Don't Expect To See Toyota's New 'Supra' Sports Car In Detroit
At one point, the expectation was that we’d see Toyota’s all-new sports car at the Tokyo Motor Show. When the reveal failed to happen, speculation turned to the LA Auto Show, where the car didn’t appear either. So it’ll say its big hello to the world at the Detroit show in January, right? Nope, sorry.
Speaking to Motor Trend, Toyota North America division boss Jack Hollis said that specifications for the car are still being finalised, so a Detroit debut is out. Echoing comments he made to Auto Guide recently, Hollis also said that a name hasn’t been pinned down yet.
The assumption thus far has been that Toyota would resurrect the Supra badge, but Hollis states that “there are other names that could be better.” We’ll let you speculate on that one in the comments.
What we do know is that the car is being developed in partnership with BMW, as part of a joint venture that’ll also spawn the next Z4 - previewed by a concept revealed earlier this year. With the sports car market much smaller than it once was, spreading the development costs between two firms makes perfect sense, but the ‘Supra’ and Z4 should be very different from one another.
As for when we’ll see Toyota’s side of the project, we’re now thinking the Geneva Motor Show next March.
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I wish car companies would stop with these zebra paint schemes.. It’s like, “oh no they’re gonna copy our body style”.. Well figures since cars nowadays look the same.
So you want them to reveal their new cars aerodynamics and design to their competitors? And also the company’s pr department won’t like it as well since theres no ‘suspense’ or hype about their new car since high quality spy shots will be out as soon as they start testing their new car
Its not like its actually usefull and hides the lines of whatever vehicle its on right?…oh wait
Hitting deadlines is not Toyota’s specialty
If they let us wait any longer the hype will wear off completely
It’s taking soooooo long
Toyota NSX
This is taking longer than car part delivery!
Ffs…
Toyota… Please don’t ruin the new “Supra”… It’s already pretty damn bad but please… Don’t make it worse than it already is.
Or just don’t call it a Supra. Save that name or just let it die.
If i fukkkin see the driver of this guy! Im gonna point a knife to it and say PEEL THE FUKKKIN WRAP!
I really like that they dont rush it. In the end the car will be miles better than the current version or the version that would be displayed in detroit.
Just hope they dont turn it into a glorified Prius in the process…
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