We're here with I would say is the most exciting reveal of the
2019 North American International Auto so this is the 2020 Toyota Supra now
this is the first time that the Supra has been back in the United States since
it left in 1998 and that's a 22 year gap between the last time that we had a
Supra here now this is a joint development car a lot of it comes from
Toyota a lot of it also comes from BMW Toyota says that they wanted an inline 6
engine under the hood of this car and they didn't have one in their portfolio
at the time and they said that BMW made the best one so Toyota works with BMW
they get an inline six under the hood but the two cars that they made the Z4
and here the Supra has some very different aims you can tell that
immediately from the styling now this is an out-and-out sports car the front is
sharp and angular the nose here kind of sticks out front and that gives it a
little bit of Menace you also have these six element LED headlamps on both
sides and you have these kind of subtle creases and folds unfortunately they're
not actual air vents these are covered up so mostly they're just for show now
each corner you get 19-inch alloy wheels which are wider at the rear to add
traction this is a rear-wheel drive car and you get Michelin Pilot Super Sport
tires which are pretty sticky so we like that development in a sports car now
when we move around to the rear styling I would say is a bit more dramatic you
have an integrated duckbill spoiler into the lift gate and down low lots of great
detailing dual exhaust pipes and then a very very dramatic rear diffuser that
actually sticks out a bit from the rear bumper so be careful when you're backing
it up speaking of the engine a twin-scroll turbocharged three liter
straight-six sourced again from BMW and it makes 335 horsepower and 365 pounds
feet of torque it is mated to an 8-speed ZF automatic transmission
now Toyota says this is going to be the only powertrain combination that's
coming to the United States at this time now there was a 4-cylinder version
that's announced for Japan but no plans to bring it over and Toyota also says
there's no plans currently to offer a manual they think that the automatic is
that good we think that if enthusiasts are loud enough that could change their
minds when you move to the interior of the Supra the partnership with BMW becomes
actually more pronounced a lot of the switches here in the center console even
the gear selector straight out of a BMW even the screen kind of looks in where
the BMW doesn't mounted high up on the dash but Toyota says is going to have
their own software so it'll be reskinned at least in some way to match
Toyota now this interior it's pretty tight one of things that we do like big
cutouts in the ceiling here that give you enough headroom so you could
actually sit in here with a helmet but visibility is not good all around to the
back can't really see much out of the back and especially to the sides where
the roof cuts in pretty low this seat is actually as low as it can go and it
still cuts off probably about 20 to 30 percent on my vision looking out to the
side so this is gonna be a tight quarters cramp vehicle and I guess the
solution is you just drive real fast you don't have to worry about what's behind
you now Supra will start at fifty thousand nine hundred twenty dollars
including destination charges but the first 1500 models sold in the US will be
what toyota calls a launch edition they'll be able to tell those apart with
the red leather interior found on white and black cars it also is available in
red these red mirror caps and matte black wheels now Toyota says there's no
plans to offer any of those three features so if you see one with red
leather red mirror caps or black wheels you'll know that it's one of the first
1500 sold here now good news Toyota isn't taking pre-orders so none of these
have technically been spoken for yet toyota says that you can go talk to your
dealer if you want to work something out the return of the Supra to American
shores has car enthusiasts like me rightfully very excited but I do wonder
if Toyota has placed too much expectation on this new car by giving
it the Supra name now LeBron James he named his oldest son LeBron James jr. he
says looking back he wouldn't have done that it just made it too hard for his
son to live up to that right so the new Supra even if it's good that's not gonna
be good enough it has to be great in order to live up to his legendary name
we do have some performance numbers for the Supra 4.1 seconds zero to 60 and
electronically limited top speed of 155 miles an hour but those numbers don't
really matter what really matters is how this car is gonna feel behind the wheel
and we can't wait to drive it closer to its on sale date of summer 2019