In "Green Hell", these days, the Toyota and BMW are testing the new model they have jointly developed and will be the revival of the Supra for the one and the Ζ5, for the other on the common, rear-wheel drive platform.
The common model is tested at the Nurburgring
And because, not only does Toyota need a "rival" for the Nissan GT-R and Honda NSX, but mainly because the Supra has many fanatical fans around the globe, the focus is on the Japanese side. Apart from the looks -for which we cannot draw a safe conclusion, since the test car is heavily camouflaged with stickers, plastic and fake traffic lights- everyone's interest is focused on on the engine. What will she wear?
The prototype is heavily camouflaged, but at least we can understand that in terms of size, the new Supra will be nothing like the old one
The information, which you've been reading for a long time on TopSpeed.gr, report that the stronger engine that the Supra will use has already been developed by Toyota, code-named 943F. Although we do not know the cubic capacity, we learn that it is a -designed from white paper- twin turbo V6, who reportedly attributes about 400 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque. Here to add that BMW has reportedly decided to wear the top-of-the-line version of the Z5 an three-litre six-cylinder twin turbo, with other 3 litres and 2 litres sets to follow later.
Rendering from a Japanese magazine for the new Supra.
At spy video from the Nurburgring, we have the rather rare opportunity to hear, even Dimly,
between aerodynamic noises and squealing tyres, how do you
sounds like the new Supra. Early estimates suggest a six-cylinder,
turbocharged. But it will be in a V configuration, or straight six;
Before you start complaining and saying things about "insulting the original Supra": in combination with the 138 hp hybrid engine developed by the Japanese brand for the common platform, we will be talking about a Supra performance 538 horsepower. The common model will have an all-aluminium chassis with a carbon fibre "body". And weighing less than 1 500 kg.
The last generation of Supra was so impressive that, admittedly, Toyota has quite a difficult task in making a worthy successor to the name.
The dimensions of the two cars resulting from the cooperation will "approximately as the size of a 911", with a length of less than 4,500 mm, a width of less than 1,840 mm, a height of less than 1,340 mm and a wheelbase of less than 2,500 mm. The resulting model is thus smaller than the FT-1 concept and the last generation of Supra, but slightly larger than the existing Z4.
Okay, fair enough: They don't make them like they used to.
The joint project is expected to be completed before 2018.
