Toyota couldn’t have canceled the MKIV Supra at a worse time. Just as it left the production line, interest in the car and its future skyrocketed. So you’d think that when a new generation was finally announced in 2018, fans would rejoice.

That wasn’t exactly the case though because instead of a Toyota-only project, it co-developed the car with BMW. Would that ruin this iconic nameplate? After 40,000 miles, Car and Driver has almost nothing but good things to say about the Supra 3.0 and only a few complaints about the whole BMW thing.

Most importantly, they say that the Supra is a proper sports car. It provides an exhilarating driving experience, plenty of power, and a very balanced chassis. In fact, they attribute some of those positive aspects to the BMW partnership. Sadly though, not every bit of the German DNA bleeding into the Supra experience is positive.

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The biggest gripes that C&D has with the Supra come down to that partnership with BMW. First, because of it, this little sports car doesn’t have a real spare which ended up being a real pain during a road trip. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, the local Toyota dealerships around the magazine’s headquarters aren’t very well-equipped to handle the Supra.

Not only do they have trouble getting the fluids and filters required for oil changes and routine maintenance, but they also had trouble doing alignments. When C&D tried taking the Supra to a BMW dealer, they were told that it couldn’t be done because Toyota specifications would need to be used and the dealer didn’t have access to them.

Still, there’s more than enough to love despite its drawbacks. It achieved 30 mpg on the highway and thanks to a big fuel tank, that meant more than 400 miles per fill-up. In addition, it was totally reliable over the thrilling and exciting 40,000-miles that C&D put on the car over the course of a year. So no, it’s not a totally pure Toyota product like the last Supra, but it’s luxurious and fast which is a proper tribute to the MKIV.