Toyota Supra Rumour Mill Latest Suggests A BMW Engine With Hybrid Power
With the name recently trademarked, it’s looking increasingly likely that Toyota’s end of a joint sports car venture with BMW will indeed be called the Supra. Naturally, that news sent JDM loving car fans into complete and utter meltdown, but now we’ve had a little time to ruddy well calm down, let’s take a look at what else we can expect.
According to an (admittedly pretty speculative) report in Auto Express, we’re looking at an engine from BMW powering the rear wheels, with Toyota-developed motors powering the fronts via a lithium ion battery. The cells will be fed with juicy regenerative braking, motorsport-style. Also in a Toyota first, the car will also get a dual-clutch gearbox, rather than the firm’s infuriating CVT ‘box.
Interestingly, the report also claims the Toyota sports car will be longer than the BMW Z4 successor, sitting on an elongated version of the same jointly-developed platform. The exterior designs will apparently be completely different too; we’re still hoping that the Supra looks something like the gorgeous FT-1 concept (pictured).
Sick of all the rumours and want Toyota just to reveal the damn thing? You’ll have to be patient: for both the BMW and the Toyota, we’re looking at early 2017.
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.
Comments
Wouldn’t it be funny if BMW killed themselves by shoving the M4’s engine in the Supra, and after the electric motors, made a car with 480-540 hp (that completely and utterly destroys the M4)?\
I can feel it. I CAN FEEL IT
What does this car exactly share with the Supra besides the name?
Meanwhile i’m the only one who think that a n/a v8 engine is a better powerplant…
You’re not, i’m also tired of all this downsizing/hybrid stuff
This is not Supra and should be TS0xx rather, I think.
But what can you do to them?
You can’t shift properly with a dual clutch…
And I have no idea what you can do to a hybrid… I’m talking about modifications…
But I’m not hating, I love the look of it… Just talking about modifications
Dissapointment
One month after release and someone will have already stuck a 2jz in one…
I like it. I hope it gets near or exceeds the p1, 918, la Ferrari
I am about the flip my table at subway over
What is with this hybrid nonsense
Well a lot of people say the e92 335 is this generations supra so it was only right that Toyota and BMW linked up for this project….can’t wait to see the final product xP