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.
(Drive)
7driver says:
08:28 PM, 12/ 5/11
"...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?"
Return of the MR2?(!)
iancar says:
08:28 PM, 12/ 5/11
By the time Supra comes out, i think it will probably be 2020.
heartlessbstrd says:
08:34 PM, 12/ 5/11
Project Gensis II?
lostboyz says:
03:32 AM, 12/ 6/11
I'll believe it when I see it. The toyobaru is a great car, but from what it is I don't think the volume is going to be that high, and low volume cars toyota will see as a failure and not worth the effort. I hope I'm wrong.
throwback says:
05:35 AM, 12/ 6/11
I wonder why Toyota did not build the FT-HS, I liked the proportions. At least it looks like they have let their car guys out of the basement. Hopefully they can stay out long enough to put some soul in to their cars.
elgac says:
05:53 AM, 12/ 6/11
It's fun to dream.
stovt001 says:
12:08 PM, 12/ 6/11
If they do have two new models in mind, if you multiply the amount of concepts we got for the Toyobaru then the auto show industry looks set and secure for the next couple decades at least.