Here's How The Toyota GR Supra Concept Looks Without The Wings
We may have been a little disappointed that the Geneva Motor Show didn’t include the big Supra reveal we’ve been waiting for, but Toyota’s ‘GR Supra Racing Concept‘ is still plenty significant.
Not only does it at last confirm Toyota’s resurrection of the Supra name, it also serves as a preview for the car’s styling. As we understand it, remove the livery, wings, diffuser and general motorsport addendum, and you have the production car. So, we’ve done that digitally, creating these renders.
Well, it’s not quite that simple. What our friendly neighbourhood Photoshop ace has done is transplant the concept’s styling - minus the racing bits - onto the basic outline of the FT-1, from which much of the Supra’s exterior design is derived. Minus a few details like the wheels and diffuser - which are a little hard to accurately predict right now - this is what you can expect the car to look like.
As far as the mechanicals go, the latest batch of reports suggest it’ll use a BMW-derived straight-six, and from the sounds of it, there’ll be no manual. We’ll have to wait a little while before the full reveal too - reportedly, that won’t be until the Detroit Auto Show in January 2019.
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Maybe a wing,just like the MKIV?
Everyone is going up the wall over the new Supra being auto-only and I’m here wondering how the Mk IV wing would look like on it.
When Toyota doesnt make simple, light sports cars, people complain. Then Toyota makes one, and peoppe complain that its slow. So Toyota makes a fast sports car with an i6 and people complain about the transmission and the fact that they partnered with BMW to make it better.
And they don’t realise that the mk4 was designed mostly by Germans
2019… ff Toyota you’re making us hurt
Ladies and gentleman. I found the picture I was talking about: https://img.4plebs.org/boards/o/image/1518/87/1518879332498.jpg
This isnt the FT1. Details like the air vents or mirrors tell us that this has to be the production Supra.
Isn’t that a 4chan-derived image?
Maybe like the concept that’s been out for about 7 years?
I understand the BMW engine/reliability stigma and all, but they’re partnering with Toyota on the car. The 2JZ could shred it’s timing belt and not destroy the einge because of the way the piston head was designed to not come into contact with the valves. I’m sure Toyota wouldn’t be working with them if the engine wouldn’t be bulletproof and capable of taking immense boost levels (and BMW engines with unlocked/aftermarket ECUs can do awesome things, and that’s only the start).
As for the trans, manuals are just plain slower than automatics these days. Yes, a manual is more fun and makes it more of a driver’s car and should be an option for nostalgia sake (and preference), but a DCT auto would be quicker to the important paper specs that fanboys care about.