This Is The New Toyota Supra. Is It Really That Ugly?

We waited for 21 years and now that Toyota finally decided to put an end to a seemingly endless gestation, the new Supra removes the veils and leaves us to say the least embarrassed. It will be officially on sale within a few months and available in two versions, the 3.0 and 3.0 Premium, without forgetting the Launch Edition (based on the Premium), but the desire to have again in your hands an incarnation of the legendary Japanese coupe has literally crashed against the design solutions adopted by the brand, too far from the FT-1 concept, which made us dream and idealize some markedly more aggressive forms.

It is still a car devoted to driving pleasure and then we’ll talk first about what will have the task of making it a good alternative to the exceptional opponents with whom it will soon come face to face. The Supra is powered by an in-line 6 cylinder twin-scroll 3-liter turbocharged engine capable of producing 340 horsepower and 500Nm of torque through an 8-speed automatic transmission. The declared performances are of 4.3 seconds for the 0-100 kph and a top speed of 250 per hour. No chance for a manual transmission, but at least traction will be on the rear wheels, which thanks to the rather small size and an optimal weight balance, should be enough to ensure a behavior worthy of the name that it carries.

The cockpit is modern, comfortable and the only two seats have all the technology that you’d expect, including a 8.8-inch touch screen, while for the models intended for the European market, all will be equipped with a self-locking differential. The argument on its design should be approached calmly and we will certainly do it another time, but at least as a first approach – and after all this wait – we must say that we would expect some more effort and a less terrifying end result. Prices starts from € 67,900. Love it or hate it.