10 |
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Anonymous

Based on a z4 and looks pretty damn ugly (at least from the front), I don’t think it’s worthy enough to carry the weight of the legendary Supra name.

02/13/2018 - 07:25 |
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Fnurpl

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It’s a render…
And you cant tell much from the teaser Toyota have released (bar a double bubble roof, which is great)

02/13/2018 - 07:29 |
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Suta

inb4 the “ITS NOT WORTH IT” comments…

02/13/2018 - 07:30 |
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DL🏁

Toyota at Geneva be like:
“Soo here’s the Supra!! We mean a production-ready racecar concept… you’ll have to wait for another 2 years for the actual car #bamboozled #again

02/13/2018 - 07:49 |
84 | 0

Still not 100% sure that there won´t be a 3 cylinder SUV when they actually pull the cover off the production car after those 2 years . Oops, bamboozled again.

02/13/2018 - 11:22 |
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My reaction:

02/13/2018 - 14:52 |
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Brandon Sever

Please, anybody reading this who might be able to afford one when it’s released, please seriously consider buying it. I’m 16, so I can’t afford one but if they don’t sell well then I won’t be able to buy one 10-15 years from now either. The reason sports cars are dying is because nobody buys them anymore, because all they read is journalists and critics bashing these cars instead of making their own opinion about it. No car is perfect, but if we don’t buy new cars, we won’t have these ‘future classics’ at all.

02/13/2018 - 07:59 |
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So what you’re saying is: please buy this car so I can buy it from you in a couple of years after heavy depriciation?

02/13/2018 - 08:10 |
33 | 0

Yesss exactly. Think about the children, we don’t want them to be forced to drive gay teslas and nothing else!

02/13/2018 - 13:14 |
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i mean modern sports cars are far too expensive for the average human to afford. they have gotten far too complex and stuffed with useless tech

02/13/2018 - 17:47 |
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Anonymous

THE WANG GAME IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE

02/13/2018 - 08:03 |
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Anonymous

Finally a decent car for this era

02/13/2018 - 08:14 |
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Erich Mohrmann

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Yaris GRMN > Supra

02/13/2018 - 10:47 |
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FLixy Madfox

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

…………………………………… So you’re trying to tell me that all the cars that have been produced since 2010 have been bad? There’s the LFA, 458, every new Mclaren, The gt86/brz, a gaggle of hatch backs and dont even get me started on hyper cars. Id say everything’s great right now!

02/13/2018 - 11:58 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

A decent car for this era? First of all you havent even seen how the damn thing looks like or what sort of power it will make, so I dont know how you are already judging it. Also this era has had a lot of great cars, the LFA, the Camaro Zl1, The hybrid hypercar trinity, I could go on and on.

02/13/2018 - 15:46 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

You mean this era doesn’t have “decent” cars. No. It has great cars.
Polestar 1
E63
M5
LFA
GT86
488GTB
720S
570S
Huracan
911’s
Panamera Sport Turismo
Giulia Quadrifoglio
M3/M4
Gtc4Lusso
M2
C63
S65 Coupe
Golf GTI/Golf R
Seat Leon Cupra
Tesla’s?
Aston martin vantage
Aston martin Vanquish
Old Rs5
New rs5
Rs6/Rs7
Rs3
Aston Martin Rapide S.
I30N
Megane RS
Mclaren P1?
Laferrari?
918?
Huayra?
One:1
Cts-V
F Type
Velar
Range Rover sport SVR
Mercedes GTS/GTR
Nissan GTR
Audi R8
TT RS
Should I continue?

02/13/2018 - 20:44 |
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Anonymous

B I G W A N G

02/13/2018 - 08:14 |
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Qian Li

Forget the 7M-G(T)E, 1JZ-G(T)E, and 2JZ-G(T)E. The only engine that will make the next Supra legendary is stuffing the old, but gold, 1LR-GUE inside.

02/13/2018 - 08:19 |
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TheMindGarage

In reply to by Qian Li

Why stop at the Supra? Stick that V10 in EVERYTHING!

02/13/2018 - 09:10 |
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Anonymous

The spoiler the car has in this teaser is very big, looks like it can’t be retractable in the trunk…

02/13/2018 - 08:24 |
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Monty4248

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It’s a concept for a racing car. Why would it?

02/13/2018 - 11:54 |
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