#Poser debut manual manual#

#Poser debut manual manual#

The straight-six features an eight-speed automatic gearbox by default, but a new six-speed manual will be available later in 2022. There’s also launch control and Euro-spec Supras also feature an active differential for the driven wheels. Toyota claims the 3.0-litre GR Supra will hit 62mph in 4.3 seconds. If those power figures sound familiar, that’s because they’re the same as the M40i version of the BMW Z4.

The other engine is a 3.0-litre turbocharged straight-six making 335bhp and 369lb ft for the GR Supra. ‘This presented us with huge challenges, but we did not want to compromise on our targets.’ ‘To achieve agile steering and stable cornering, we worked very hard to reduce the new car’s weight, while aiming for a 50:50 weight balance,’ said GR Supra chief engineer Tetsuya Tada. There doesn’t look to be any exterior differences though. Engineers have managed to achieve an equal weight balance between front and rear, and say a 100kg saving compared to the straight-six could mean the car is even better through the tricky stuff. The former joined the range in January 2021 and uses a single twin-scroll turbocharger coupled to an eight-speed, ZF ‘box, It isn’t exactly feeble, still putting out 255bhp and 295lb ft, with 0-62mph taking just 5.2 seconds. There are two engines on sale in the UK: a 2.0-litre 4cyl version and 3.0-litre straight six. Like the headlight buttons, iDrive screen and centre console switchgear, gear selector and air-con dials. Inside, it’s a properly driver-centric cockpit inside, with enough Toyota bits to make it less obvious where the BMW bits are. For example, the rear fender, where we had that kind of volume we said that’s the sexy part of the design, so we tried to have some cues.’ ‘There were some focal points or cues of the design taken from the previous Supra.

‘We wanted to make it so at a glance you recognise it, so we went through many discussions with the designer of the car and this is how we came up with the design,’ says Chief Engineer, Tetsuya Tada. The footprint of the car is in what’s apparently called the ‘Golden Ratio’ for handling prowess – the ratio between wheelbase length and wheel tread width – with the bookends being 1.5 and 1.6. The headlamps are heavily stylised while the grille, front and bonnet are punctured with numerous cooling vents to feed the engine, brakes and radiators with air. Europe will have those black-and-metal alternating 19-inch rims as standard. The Condensed Extreme name points to the short wheelbase, low and wide footprint and massive wheels that fill the bulbous arches. Toyota says the styling comes under its ‘Condensed Extreme’ design language, with a stretching bonnet, double-bubble roofline and stubby rear all present and correct. The two share a platform and engines but, visually, there are far more differences than similarities. Toyota worked in partnership with BMW to get it off the ground, with Munich working on making the Z4 roadster. The Toyota Supra is a sports coupe from Japan, and the fifth to carry the Supra name.