Toyota, it should come as no surprise, has been working on a new Supra. It’s previewed the new sports car as a concept and even as a pre-production prototype, still under wraps. But what we’ve all been waiting for was to see the reborn Supra in its finished form. And according to the latest, we won’t have to wait much longer.
The Japanese automaker’s local operation in Germany, where its motorsports department (incidentally) is largely based, revealed in the comments to this video posted on Facebook (shared via fans on the SupraMkV forum) that the new Toyota Supra will be unveiled in January at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. That’s just a few months away from now.
What’s more is Toyota is already taking orders to reserve the first 900 order slots online (from customers in Europe at least), through the Supra 900 Club – revealing a few salient details in the process.
According to the German operation, the new Supra will pack a 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder engine with over 300 horsepower. With perfect 50:50 front/rear weight distribution, an active limited-slip differential, and adaptive variable suspension, it’ll to run to 62 mph (100 km/h) in under five seconds. All of which sounds about right, based on everything we’ve seen so far.
It’s particularly interesting to see the news emanating from Germany, of all places, where Toyota’s partner in developing the Supra’s new architecture is based. BMW, as you may already be aware, turned its version into the new Z4 roadster which is just now making its public debut at the 2018 Paris Auto Show.
And we’re looking forward to seeing what Toyota will have done with its part of the program, reviving a much-loved nameplate previously used on four generations of Japanese sports cars stretching from 1978 until the last Supra was discontinued in 2002.