Toyota apparently has something exciting in store next month, as it’s set to announce a new sports car line in Japan that is said to be the equivalent of Lexus’ high-performance F brand, according to Automotive News.
A “new sports car series” is expected to be unveiled at an event in Tokyo, and the publication stated that it is unclear if the products from that series will be offered outside Japan, with a company spokesperson declining to offer more details about the event or products.
The Japanese automotive giant said earlier in the year that it would strengthen its lineup of tuned GRMN (Gazoo Racing Masters of Nürburgring) vehicles, which currently includes the Yaris GRMN hot hatch. This month, it restructured the development of sports cars under Toyota Gazoo Racing, its motorsports division.
The move comes ahead of the arrival of the new Supra, Toyota’s flagship sports car that is being developed alongside the BMW Z4 in a joint venture with Munich. Expected to use a range of BMW four- and six-cylinder engines, as well as a hybrid powertrain that uses capacitors from the Toyota TS030 Hybrid prototype racer, the new model is expected to make its debut next year.
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the idea came from UMW Malaysia, with Vios Gazoo. TMC Japan found it to be a good initiative and so plan to expand it in Japan.
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Don’t be too happy Toyota fans. Even if UMW is willing to offer a sports line, it will be a souped up Vios with Airbus wings and lorry tyres. But the catch is, still the same dinosaur engines and gearbox with less hp and torque than the Honda City.
that’s no Supra. That’s Beemra or Zupr4.
Bye bye stick shift.
Bye bye Toyota legendary engine.
Naming it Supra doesn’t seemed right. Toyota should consider a new one for this abomination. Granted its a successor with lotsa techs that are in line with modern day demands and requirements but i feel a new name is only right.
Its just like the latest NSX. Seems like nobody gives it a damn.
its all useless if nobody can afford it…didnt toyota have TRD? GRMN?
It seems that, judging by the on-paper spec, much of the engineering works on the so-called New Supra are very much carried out by BMW. Toyota only contribute on the hybrid capacitor part. WTH???? In fact, BMW themselves actually are no stranger to developing their own hybrid techs. for their own road-going cars like the i8, 3-series & 5-series hybrid you name it. So in theory, BMW wouldn’t need any support from Toyota on the hybrid side if they wanted to. So can Toyota be fully proud out of this exercise? It will sound better if Toyota make use of BMW’s platform tech. and would use their own engine..
As for the NSX’s case, it should have been a Ferrari & Porsche-battling car (including Merc AMG, Audi, McLaren, Aston Martin). But the choice of hybrid engine and the not-so-elegant styling have put most of the potential sportscar buyers off. The outcome could be much better if the NSX only employ mild hybrid setup. If Honda seriously want to make the NSX a worthy challenger to the European sportcar powerhouses on the road & on the track and to attract more customers , they need to launch a special RWD NSX variant devoid of the hybrid unit which of course stay true to the original NSX layout.Simple as that.