Agree - you'd think that the RC-F platform would be the perfect place to go to in order to find the drive train.

I get that this car is not going to be a mass market beast and that finding economies of scale is the only way it could be built. But looking in-house would surely be cheaper, offer the most control of the product and process, and be a nod to the ability of Toyota/Lexus engineering. As far as the actual manufacturing is concerned, modern flex lines should have allowed low volume production of the Supra at an existing Toyota facility, surely. And Lexus couldn't have made it any uglier! :-D Toyota already had the fairly well received FT-1 concept to work off of.

On another note, anyone see the new 2020 RC-F "Track Edition" also released at Detroit this week? For the price of about 2 new Supra's you could get from 0-60 in 0.2 seconds faster. Hmmmm.

Toyot a is waiting for consumer response to see if they will add a manual. My gut tells me a manual will come by its refresh.

Companies are part sharing due to cost of Sports car R&D. I'm sure if this version replace all? The next gen will be a more toyota focused vehicle.
One of the rumors for the next gen Z is that it may be powered by Mercedes?
The vr30dett came out but the next Z may have a 4 banger base model by Benz. This is what the globalized market is doing. Not saying I like that...
Remember that the Supras b4 the MK4 were designed by lotus. So maybe the next gen Supra will have a 3jz...

I try to think positive in the sense that. Everyone is abandoning sports cars or is scared to excel in the sports Arena, like Nissan. At least Toyota got some balls back. Cuz they were What Nissan is now just a few short tears ago.

I'm just waiting for a review n hopefully a test drive before I have a full on opinion. I know that BMW 8 speed is extremely fast n smooth. I'm just hoping toyota tuning will give the 3.0L engine more sports car grunt.

Like everyone else though. A 3JZ woulda been nuts. Here's hoping for a next gen 3jz.

Ugly period!!!

Look what they did with the new Tundra!!

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Where is TuRD though all this? Like the majority of consumers, I'm assuming they were too busy moding one of their SUVs to be bothered with the revival of Toyota's most successful sports car in the company's history.

Don’t hold back. Tell us how you really feel.
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Yeah, I suspect that the dealerships will be loaded with TRD accessories before the car even gets there. And there is probably a TRD “performance edition” in the works for the moment the demand for the initial release wanes.

Toyota isn’t one to miss a trick in that respect.

I wonder what the 'market adjusted rate' will be for this car. We all know while the price says $50k - it will be much much higher - hell, you can't even get a Civic Type-R for MSRP and it's been out for 2-3yrs now.

After seeing the car on Youtube - personally if I could afford one at $50k - I probably would consider it; with the turbo - it will be able to be tuned to produce more HP and while the looks are polarizing - I think it looks pretty cool overall. The interesting thing will be - will dealers even let you test drive it - something tells me no. That the 'test drive' will be after you sign your name on the dotted line to purchase one.

I am curious to see what the tuner crowd will do with this car as well as getting some real world reviews off of youtube. This also makes me excited to see what the next Z will look like - whenever that is.

I think you're right. We wont see one of these for anywhere near $50k for a long time.

When this thing hits the ground at the local dealer, I’m going to wander over for sh..ts and giggles to see how far they are going to bend the customer over to get behind the wheel.

It's technically a GR (Gazoo Racing) Supra I think? Not sure if there can even be a TRD? Though I imagine there will be plenty of accessories. TRD has gone the way of BMW M.

Then I will be waiting, hopefully the z35 will even be a concept version by then..

Ha... You might enjoy this article. This guy says the Supra should've been an SUV. LOL

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...suv-crossover/

You may be a old man by then. :rofl2:

I am already old and my hairs have been getting gray waiting for the new z car to arrive lol

I saw that today at Barrett Jackson they are auctioning off vin# 00001 which is a one of one in matt grey and signed by Mr. Toyota with some other exclusive stuff for charity