reborn Toyota Supra on way

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just read an article from AutoExpress...

Reborn Toyota Supra on way | News | Auto Express

Reborn Toyota Supra on way
Extreme new 400bhp Supra is in the pipeline – and it could feature hybrid power and platform from GRMN concept car



09th May 2012

A four-wheel-drive hybrid successor to the Toyota Supra is back on the cards – and this is how the newcomer could look.

The move follows the excellent reaction to the GT 86 – and sources have suggested the new Supra will ride on the platform used for the GRMN concept.

That car featured a modified MR2 chassis and mid-mounted 245bhp 3.5-litre V6 engine, with an electric motor driving the front wheels. The total was around 300bhp.

That powertrain is likely to be carried over into the production car, but with two in-wheel electric motors at the front, rather than a single motor powering both of them. The engine will deliver power to the rear wheels through a CVT gearbox from the Lexus RX. Total power from both sources would be around the 400bhp mark.

Expect to see a 0-62mph time of just over four seconds, which will put the Supra into direct competition with Honda’s upcoming NSX.

The project has yet to be given the green light by Toyota bosses, but if CEO Akio Toyoda has his way and the economy shows signs of recovery, the new coupe is likely to be in showrooms by late 2015, priced at around £70,000.

I just got confused about this recent article... Shouldn't this be the next MR2 and do battle with the NSX..? and the next Supra should be based on FT-HS or the Lexus LF-Lc, which is a front-mounted engine..?

Toyota FT-HS


Lexus LF-Lc

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Your right.

And the next SUPRA should not be a hybrid. It must again fight face to face with the GTR.

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Toyota Supra successor on cards with new BMW alliance | CarAdvice

Toyota Supra successor on cards with new BMW alliance



The Toyota 86 will be joined by a big brother sports car as part of a new collaboration announced by the Japanese car maker and its new favourite partner, BMW.

Toyota’s second sports car, which could become a spiritual successor to the Supra, will be another joint venture project, following the compact rear-wheel-drive 86 coupe that was produced in tandem with Subaru.

The new sports car forms a quarter of a new four-pronged long-term collaboration announced by Toyota Motor Corporation and BMW AG.

The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding that, in addition to jointly developing architecture and components for “a future sports vehicle, outlines plans to work together on the development of a fuel-cell system, electric drivetrains and lightweight technologies.

BMW and Toyota have already announced the German car maker will supply Toyota with 1.6-litre and 2.0-litre turbo diesel engines from 2014, and in March this year signed a binding agreement on joint research into future lithium-ion battery cell technology.

“We aim to further strengthen our competitive position in sustainable future technologies,” said BMW’s chairman of the board of management, Norbert Reithofer. “Toyota and the BMW Group share the same strategic vision of sustainable individual future mobility.

“Together we have a great opportunity to continue leading our industry through this transformation.”

Toyota said the two car makers could take advantage of each other’s strengths with the partnership.

“Toyota is strong in environment-friendly hybrids and fuel cells … I believe BMW’s strength is developing sports cars,” said TMC president Akio Toyoda. “I get so excited thinking about the cars that will result from this relationship.”

Neither car maker has elaborated on the sports car project, such as whether the BMW architecture used would be from the 3-Series or 5-Series range, be based on the Z4 coupe-roadster, or even an all-new platform.

It’s the second Euro-Japanese sports car collaboration announced within a matter of weeks after Fiat and Mazda announced in May a new Alfa Romeo sports car would be based on the next-generation Mazda MX-5.