Toyota Has Developed A Manual Transmission For The Supra
We thought the whole ‘will they, won’t they’ question of a manual A90 Supra had been answered. After countless rumours pointing us one way or the other, it was seeming like a stick-shift version of Toyota’s new sports car just wasn’t going to happen.
Toyota itself seemed to be suggesting it was a ‘no’, and the conspicuous lack of a manual for the new BMW Z4 range seemed to all but confirm that the jointly-developed Supra would go the same way. But as we discovered last week, BMW and Toyota’s engineers effectively split years ago, leaving the Japanese company to do its own thing. Like make a manual for the Supra, which it has done.
Speaking to Australian publication Car Advice, assistant chief engineer Masayuki Kai confirmed the good news. “We have developed it, yes, there is hardware ready. Right-hand drive? Yes, of course. It needs to be sold in Japan, which is a right-hand drive market,” he said.
It’s hard not to get excited when hearing this, but before you get ahead of yourselves, we aren’t necessarily going to see it in production form. “This [a production manual Supra] is not yet finally decided, and depending on feedback from the market, we will decide if we should introduce a manual transmission,” Kai-san explained.
The Supra - shown here in lightly disguised prototype form - is expected to make its debut at the Detroit Motor Show next January.
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.
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The supra fanbois are happy now but, problem is, they’ve never driven nor owned a supra hmmm
Now you can all stop complaining and whining about it.
“BUT ITS STILL A BMW UHHHH” - Every dumb person on fb
Please Toyota please, this car is meant to have a clutch.
exactly the type of comment i’m so tired of seeing smh
Detroit you say? I’ll be there to cover it!
Hey kids, quick reminder that “market feedback” doesn’t mean you all screaming about how automatic transmissions are for heretics.
AUTOMATICS ARE FOR HERETICS! buttheyhaveaplaceinoursocietyandihavedrivenandreviewedmanyautomaticcarsthatwerehellafun.
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“Market Feedback” is actually where it will kill the manual.
99% of yall Americans only buy automatics. Which suggested the Market Feedback to go toward.
If there isn’t a production manual car, then there will probably be companies producing adapter plates for TR6060 transmissions or whatever.
more like 2jz+v160 or v161 swap kits
even the Toyota engineers know somebody’s going to do it
Everybody say “yeaaah” like if they are going to buy one… get your licence before !
I’d never buy one in manual, but if that’s what your into go for it.
I’m happy, and not happy at the same time.
Happy that there might be a manual option.
Not happy that if there is a manual option, anyone who chooses the automatic will suffer for their preference.