Toyota has been busily working on a new Supra for approximately the last 100 years and the
car has a lot to live up to.
Today at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, Toyota didn't show us the production version BUT
it did bring out the Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept.
Here's what we know about it.
It's front-engined with rear-wheel drive and made from very lightweight materials,
with scoops and holes cut into the body all over the place.
It also has a giant wing on the back.
Because racecar.
It also has the number "90" written on its side, which could be a massive hint at
the upcoming Supra's chassis code.
The Supra Racing Concept is the first time that Toyota has publicly confirmed that it's
building the new Supra.
Toyota has not yet released exact specs, but there are some things we can be sure to expect
like: Turbocharged straight six,
rear-wheel drive, likely automatic-only,
co-developed with BMW and sharing its platform with the upcoming
BMW roadster, the Z4.
The thing about the Supra is that it has a lot to live up to, maybe the most of any Japanese car.
Unless, like, you're a huge fan of the Corolla.
To understand why there's an obsession, you need to understand the Supra's history.
What's funny is that the Supra didn't start out as a ground-shaking legend.
The first two Supras were basically Celicas with six-cylinder engines crammed in an extra
long nose.
They weren't even their own model, exactly, called the Celica-Supra from the first generation's
debut in 1978 all the way through the end of the second-generation in the late '80s.
But then Toyota entered into the Bubble Era.
The third-gen Supra became its own model.
Bigger.
Heavier.
More high tech.
Parts like the Supra's transmission and 1JZ engine, sold in Japan and not America,
are still widely used in the tuning scene today, too tough to kill.
And the fourth generation is the one that cemented the Supra's reputation.
1JZ became 2JZ.
Big became bigger.
Importantly, it was overbuilt to a level we have not seen since.
Especially in twin-turbo form, it was almost too much car for the 1990s.
That might have hurt it in sales, but it made it a legend in the tuning scene, where people
quickly figured out that its iron-block 2JZ straight six engine could take more boost
than god.
In a way, though the last Supra ended production back in 2002, the Supra never really died
in our minds, somehow even more beloved today than ever before.
Will the new one live up to that legend?
Maybe!
We'll know what to believe after the first tuners get hold of one and boost it to infinity.
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