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Nieuwe MR2, Rally special van de Yaris?!The next Toyota Supra will be badged and sold as a standalone Gazoo Racing model when it arrives at the end of 2019, and will spearhead the new range of sports cars currently under development by the company, which also includes the forthcoming Yaris GRNM, a new MR2 and a more extreme, homologation special Yaris.
Tomoyama and his team have benchmarked the new Supra against BMW’s M3 and M4 as well as Porsche’s 911, and claims the Gazoo engineered car will be a far more performance-orientated model than the new BMW Z4, of which it shares may common components. “BMW’s car is a roadster, ours is a coupe. We have worked with BMW’s engineers on the development of the basic car and on shared components, but when it comes to how both cars drive they will be very different. They have very different philosophies and the Supra will be a performance car first.”
The new Toyota Supra will not only share a front engined, rear-wheel drive platform, but will likely also use a cross section of BMW power units according to new leaked internal BMW documentation. Expected engine options include two 2-litre turbocharged four-cylinders and a 3-litre turbocharged straight-six, all exclusively paired to an automatic gearbox. Gazoo will also be looking at hybrid powertrain options to boost the Supra’s performance, using technology it has developed on its LMP1 race car.
By looking at the equivalent engines that sit in new model BMWs, we estimate that the new Supra could have up to 350bhp in six-cylinder format. The bad news for purists is that unlike the BMW, Toyota doesn't appear to planning a manual gearbox option at this stage, no doubt a disappointment for those hoping the new Supra would mimic the playful demeanor of the smaller GT86 in a more substantial, powerful package.
ust because the new Supra will be Toyota’s largest, flagship performance model don’t think for a minute that it will be a ponderous and heavy beast. Toyota engineer and Gazoo Racing chief, Teysuya Tada, told evo what we could expect from the new sports car, and very promising it was too: 'A Supra should be lighter than it’s rivals. Personally speaking, my favourite Porsche is the Boxster and Cayman, although I am a little disappointed with the four-cylinder engine. The Cayman helps a lot of us here to make a sports car.'
The new Toyota Supra is set to arrive in 2018, shortly after BMW launches its Z4 sibling. Will the Toyota-BMW partnership (named the Silk Road Project because of its East-meets-West approach) bear fruit? It’s not the first time the brands have worked together, having shared diesel engine tech across the Toyota, BMW and MINI brands for several years as well as collaborating on hydrogen fuel cell tech. We look forward to seeing if the Silk Road Project can produce a convincing successor to the iconic Supra.
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