Gojirra99

Got this from another forum :

Oct. 2005 Tokyo motor show will be the launch pad for the next generation Toyota Supra!
Sales to start as soon as spring 2006!!! Built off the Lexus IS/GS platform with a 4.0 liter V-6 engine.
No news on Turbocharged versions yet but you know that's coming, after all a Supra can not be a Supra without it.

Source: Automotive news

Dynasty SC

hmm no offense but i call BS!... not that i think you would mislead us, but i think someone may have mislead u... supra rumors are just too common... i want to see a press release from toyota!

Gojirra99

I'm not sure about it's authenticity either, I'm not subscribed to the source of that post in the other forum, so I can't check it out. I always linkor list the source if I have access to it.

LexusLuver

http://www.autonews.com/toc.cms

their website doesn't have a print article on it.



A Supra w/o turbos is lame. Sounds like it will be an M3 fighter

STIG

uhhhh it's really hard to believe at this point but I am hoping this is for real this time.

Thanks for the news.

Richie

We'll see soon enough.
Can't wait.

Gojirra99

Thanx, so it's the paragraph beside the LF-A picture (which is too small to read) that's the source of what I quoted in my first post right ?

XeroK00L

4.0L V6...1GR-FSE?? With the 3.5L 2GR-FSE already producing 306hp => 87.43hp/L, 4.0L can translate into EXACTLY 350hp! Can't wait!

Then again, it may be yet another rumor among the hundreds we've heard.

STIG

no offense to AmethySc but I am holding my breath for this one as well. I've heard this news so much that i just found this one hard to believe.

But 350Hps ?!??!! HELL YEAH!

southernsc

I thought the volta was the answer to all the supra questions

LexusLuver

Well I don't see anything either. Good find though.

XeroK00L

I guess the Volta is more of a technological demonstration of the performance side of the hybrid drivetrain.

After all, hybrid power is only good for a 6-second peak-power boost. The Volta will look really bad when taken to a race track where maximum power is required at all times.

Celicamaro

When Lexus/Toyota starts making their engine perform as good if not better than their numbers suggests, I'll get excited. Right now, only Honda and BMW has that nailed down.

Onelove

Coming from a Supra owner, if it's not turbo it's likely to fail like the last one did. With the R35 being unvieled at the same show they've got their work cut out for them.

UDel

Don't know if I would take this a credible source. Big disappointment if it is just a NA v-6. Supra enthusiast will be disappointed and the car will no longer be able to compete with the Corvette, 911, GTR, NSX, M3, etc. I guess they are just going for a low price to compete with the 350Z, Eclipse, Boxster, Audi TT, Mustang, RX-8. It looks like it is going to be a enlarged Avalon engine. A GS platform is a pretty heavy platform even with the smaller IS more for a luxury car and not a all out sports car platform. I will be looking elsewhere for a high performance sports car if this is true. I still hold out hope for a rumored high performance strong v-8 or a turbo v-8 in a lightweight package to go head to head with Corvettes Skylines and 911's like the last one did.