Toyota Mexico Accidentally Tweets Supra Video Ahead Of Schedule

The Supra has been leaked again, but this time at the hands of Toyota itself
Toyota Mexico Accidentally Tweets Supra Video Ahead Of Schedule

We’re not supposed to be seeing the new Toyota Supra until its debut at the Detroit Motor Show on Monday, but it seems a social media manager got trigger happy.

Toyota Mexico Tweeted a promotional video showing the car in full and without camouflage, and although it has since been deleted, the Internet doesn’t forget. Have a quick search on YouTube, and it’s not hard to find multiple uploads. We’ve uploaded a few screen grabs from the accidentally released video here.

Toyota Mexico Accidentally Tweets Supra Video Ahead Of Schedule

The look of the car really doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Partly disguised prototypes have been bandied about by Toyota since the Goodwood Festival of Speed last summer, and during the Christmas period, some low-resolution press photos of the Supra leaked onto the Web.

Regardless, it’s still nice to see the final product in motion, having waited so long for it - the FT-1 concept that previewed the Supra was revealed five years ago.

Toyota Mexico Accidentally Tweets Supra Video Ahead Of Schedule

The production version is based on the same platform as the new BMW Z4, and the sports car will share a 3.0-litre turbocharged straight-six plus eight-speed automatic gearbox with its Bavarian cousin. The team behind the Supra hasn’t spoken to their counterparts on the Z4 project since 2014, however, so the cars are set to feel quite different despite the shared ingredients.

Toyota Mexico Accidentally Tweets Supra Video Ahead Of Schedule

Toyota had hinted that there’ll be yet more teasers of the car before the debut, but at this stage, we’re struggling to see the point.

Want to see the car in full officially? That’ll be happening on 14 January at 09:40 EST/14:40 GMT.

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Comments

Anonymous

My hype for the Supra as already low, it as been teased and leaked way too many times, we have had knowledge of the car for too long

01/11/2019 - 12:46 |
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Anonymous

Oopsie

01/11/2019 - 13:00 |
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Sword_Az™

Marketing team rn

01/11/2019 - 13:04 |
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Gonna need flex tape for that

01/12/2019 - 09:19 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

At standing the engine sounds like a 3l BMW, but when the car is moving they switched the sound to a V8 from a Lexus RC-F.

01/11/2019 - 14:42 |
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ChaseB

This car is going to be the only good part of the Detroit Autoshow.

01/11/2019 - 14:46 |
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DL🏁

Car manufacturers these days

01/11/2019 - 14:46 |
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Robert Gracie

I suspect a sieve will be a better way to hide all the information about the new Supra

01/11/2019 - 15:18 |
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Ben Ireland

Toyota should just give up - we knew what the production car would look like almost 2 years ago thanks to leaks - and it looked pretty finished - I wouldn’t bother even visiting the stand if I were a journalist

01/11/2019 - 15:22 |
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675LT_ftw

The Mk4 wasnt the best looking car in the world imo, but this… This is spectacular. 👌

And probably 2/3 the price of a Z4

01/11/2019 - 15:25 |
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Evoist

The very first picture reminds me of a toucan with the long beak.

The proportions of this car, at least from the front are kinda off. The rear looks awesome, but the front is just missing something..

01/11/2019 - 16:18 |
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