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| 2020 Toyota GR Supra |
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| 2020 Toyota GR Supra |
The revived Toyota sportscar, now called GR Supra, is made in collaboration with Toyota Gazoo Racing and BMW and the reason for this newly found collaboration is because this 4,900,000 Yen (2.35 million PhP) sportscar features the same components as the latest BMW Z4 G29 and they're both built at the Magna Steyr plant in Austria. Born in Austria, honed at Germany, sold in Japan and the rest of the world, it truly is a multilingual sportscar that caters the world's best roads in a snap but is it really worth the wait for Toyota enthusiasts worldwide?
Observing the design, the GR Supra draws inspiration from the FT-1 Concept and while this is very striking to look at, the lack of a massive rear wing like the one from the old JZA80 Supra is a bit of a letdown for hardcore Supra enthusiasts, therefore it's not fit to be in the next Fast and Furious movie and never will be because with Paul Walker gone, the JDM appearances in the franchise became scarce. Still, while this is a love-or-hate affair, the GR Supra is a very handsome head-turner that needs no introduction when it zooms by.
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| 2020 Toyota GR Supra interior |
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| 2020 Toyota GR Supra interior |
It's true that while they share the same mechanical bits, the GR Supra and the new BMW Z4 are different by their looks and the same thing goes to the interior, which is driver-focused indeed and rather clean to look at but a word of advice though that since this is a BMW underneath, the sat-nav is basically BMW's so there's no telling why a piece of German quirk has implanted into this Japanese quirk. Visibility issues? Well, while the front looks nice, the rear view is rather challenging to look probably because it has a standard rear view monitor that fums this habit, as they said.
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| 2020 Toyota GR Supra |
The GR Supra shares most of the engines from the BMW Z4, starting with the entry-level SZ variant with the 197PS 2.0L 4-cylinder turbo engine which is slightly less than the 86 but more fuel efficient compared to it because of its 13.1km/L combined fuel economy under WLTP standards. Not bad for a low-cost Supra that is heavier and more expensive than the Toyota 86. Also, the mid-range SZ-R's 2.0L 4-cylinder turbo engine has been pumped to around 258PS of power, making it a high-performance class car for the intermediate. And then, there's the range topping RZ with the 3.0L BMW TwinPower Turbo engine producing 340PS of power and 500Nm of torque. All of the engines are mated to an 8-speed Steptronic gearbox.
Little did you know that the RZ has a slightly quicker 0-100kph time than the BMW Z4 M40i?
Anyway, while we're done examining the BMW-derived engines, it's time to dig deeper to its performance and by comparison, the dynamics of the new Supra is slightly comparable to the BMW Z4 it was based on because the folks from Toyota wanted to behave differently so they fiddled with the double-joint spring strut front suspension and multi-link rear suspension to make sure it doesn't feel like the BMW Z4 it was based on. Such difference, am I right? But still, with a rigid structure, low center of gravity, and perfect weight distribution, this really is as sharp as a Feather Blade, yet as delicate as calligraphy. Now this is very artistic for a world-class sportscar indeed and while it's not made to take on the Nissan GT-R and the Honda NSX, its shortness and lightness made this Eurasian quirk a step ahead of its game.
The GR Supra is made to be a premium grand tourer from the very start and it's surprisingly categorized as a Safety Support Car S Wide because of its standard active safety features such as forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, lane departure warning with steering assist, automatic high beam, and road sign assist, among many others.
At the start of the day, getting to know the GR Supra is as easy as pie as it sounds and feels but at the end of the day, some people might have high regrets about this revived Toyota Supra and no, it's not about the BMW connection or the styling that doesn't hark back to the last Supra from the 90's. No. I'm talking about the GR Supra being a Gran Turismo exclusive car.
Ever since Porsche freed itself from EA exclusivity, their freedom to navigate through various racing games came with a great loss and that loss comes from Toyota and since then, no other racing games opened their doors to every singe Toyota road car in history. That's where GT SPORT came in and through time, no other car game has more Toyotas than GT SPORT and with the GR Supra arrived at GT SPORT, a lot of people are questioning about Toyota becoming Gran Turismo exclusive. While this is only a possibility, I have high regrets that I might really going to hate the GR Supra for being Gran Turismo exclusive and if the GR Supra being Gran Turismo exclusive, the boys of Top Gear will surely set this on fire just like what happened on the new Alpine A110, the Hoonigan boys will not welcome it to their garage, the Gumball 3000 will not let the GR Supra be part of the entry list, and their next Fast and Furious film will not feature the GR Supra, all because of it being a Gran Turismo exclusive car.
Unless Toyota renounced their Gran Turismo exclusivity, it's best to have a diminished relationship with the GR Supra and stick on with its Z4 relative or more expensive and fast sportscars than this. For now, I might put the GR Supra to the list of cars I don't want to have because of being a Gran Turismo only car aside from the Lexus LC500. That's one story I don't want to explain but I had to now that the GR Supra's arrived while car enthusiasts are still reeling from the wounds caused by Toyota being left out from most racing games rather than Gran Turismo.
Toyota should deserve better to become open again so their new GR Supra will be free to roam around the world with confidence rather than being restricted to being a Gran Turismo only car and that is the bottom line.
Available colors: White Blue Metallic, Ice Gray Metallic, Prominence Red, Deep Blue Metallic, Silver Metallic, Black Metallic, Lightning Yellow, and Matte Storm Gray Metallic.
Photo: Toyota Motor Corporation
Little did you know that the RZ has a slightly quicker 0-100kph time than the BMW Z4 M40i?
Anyway, while we're done examining the BMW-derived engines, it's time to dig deeper to its performance and by comparison, the dynamics of the new Supra is slightly comparable to the BMW Z4 it was based on because the folks from Toyota wanted to behave differently so they fiddled with the double-joint spring strut front suspension and multi-link rear suspension to make sure it doesn't feel like the BMW Z4 it was based on. Such difference, am I right? But still, with a rigid structure, low center of gravity, and perfect weight distribution, this really is as sharp as a Feather Blade, yet as delicate as calligraphy. Now this is very artistic for a world-class sportscar indeed and while it's not made to take on the Nissan GT-R and the Honda NSX, its shortness and lightness made this Eurasian quirk a step ahead of its game.
The GR Supra is made to be a premium grand tourer from the very start and it's surprisingly categorized as a Safety Support Car S Wide because of its standard active safety features such as forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, lane departure warning with steering assist, automatic high beam, and road sign assist, among many others.
At the start of the day, getting to know the GR Supra is as easy as pie as it sounds and feels but at the end of the day, some people might have high regrets about this revived Toyota Supra and no, it's not about the BMW connection or the styling that doesn't hark back to the last Supra from the 90's. No. I'm talking about the GR Supra being a Gran Turismo exclusive car.
Ever since Porsche freed itself from EA exclusivity, their freedom to navigate through various racing games came with a great loss and that loss comes from Toyota and since then, no other racing games opened their doors to every singe Toyota road car in history. That's where GT SPORT came in and through time, no other car game has more Toyotas than GT SPORT and with the GR Supra arrived at GT SPORT, a lot of people are questioning about Toyota becoming Gran Turismo exclusive. While this is only a possibility, I have high regrets that I might really going to hate the GR Supra for being Gran Turismo exclusive and if the GR Supra being Gran Turismo exclusive, the boys of Top Gear will surely set this on fire just like what happened on the new Alpine A110, the Hoonigan boys will not welcome it to their garage, the Gumball 3000 will not let the GR Supra be part of the entry list, and their next Fast and Furious film will not feature the GR Supra, all because of it being a Gran Turismo exclusive car.
Unless Toyota renounced their Gran Turismo exclusivity, it's best to have a diminished relationship with the GR Supra and stick on with its Z4 relative or more expensive and fast sportscars than this. For now, I might put the GR Supra to the list of cars I don't want to have because of being a Gran Turismo only car aside from the Lexus LC500. That's one story I don't want to explain but I had to now that the GR Supra's arrived while car enthusiasts are still reeling from the wounds caused by Toyota being left out from most racing games rather than Gran Turismo.
Toyota should deserve better to become open again so their new GR Supra will be free to roam around the world with confidence rather than being restricted to being a Gran Turismo only car and that is the bottom line.
Available colors: White Blue Metallic, Ice Gray Metallic, Prominence Red, Deep Blue Metallic, Silver Metallic, Black Metallic, Lightning Yellow, and Matte Storm Gray Metallic.
Photo: Toyota Motor Corporation
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