Category: Toyota

We’ve been stoked about the 2020 Toyota Supra since we first heard rumors about it approximately 30 years ago. Obviously, that’s a joke, but as we’ve noted ad nauseam, the reveal of this machine took forever. But all the camouflaged “debuts”, leaked photos, and speculation about transmission choices, leaked videos, are in the past. The two-seater will be packing a 335-horsepower turbocharged inline-six, feature an eight-speed transmission, and make the sprint from zero to 60 mph in just 4.1 seconds. In testing, the engineers used the Porsche Cayman as a…

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We’re not trying to take anything away from the eagerly anticipated reveal at the Detroit Auto Show, but the 2020 Toyota Supra is mostly out of the bag. We know what the engine options will be, we know how the top-spec inline-six will sound, we’ve seen it driving wearing camouflage, and we’ve seen stills of it without camouflage. Now, video has been leaked of the production version driving without camouflage, and we have to say, we think Toyota hit it out of the park, styling wise. The last generation of…

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For years, the brass at Toyota was content to let cede the enthusiast market to other manufacturers, and focus solely on making bullet-proof cars that were more driving appliances than they were exciting machines. But when Akio Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda, took over as company president in 2009, he immediately set out to instill Toyota’s vehicles with a fun factor, and focused on making everything in the lineup more engaging to drive. The first vehicle we saw which signaled the new direction for the company was the…

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If it feels like the wind up to the reveal of the new Toyota Supra has been taking forever? That’s because the wind up to the reveal of the new Toyota Supra has, in fact, been taking forever. Of course, one of the problems with such a protracted rollout is the potential for leaks, so while the wraps don’t officially come until the Detroit Auto Show next month, we’ve already seen the face of Toyota’s latest sports car. And for the record? We think it looks great. The Supra was…

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