Don't Expect To See Toyota's New 'Supra' Sports Car In Detroit
At one point, the expectation was that we’d see Toyota’s all-new sports car at the Tokyo Motor Show. When the reveal failed to happen, speculation turned to the LA Auto Show, where the car didn’t appear either. So it’ll say its big hello to the world at the Detroit show in January, right? Nope, sorry.
Speaking to Motor Trend, Toyota North America division boss Jack Hollis said that specifications for the car are still being finalised, so a Detroit debut is out. Echoing comments he made to Auto Guide recently, Hollis also said that a name hasn’t been pinned down yet.
The assumption thus far has been that Toyota would resurrect the Supra badge, but Hollis states that “there are other names that could be better.” We’ll let you speculate on that one in the comments.
What we do know is that the car is being developed in partnership with BMW, as part of a joint venture that’ll also spawn the next Z4 - previewed by a concept revealed earlier this year. With the sports car market much smaller than it once was, spreading the development costs between two firms makes perfect sense, but the ‘Supra’ and Z4 should be very different from one another.
As for when we’ll see Toyota’s side of the project, we’re now thinking the Geneva Motor Show next March.
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jdm-supra-1600(md squad)(Supra squad leader)
Dang I feel bad for you
Thank god it’ll atleast sound good though
A good sounding automatic v6 hybrid? Lel
good toyota. please, take your time to perfect the toyota supra
Though they lost many people at “Auto Only”…
There can’t be any other names cause it doesn’t look like a Celica and it’s not rear engined like a MR2
Good. Start a new legacy and fan following rather than trying to appease fans of the Supra only to have them disappointed no matter how good the car is. Sequels don’t work anymore in the car world, just look at the NSX.
They do work when there isn’t a freaking near 20 year hiatus between the two versions. This is entirely Toyota’s fault, because they ditched interesting sports cars for boring A to B commuters.
N.Y. Auto show?
I’d guess either the LA Auto Show or Detroit 2019
Basically a model 3,apart for the fact the ‘supra’ still isn’t for sale
Maybe they’re bamboozling us. They may actually reveal it at Detroit and catch us off guard?
For the love of god scrap the v6 hybrid and put the inline 6 from the z5 in it
A v6 hybrid supra would be the biggest disgrace to the car enthusiasts ever
Probably not gonna be a hybrid
probably a celica and not a supra since they filled the celica patent