Toyota teases a Supra with a manual gearbox!
Toyota has teased a manual transmission version of the Supra.
Few other details are known right now, but Toyota says the transmission – likely to be a six-speed – has been 'tailor-made' for the car. We know that the platform and powertrains the Supra uses can be fitted with a manual; BMW in certain European markets sells a Z4 sDrive20i with a manual 'box, and did for a while in Australia. But BMW reportedly only sold two manual cars in Australia in two years, so demand could be described as wobbly in different markets.
The two share a platform and engines but, visually, there are far more differences than similarities. Toyota says the styling comes under its ‘Condensed Extreme’ design language, with a stretching bonnet, double-bubble roofline and stubby rear all present and correct. The footprint of the car is in what’s apparently called the ‘Golden Ratio’ for handling prowess – the ratio between wheelbase length and wheel tread width – with the bookends being 1.5 and 1.6. The Supra is bang in the middle at 1.55.‘We wanted to make it so at a glance you recognise it, so we went through many discussions with the designer of the car and this is how we came up with the design,’ says Chief Engineer, Tetsuya Tada.
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