Toyota is debuting the production Supra at Goodwood

according to Way, way back in March at the Geneva Motor Show, Toyota teased the world with the racing concept version of its new Supra. Naturally, we were pretty excited, but what we really wanted was the production version of the car. Apparently, we'll be getting our first look at just that next week during the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The new Supra is a car that's had an incredibly long gestation period and which will either blow enthusiasts' minds or leave them disappointed and clamoring for a keyboard on which to write long screeds in forums. Toyota Europe let slip the news that it would have a production Supra at Goodwood via its Twitter account and posted an image of a camouflaged car with it.

The new Toyota Supra will go racing … but not where anyone expected

The revived Toyota Supra is one of the most hyped car launches of the decade, but no one could have predicted this. The new Supra will race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series beginning with the season-opening race in Daytona, Florida, on February 16, 2019. The Toyota Supra has quite a racing pedigree, but this icon of Japanese performance has always been more Fast and the Furious than Ricky Bobby. It has never had any previous association with NASCAR; Toyota has only been racing since 2007, long after the Supra went out of production. Toyota didn't relate any technical details, but racing rules mean the Supra will feature a NASCAR-specific V8 engine and chassis design.

How BMW and Toyota Overcame a Culture Clash to Design the New Supra

as mentioned in Photo: ToyotaThe highly anticipated new Toyota Supra will share a platform with the upcoming BMW Z4 in a fascinating collaboration between two companies with very different cultures. AdvertisementAccording to the story, Tada says BMW approached Toyota during a European press event in 2012 for the Toyota GT86, and suggested that the two companies collaborate. AdvertisementThe story goes on, describing how it took time for BMW to understand Toyota's methods and its cars. Tada, for example, was amazed by the time, effort and especially the money BMW puts into research and development, saying:We've learned a lot from BMW. Our company (Toyota) with my tenure and experience, the focus was always design elements being the priority.

Watch the Toyota Supra make its Goodwood debut

The Toyota Supra is ready to roll, even if we have to stare at a camouflaged body for a little while longer. Toyota brought the latest prototype of its new Supra to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week. There's some inspiration from the Toyota FT-1 concept, and there's likely to be something shared with the upcoming BMW Z4 revival, since the two vehicles share the same chassis. Toyota already said that the Supra will rely on a straight-six gas engine, mated to a dual-clutch transmission and rear-wheel drive. Toyota expects the 2020 Supra to make it to dealerships "during the first half of 2019."

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