2020 Supra... first thoughts

Zyonara91

They messed up in my opinion, big time. By dropping the ball on this one, it will give Nissan the opportunity to release a new Z and take a hold of the market, hopefully.

Exterior Design: I think it's decent, not the best looking car but not the worst.The concept was beautiful, I have no idea why they veered so far away from that design. If they retained the concept design, it would have worked in their favor and put them far ahead of the competition. 7/10.

Interior Design: Really? You literally copied the Z4 from BMW. For crying out loud, your have a company under your ownership called Lexus, you could have taken their interior design of the LC and taken it up a notch or two. You could of given us something extraordinary and set the benchmark in the segment. But no. 5/10.

Engine: I feel as if a in depth perspective is not required. Again, you took a unreliable BMW engine and threw it into the "Supra". How creative. You could have brought back the 2JZ and baptized it so that it would be made for the 21st century. 5/10.

Overall, I'm dissapointed with the car as a whole. We waited years for this? Right. I stand by the philosophy of "If you're going to do something, do it right with all of your effort".

Overall score: 17/30.

sunkist350z

All these haters stating that the looks are nothing special until they see one up close and personal than change their opinion lol

CRiZO

Yay fake vents

https://jalopnik.com/i-just-dont-bel...ine-1831838527

sunkist350z

Those actually pop out easily, it was shown on a review on youtube. Don't know why they just left it vented for air flow.

Zingston

Fake vents are all the rage right now! So hot!!!

Nixin

Not to hate on the Supra, but it is not as special as I thought it would be. It took Toyota forever to bring this to market and they dropped the ball IMHO. So-so HP, so-so looks. Just not my taste.

Spartan 1771

Its disappointing on a number of different levels.

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ZCanadian

0-60 time is impressive. I hope it isn't a one-trick pony(car), and can handle a turn or two.
I still maintain that nobody is cross-shopping a Toyota with a Porsche, but having some convenience, a nice interior, some creature comforts, and still being able to throw the car around will give performance oriented drivers an option.

That weight still bothers me, though. Has to affect acceleration, braking and cornering adversely. I'm afraid that they created a fat grand tourer butter-knife instead of a track scalpel. Hopefully, some clever people will discover that much of the heft is surplus to requirements, and can be shed without making the car un-liveable.

sunkist350z

Its not been even tested or reviewed all the hate lol

Spartan 1771

I never said I hated it. It's nice, but it's a BMW. It had a HUGE name to live up to and it falls short thus far.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions: good, bad or indifferent.

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OldGrayDog

Looks ..ok.. performance just ok for price.
Original Supra was Toyota. Problem is, this is a German car in a kimono.
If I want a BMW I'll buy a BMW, pay for it yes, but get a pure model.

Lvcky69

Hate is not the word here homeboy. People aren't hating, they are pissed at the fact that toyota screwed the legendary supra. This is a huge let down for a lot of people. Even to the supra owners. You think they'd sell their old supra to buy the new one? lmao. The steering wheel looks like the steering wheel of an suv! I don't really care, as I was never intended to own one anyways. I'm fine with the Z and the 911 4s

qickdraw

One of the biggest positives about the A80/2JZ was its ability to handle big HP out of the stock block and gearbox.
I don't think for one minute this one will have been built to be able to do the same, so in the end it will be just another 'meh' JP coupe.

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Spartan 1771

Imagine if the next Gen Z has an Acura engine and mirrors one of their cars. How would that be received by the car community, and more specifically by the individuals in this forum? Not well I presume. This is exactly what happened with the new Supra.

It just seems to me Toyota didn't take this very seriously. Why not build an all original body and use a high performance engine from Lexus? That would have made a lot more sense to me.

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CRiZO

If it's fun to drive and allows it to remain affordable, sure why not.