Don't Expect To See Toyota's New 'Supra' Sports Car In Detroit

Toyota North America's boss has confirmed that its all-new sports car won't be ready for a Detroit debut
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.

Comments

Klush

Oh

12/06/2017 - 08:54 |
3 | 3
P5 Ford

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.

12/06/2017 - 08:57 |
2 | 13
₩!Ź@ŔĐ Transit supervan

In reply to by P5 Ford

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

12/06/2017 - 09:33 |
4 | 0

Its not like its actually usefull and hides the lines of whatever vehicle its on right?…oh wait

12/06/2017 - 10:42 |
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dmackster1124

Hitting deadlines is not Toyota’s specialty

12/06/2017 - 08:59 |
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Twopoint0

If they let us wait any longer the hype will wear off completely

12/06/2017 - 09:11 |
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DL🏁

It’s taking soooooo long

12/06/2017 - 09:17 |
17 | 1

Toyota NSX

12/06/2017 - 12:07 |
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GTRTURTLE 🔰 🐢(Oo \ S K Y L I N E / oO) (Koen

In reply to by DL🏁

This is taking longer than car part delivery!

12/06/2017 - 15:24 |
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Miru

Ffs…

12/06/2017 - 10:04 |
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Just SniperBadBoy

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.

12/06/2017 - 10:54 |
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Or just don’t call it a Supra. Save that name or just let it die.

12/14/2017 - 11:13 |
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Anonymous

If i fukkkin see the driver of this guy! Im gonna point a knife to it and say PEEL THE FUKKKIN WRAP!

12/06/2017 - 11:04 |
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Anonymous

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.

12/06/2017 - 12:20 |
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suchdoge

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Just hope they dont turn it into a glorified Prius in the process…

12/06/2017 - 13:22 |
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FLixy Madfox

I
Am
SCREAMING

12/06/2017 - 12:23 |
0 | 0

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