At the official U.S. reveal of the 2013 Scion FR-S, Scion boss Jack Hollis was pointing out all of the special cars they had brought to the reveal. An LFA, a 2000GT, an MR2 and his Toyota Supra. The Supra got the biggest applause of anything that wasn't the FR-S and that's to be expected; people love that car. Especially the MKIV Supra.

So the US Scion guy has one and some Scion fans cheered it, that doesn't mean it's still on the mind of the brass at Toyota HQ does it? No, but the Supra is at least on the mind of Toyota chief engineer Tetsuya Tada. "Right now the 86 will be a mid-size sports car. I would like to have one smaller and one larger. One would probably be a Supra follower. Nothing has been decided yet. It would [be] like a Supra successor," Tada told Drive.au.

And as exciting as a new Supra would be, that sub 86 sized car has us equally interested. Below the 86 is the Miata and who doesn't want someone to challenge Mazda in the minimalist motoring category?

Previously we've seen Toyota parading around a hybrid sports car, the FT-HS, as a possible Supra successor. This would follow the path that Acura appears to be headed down with the reintroduction of the NSX as a highly complex sporting hybrid. However, this path is a very different one that Tada seems to prefer which favors lightness and simplicity as the most direct route to driving pleasure.

According to our man in Japan Peter Lyon, Toyota R&D is working on a Supra successor that is being tested with a 3.5-liter V-6 hybrid system generating over 400 hp. Rumored to be wearing a design close to the FT-HS concept’s body (pictured below) revealed at the 2007 Detroit show, the rear-drive coupe is expected to target the Nissan GT-R in terms of performance and price.



But our insider tells us that Toyota bean counters “are not too pushing to get this car out quickly,” and are waiting to see how the GT86 goes. If it gets the go-ahead, we won’t see it until 2015.

In contrast, Toyota engineers ARE putting more effort into readying a test mule of the MR-S based 4WD GRMN coupe boasting the same Lexus GS sourced 3.5-liter hybrid system. If this project gets the green light, we can expect to see it in showrooms by late 2014.

However, there seems to be one issue for Toyota product planners. They are in the final developmental stages of a Lexus IS coupe that will be powered by the same powertrain, a fact that creates a differentiation problem for Toyota.

When Honda unveiled a prototype supersportnya certainty, that the NSX will appear in exhibition of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in 2011, this mid-January (in Detroit), Toyota reacted cash. They divulge prospective competitors through product legend NSX Toyota Supra.

Only, roadster Toyota does not appear in one of the largest exhibitions in the world. Because the Supra is still in the process of development and if it gets 'green light' Toyota Motor Corp.. (TMC) will be marketed in 2014. A little glimpse of the people in the Toyota Supra design adopted from the FT-HS prototype which was premiering at NAIAS 2007.

Supra will use capacity 3.5-liter V6 engine combined with electric motors. Maximum power generated 400 PS. The difference with the NSX a four-wheel motion, while the Supra rear-wheel-drive (2WD).

Still according to people in the Toyota Supra will be sold at a price range that is not much different from the Nissan GT-R is sold at 75 thousand pounds or Rp1, 05 billion. Only, to speed up the process of production, Toyota is still waiting to see how the market acceptance of the sports model in collaboration with Subaru, Toyota namely 86 ("Hachi Roku").