The New Toyota Supra Will Get A Four-Cylinder Engine
Toyota has confirmed that a lighter, cheaper four-cylinder engine option will be made available for the new Supra.
The heavily BMW-based car will add the German marque’s B48B20 turbocharged four-cylinder unit to the B58B30 blown six-pot lump we’ve talked about before.
Although clearly down on power, with a reported 261bhp versus the six-cylinder car’s 335bhp, comments from Tetsuya Tada – the Supra’s chief engineer – at the Goodwood Festival of Speed suggest it will have its own advantages.
In an interview with Road & Track, Tada-san is said to have confirmed not just that a four-banger is on the way, but also that it will be lighter, with better weight distribution and a sharper turn-in. Both engines will use ZF’s eight-speed automatic gearbox, but it’s still unconfirmed as to whether it’s the only option.
It seems Toyota is also thinking about fans of the old A80 Supra. Road & Track says Tada-san recommended that anyone wanting to swap-in a 2JZ engine should go for the four-cylinder car, both for the financial saving and because it represents less bulk to remove from the engine bay.
That also indicates that the two powerplants shouldn’t be linked to wildly different chassis components with, for example, significant spec advantages for the more powerful car. After all these teasers, let’s hope the wait for full details isn’t too much longer.
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Is the box on the options list for the four-banger going to be marked as “Can’t afford the I6”?
inb4 they go full Mitsubishi and offer a Supra SUV with a three-cylinder hybrid and a CVT
I’m lovin it
A B58 is almost insulting in the Supra, being a new engine with not much in the way of tuning and aftermarket when the N55/S55 would have been the best choice for power plant being a $63.5k+ car (before inevitable dealer markup). I mean, even the BMW M2 has the N55, the B58’s predecessor, making an extra 30hp, totaling 365hp. Also, the M2 weighs only 150lb heavier (3,450lb) and has a manual tranny while being $9,000 easier on the bank account (both base priced)!
They better make it ready to mount a 2jz engine inside the engine bay.
Having read a few comment complaining about having a 4 cylinder i do not see an issue. Toyota are being clever. Because in a world were cars are built based on numbers sold they are aiming at a market that will sell. Hopefully this will stop it from going out of production quickly by aiming at 2 markets at least.
That’s exactly the issue. Instead of building a good car they are trying to sell numbers. Its a recipe for a bad car
so a 4cyl Supra?
isnt that a Celica?
r/technicallythetruth
i thought they would have used the n54 engine in it seems only logical no?
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I’d hope someone order it with a 2j…..do it like Aston, like the customer who ordered the cygnet with a v8
Or maybe with just the shell without engine…… Since they already knew ppl are gon a swap out the 4 cyl
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