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Toyota has previewed another concept version of its all-new Supra sports car, ahead of a reveal on February 9. Dubbed the 'Toyota GR Supra Performance Line TRD concept' (breathes), the concept vehicle will likely preview upcoming performance accessories for the company's reborn performance coupe. Not much has been revealed about the show car, other than the fact it'll be revealed at the Osaka Automesse which kicks off later this week.

The 2019 Detroit motor show didn’t deliver any concepts to send the world recoiling in horror, but its track record hasn’t always been clean. As a counterpoint to some of the best over the last 20 years, we’ve also dug up a few of the less agreeable stars to grace the Detroit stage. While we often pine for concepts to get a production run, there’s unlikely to be calls for any of these to forge a path to production.

With head offices for Ford, GM and Fiat-Chrysler, Detroit is to America’s motor industry as Nashville is to country music. It's the homeroom of companies that once laid claim to being industry influencers, so it shouldn't be surprising to hear the Detroit motor show is a whopper.

The limited-edition Subaru WRX STI S209 has made its debut at the 2019 Detroit motor show. Under the bonnet is a revised version of the company's EJ25 2.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder boxer engine. With its HKS turbo, the engine now has an estimated 254kW of power. A six-speed manual transmission is standard, as is all-wheel drive, front and rear limited-slip differentials, active torque vectoring, and a driver-controlled centre differential.

Ford has unveiled the Mustang Shelby GT500 at the 2019 Detroit motor show, finally un-caging the meanest, maddest production pony (or should that be snake?) ever to grace public roads. The Shelby GT500 is powered by a hand-built 5.2-litre V8 engine with a 2.65-litre Roots-type supercharger nestled within the vee. Said to crank out roughly 522kW of power, or 700hp in the old money, Ford is billing the GT500 as the most powerful road-legal Mustang ever.