The New Toyota Supra?
January 17, 2007 by Alborz Fallah
You know when I wrote the Toyota FT-HS Concept article, I was thinking, hey this would be a great idea if it become the next Toyota Supra, and what do you know? Rumours are spreading like wildfire that yes indeed, this car has a great deal of potential to become the next Toyota Supra.
If your reading this and wondering, “hey whats a Toyota Supra” then perhaps this image will refresh your memory,
yes thats it, the loud cars with the gigantic wing that you see flying around the city late at night. Believe it or not, they are more than 10 years old and even today their timeless shape and cult following has kept them on Australian roads.
Toyota started the Supra project back in the days when it was still testing the ground to see if it could sell Luxury vehicles in the US, of course, now that Lexus is dominating the luxury segment in the states (and not doing too badly here either), the answer was an obvious yes.
However a few years ago Toyota went a little crazy, they decided that they no longer needed proper sports cars, they dumped the MR2 (After they turned it into the revolting male hairdresser car, which was its last incarnation), they dumped the Celica (having already dumped the GT4 version of the celicas some time ago) and they had already given up on the Supra back in 2002.
So whilst I say toyota gave up on sports cars, they of course had the Lexus IS series, but since Toyota wants to stay very separate to Lexus, there is no point in counting the IS series as part of Toyota’s sports line up. Hence began the era of “Sportivo” the horrible name associated with front-wheel-drive vehicles that were nothing more than a last minute decision to add some “sportyness” to the brand.
Of course for those who bought the likes of Camry/Corollo Sportivos, the sheer shame of driving a car named sportivo should have been enough disappointment, but Toyota has gotten away with having no real sports car for a very long time!
So enough about Toyota’s mistakes, lets just take a few minutes and admire this car:
Yes its absolutely gorgeous, and of course its only a prototype, but if this infact does turn into the new Toyota Supra, what will it be powered with? Remember how a while ago Car Advice Road Tested the Lexus GS-450h? Yes, you guessed it, this baby is going to be running the same drive train!
“It’s a new kind of sports car for the 21st century, eco and emotion in a sports car concept with a performance target of 0-60 mph (0-100km/hr) in about 4 seconds and a price tag in the mid-$30,000 (USD) range.” Kevin Hunter, the vice president of Calty Design Research
So its going to go up against the likes of the Nissan 350z, and honestly? This is going to be one awesome sports car thats going to catapult hybrid technology into the performance car market! Can you imagine modders going crazy with their electric motor to get more kWs?
Oh and if your wondering why all these photos are not of the real thing, its mainly because the car is currently only on display at the Detroit motorshow, but here is two photos that are of the actual car :
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ah geez, geeks! apparently you’re driven more by your testosterone level for supra than letting your brain do the reading of the article, the RIGHT way… FT-HS is DUBBED ‘Supra’ because it can become like the next ‘Supra’! I doubt FT-HS will replace Supra, the original. It’s not Toyota’s intention. The company is trying to revive its supercar by manufacturing FT-HS, much like the Nissan GT-R is reviving its predecessors, the Skylines.
OK U GUYS GOT TO BE KIDDDING.I PREFFER FOR THIS CAR TO BE THE NEXT CELICA THAN A SUPRA. PLEASE DONT MESS IT UP, I USE TO OWN THE OLD 92 SUPRA AND THEN SOLD IT AND BOUGHT THE LAST OF THE 98 SUPRA I LOVE IT I WILL NEVER TRADE IT FOR NOTHING .NISSAN IS WOOPING TOYOTA ASS THEY HAVE MORE SPORTS CAR THAN ANY OTHER COMPANY PLEASE PLEASE BUILD A SUPRA THAT WILL TURN EVERYBODY HEADS AROUND SIMILAR TO THE LAST MODEL BUT WITH A STRONGER MOTOR THATS ALL .PLEASE DONT MESS IT UP.
Theres no reason to change the body of the old Supra it was what made people like the Supra.All you should even think about doing to this car is proformance and interior modifying.Dont dare call that a supra call that the new celica
I Rather Throw Up Then Drive This – Bring Back The Old Supra!
if you dont like it keep it yourself haha
all i know is that this car is sickkkkk !
& anyone who differs really doesnt matter to me.
Lets do it Toyota bring this out and i guarantee the sales will be through the roof !
LOVE EVERY PART OF IT
OMG. Hell no, That looks like a moon lander and not even close to look like Supra. The creator has hit his/her head hard. Trash this so called new Supra.
EVERYONE.. Go Out And Live Your Lives!!..
or at least go get a life!!
or go to college and a job and design your own car!!
uew day!
toyota keeps saying their going to make a new supra
well dammn make this supra. i love it! i will buy it right now. toyota would be making so much money when this is on market people would be waiting in lines to buy it
No…seriously guys, no
how could they do this to the supra?! yeah in a way it looks nice.. but its not a supra anymore.. they could atleast call it somethin else.. kinda almost looks like a boxy version of the Nissan 350z to me.
what the hell have toyota done lol
its a joke only old men who enjoy red wine will buy this thing…. a 97 skyline or supra kills it ine very way perfomance looks handling this car is just a joke lol and a very bad joke at that
toyota have sunk big time….
oh dear . . . f-ing joke.
and, even worse, its a hybrid! wtf!!
sports cars are petrol not electric ¬¬
well done toyota, you killed the supra . . .
I think i’ll just have a skyline instead . . .
or an old supra which would own the hell out of that new one.
well said josh (Y)
And well said Dan =D
that looks class if it looks any thin like that jdm madness 4 sec 0-60 class