The fifth-generation Toyota Supra has almost reached the top of its lifecycle, based on a latest rumor, and it is allegedly going out with a bang. Japanese journal Finest Automotive discovered that the coupe will spawn a 550-horsepower, GRMN-badged mannequin earlier than retiring.
With out citing sources, the publication reported that the ultimate and strongest evolution of the current-generation Supra will make its debut by the top of 2023 and go on sale the next 12 months. It is too early to inform whether or not the mannequin will solely be obtainable in choose markets, or if it is going to be offered globally. Regardless, the lovers who get their fingers on one will likely be in for a deal with: Energy for the Supra GRMN will reportedly come from a twin-turbocharged, 3.0-liter straight-six engine shared with the limited-edition BMW M4 CSL launched in 2022.
A part of the S58 household of engines, the six makes 543 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque when bolted between the M4 CSL’s fenders. Finest Automotive pegged the Supra GRMN’s output at 550 horsepower, although that could possibly be a conversion error; 550 pferdestärke (the German means of measuring an engine’s output) represents virtually precisely 543 horsepower. We’re additionally not discounting the chance that, if the rumor is correct, Toyota will make modifications to the engine in-house. An eight-speed computerized transmission ought to be the one choice supplied.
For context, essentially the most highly effective engine obtainable within the street-legal Supra is a 3.0-liter turbocharged straight-six rated at 382 horsepower and 368 pound-feet of torque. That is sufficient for a 3.9-second dash from zero to 60 mph and a high velocity that is electronically restricted to 155 mph.
Whereas that is pure hypothesis, we’re guessing Toyota will not merely drop a extra highly effective straight-six within the Supra’s engine bay, shut the hood, and name it a superb job nicely performed. We count on a number of trim-specific add-ons in and out, together with a full physique equipment, will set the GRMN other than the usual Supra. Toyota reserves the GRMN title for its most hardcore fashions, so the Supra would have so much to dwell as much as.
Toyota hasn’t commented on the rumor, and it hasn’t introduced what the long run holds for the Supra. If the report is on the mark, we must always be taught extra particulars in regards to the ultimate model of the Supra — and, hopefully, in regards to the mannequin’s successor — within the coming months.
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