It’s been two years since we’ve seen spyshots of the new Toyota Supra, and while the buildup to its eventual unveiling is still agonisingly long, the pieces are starting to fall together. Last weekend, the company debuted a camouflaged prototype at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and now a couple of spyshots have surfaced giving us our best look at the interior yet.
As we’ve seen in previous photos, the new Supra, codenamed A90, will get an cabin that is separate from the one in the upcoming BMW Z4 on which it’s based, unlike the virtually identical 86 and Subaru BRZ twins. Even with the disguise on top, it’s obvious that the dashboard design is unique with a different fascia and air vents, and there’s also a Toyota-specific three-spoke steering wheel.
That’s not to say that it’s all Toyota in here, as there’s also plenty of switchgear from Munich. The buttons on the steering wheel and the climate controls will be familiar to BMW owners, and so would the electronic gearlever. The iDrive infotainment system also makes an appearance, as evident by the freestanding centre display and the rotary controller next to the gearlever. A digital instrument cluster can be seen as well.
So far, we know that the Supra will come with a BMW-derived turbocharged straight-six petrol engine and 50:50 weight distribution, plus a chassis tuned separately from the Z4 and thus drive completely differently. While that sounds like a potent recipe, purists may bemoan the fact that a manual transmission won’t be offered, with the new car being an automatic-only affair.
GALLERY: 2019 Toyota Supra spyshots
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Oi it looks like a BMW interior to me with no Toyota design cues. From the rotary controller right up to the gear knob.
Toyota go level up, mass to premium carbrand.
gear lever does look like BMW’s knob, but dont forget Toyota had been using joystick gear lever in the mark II prius, then a more genius design in MkIII
This is not bmw interior meh ?
The interior look so BMW… I thought only the engine..
Toyota overlords oso do rebadge even for their halo model. So shame.
At least not like Proton, have to be sold to a China company to save Proton from going bankrupt.
double standard lover..
Never knew P1 alredi reach Toyota level to be comparable. Or did Toyota drop so much until it reached to a company 60 years its junior? Kecian Toyota.
Yeah, one company is developing a next gen sports car while the other still needs a 93 yrs old PM to comment how much of failure the company is to abort making a new company. Kecian Proton.
too bmw….
Toyota could have used the Lexus LC500 underpinnings & just re-skinned & use a self-developed In-Line 6 or V6 turbocharged for the new Supra.
Hence, this is not a Toyota Supra. It should be named Toyota Z4 instead!
The least offer a manual stick variant!
The one particular fact that makes it hard for the car nuts let alone the Toyota fans to swallow , is the use of BMW engine lock stock & barrel!! You can be excused if its a high volume model, but this is a halo model , which supposed to showcase the best of Toyota’s engineering capability & experience, but apparently this is not with the New Supra..