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[Mook]

Der Supra: East Meets West in the Toyota/BMW Sports-Car Partnership

According to leaks out of Germany, the Supra coupe will appear in two years as a 2018 model. Why would the Germans be leaking Supra details? Because underneath the Toyota-specific body will be mounted a turbocharged inline-six BMW engine. And, if that’s not enough sacrilege, the coupe’s rear-drive chassis will be developed largely by BMW, too.

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[RICH17]

LAME

 

[MikeyLikesIt]

I think it's smart that Toyota is outsourcing their performance drivetrains. Their recent focus is reliability and hybrids...not powerful forced inducted engines.

 

[Intel]

Toyota can't make anything themselves unless it is a prius or some other appliance vehicle.

Toybaru has subaru motor, This has bmw motor.

Almost makes Nissan look like a performance company even if they won't make the Eau Rogue and IDX and are still banging the VQ drum 20 years later.

 

[Mook]

This shouldn't be a big surprise to anyone. Toyota and BMW announced they would be collaborating on something eventually.

 

[boostedguy05]

enticed to see final product.

tuning for this will be amazing.

 

[willizm]

I'll reserve my judgement for the final product, but a true successor to the 2JZ could be huge if it were developed by Toyota and used across many of their product lines which I can understand is just not within Toyota's scope for their product lineup. With it being a BMW descendant of the N54/S54 it does make sense from a cost and development perspective. In an ideal world though I'd love to see a more modern version of the 2jz that retains it's remarkable reliability and aftermarket performance potential.

 

[VenomInside]

 

[MikeyLikesIt]

It will be very close to the FT-1 concept.

 

[Mook]

The front end will be completely different and the lines will be less aggressive. Its still Toyota after all.

 

[RICH17]

Toyota can't make anything themselves unless it is a prius or some other appliance vehicle.

Toybaru has subaru motor, This has bmw motor.

Almost makes Nissan look like a performance company even if they won't make the Eau Rogue and IDX and are still banging the VQ drum 20 years later.

Toyota makes plenty of stuff for themselves. Look at the ISF and the LFA.

I think the partnership isn't that great. Not for a 100k car as I would imagine it would be. For the BRZ/FRS combo it worked cause it was cheap. it had a Subaru engine with Toyota electronic and fuel systems. Worked out well for both parties

 

[Mook]

If this is truly getting a BMW motor (likely already based on current tech) and chassis, its not gonna cost 100k. That would be suicide from the get go.

 

[VenomInside]

Dealer Markup FTMFL.

 

[Intel]

Toyota makes plenty of stuff for themselves. Look at the ISF and the LFA.

I think the partnership isn't that great. Not for a 100k car as I would imagine it would be. For the BRZ/FRS combo it worked cause it was cheap. it had a Subaru engine with Toyota electronic and fuel systems. Worked out well for both parties

Just hoping this gets a BMW efi system as the IS-F and FRS at least the past couple years tend to be a bear to tune and then actually keep the hp you got on the dyno.

 

[RICH17]

If this is truly getting a BMW motor (likely already based on current tech) and chassis, its not gonna cost 100k. That would be suicide from the get go.

I just have the vision of it being a M3/4 twin. which would be insane

 

[Mook]

Why would it look like a BMW?

 

[RICH17]

I picture it being just like the frs/brz/gt86 combo

 

[YoushallgoFo]

if its an M3/M4 drivetrain in a sporty coupe design and less luxury gadgets and comfort, and cost, this could be really cool. We need more 450hp rwd sports cars!

 

[Primalzer]

If it follows closely to the mid-90's Supra's, I would imagine it'd be around $65K-70K. (Original MSRP for Turbo of $40K back in 1993)

I'm a bit shocked that Toyota would let a BMW engine, drivetrain, chassis power their potential "halo" vehicle. Just seems like something that Toyota would say, "Hey, look at what WE can do." Not, "Hey, look at what we paid BMW to do."

 

[Mike K]

BMW TTI6 ALL OF THE CARS!

 

[VenomInside]

 

[Mike K]

 

[boostedguy05]

Im okay with that.

 

[boogeyman]

some of the new bmw engines are really impressive package them in a performace car with good build quality like a toyota and it could very well be a great car

 

[gojo83]

am i the only one that thinks the back looks like a hyaundi volestor?