As the protracted development of the fifth-generation A90 Toyota Supra continues, information on the highly anticipated sports car continue to leak out like water from a colander. Last week, users on the SupraMKV.com forum found a complete parts catalogue on the BMW parts site RealOEM.com, and now another user, ec15, has pieced together the exterior and interior design using the individual part diagrams.
While various spyshots (both from actual spy photographers and from Toyota’s marketing) and this year’s GR Supra Racing Concept have pretty much informed us about the complete styling by now, there are a few details that have been fleshed out in these renderings. The swooping curves and slashes are obviously inspired by the FT-1 Concept from nearly five years ago, albeit not quite so outlandish.
At the front, the show car’s L-shaped LED headlights, tall Formula 1-inspired nosecone and large twin air intakes have been retained, but Toyota has added inlet in the centre, underneath that nosecone. A sizeable front splitter, masked by the camouflage in the aforementioned spyshots, is evident here, while additional corner air inlets underneath the headlights can also be found.
More vents and intakes can be found aft of the front wheels and in the doors, the latter of which appear to be fake. The wraparound windscreen design, “double bubble” roof, BMW-derived door mirrors and ducktail spoiler are present and accounted for, as are the side skirts and giant rear diffuser. Wrapping things up are a set of two-tone alloy wheels with blade-shaped spokes.
Although not rendered here, the part diagrams reveal a pert rear end with a large tailgate, slim teardrop-shaped tail lights, yet another pair of vents underneath those lights and a pair of round exhaust tips protruding from the diffuser, which also houses the F1-style centre fog light.
Also shown is the interior, which sports a simple horizontal design with full-width air-con vents. Various BMW switchgear is strewn around the cabin, including the climate controls, window and light switches, indicator and wiper stalks, multifunction steering wheel buttons and the electronic gearlever for the automatic transmission. There will likely also be a freestanding iDrive infotainment screen, which is missing here.
One point of difference compared to the BMW Z4 – on which the Supra is based – is the instrument cluster. Like on its Munich sibling, it’s a large digital display, but the Toyota gets a fixed bezel for a centre gauge (probably the rev counter) with the screen shifted off to one side, similar to what you’d find on a modern motorcycle. There’s a second display to the left of the bezel.
The catalogue leak also reveals that the Supra will be offered in 20i, 30i and 40i variants, with power outputs that likely correspond to similarly-named trim levels on the Z4. That means that there will be a base 2.0 litre turbo four-cylinder petrol engine, which on the Z4 produces 197 hp and 320 Nm of torque in the sDrive 20i and 258 hp and 400 Nm in the sDrive30i.
At the top of the range sits a 3.0 litre straight-six – in the Z4 M40i, it makes 340 hp and 500 Nm. It was previously reported that the Supra will only be available with an eight-speed automatic transmission (as with the Z4), although recent news suggests a manual option could be offered in right-hand drive markets if customers demand it.
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Looks more like RX8. They got Mazda to design their car?
Yup. Looks very similar. And with their ongoing partnership with Mazda, I have no doubts they might just have done that. So in essence, what Toyota is there in this car?
Same like Proton, a rebadger. But at least Toyota makes money and got no hutang. Proton just rebadges Mitsubishi and now Geely cars.
The only thing Toyota is the badge with hi RV, becoz owners pay so much but prestige not matching BMW Z4, so really hi Regret Value owning it.
not exactly,John. According to Autoblog, Z4 and Supra’s development teams cut ties back in 2014 after agreeing on basics.
So, in my opinion, that means the parts BMW supplied may have been altered and tweaked out to what they really want. To make things more interesting, Toyota also claimed that the A90 has the same rigidity as the Lexus LFA. So that concludes that A90 isn’t basically just a Z4 in a dress.
Outsource A-Z everything
They should sack their engineering, R&D, and design teams.
I bet someone is going to get this Supra and replace the Toyota logo with BMW. There’s just too much of component sharing between them and I’m not saying it’s BMW’s fault in this case since they are going to get paid for each Supra sold anyway.
I’m willing to bet that instead of that, some tuner would offer a classic 2000GT body for it.
Given that the Supra is based off a convertible Z4, they should at the very least offer one Targa top version.
looks alright
2.0 turbo should fine loads of homes….
Nice. Another Toyota classic…
Come to think of it, the DRL does look like those on Honda’s City, Civic, Accord. Cheap parts for an otherwise expensive car.
It would be odd for Toyota to stick the base 20i making less than 200hp in the car which are fairly weak numbers considering that the last JZA80’s base level naturally aspirated model was already making 220hp.
I’m thinking Toyota would probably only use the 30i and 40i in the Supra. Having a sports car get its doors blown off by German hot hatches does not bode well for Japanese sports car heritage.
This not a Toyota. It is essentially a rebadged Z4, its a BMW. Just like the latest ‘Proton Persona’ which happened to be an Iriz with a booty. This is a joke and college students might as well copy each other’s assignments and pass it off as their own.
While P1 never shied away that Persona2 is a booted Iriz, Toyota and their sapoters r trying their best to deflect the fact that they just rebadging Z4 lock stock and barrel.
while car reviewers around the world who tested the car had good reviews on this car, amateur here just know how to rant based on spec n rebadge issue only..