Don't Expect The New Toyota Supra To Be "A Cheap Car"
With the next Toyota Supra not arriving in production form until early 2019, we’re left guessing how exactly it’ll shape up for a little while longer. We know it’ll have BMW-sourced engines and that a manual gearbox is unlikely, but how about price?
In an interview with Dutch publication AutoRai, Toyota’s European R&D vice president Gerald Killmann had the following to say (kindly translated by Google): “It will not be a cheap car. There will be a clear difference between the GT86 and Supra. The GT86 remains the affordable sports car, the Supra becomes the performance model.” He wouldn’t confirm or deny if production will be limited, meanwhile.
‘Not cheap’ could be read in a number of ways, but we certainly can’t expect this to be a performance bargain with a hot hatch-like price. But that shouldn’t be a surprise - the last Supra (pictured above) was a pricey so-and-so too. Even when Toyota slashed the price of the twin-turbo version of the MkIV in 1997, it was still being flogged for $39,900 - the equivalent of $65,000 in today’s money. And its most expensive, it was over $80,000, adjusted for inflation.
As for our best guess, we can see the pricing for the new Supra - previewed by a ‘Racing Concept‘ at the Geneva show last month - ending up being quite similar to the Z4 it’ll share a platform and engines with.
Until there’s confirmation though, you might as well get speculating in the comments…
Source: AutoRai via Jalopnik
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Comments
Damn, first automatic, and now too expensive for the average person to buy? Where are all the 12 year olds at?
honestly the new supra is overhyped, legit lost interest in it tbh
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Let’s be honest. These days, what new car is “cheap”?
The Supra was never a “cheap car”, it’s just that it became hype later on in its life, when it got cheaper. Nowadays stock Mk4s are insanely expensive. It might be expensive for a Toyota, but for a performance GT car it’ll be pretty well priced.
I see a boost in GT86 sales in the near future.
In b4 this comes out in the next NFS and all the 12 year olds wrap it in chrome gold.
Hope they still over engineered it
It’s predecessor wasn’t cheap to begin with so what would you expect with this one?
It better be at least 35% cheaper than the 8 series/Z. Because the BMWs looks (IMO) 120004939303 TIMES BETTER. ( Also it will have a nicer interior and better after- sales service).