Rumors of a guide Toyota Supra are swirling but once more due to a report from Japan indicating that manufacturing of a 3.0-liter inline-six mannequin with a six-speed may occur a quickly as early 2022.
This time, the report involves us by means of Australia’s Drive, who noticed the be aware on Japanese weblog carsensor.net indicating {that a} guide transmission is on the way in which for a particular GRMN Supra mannequin powered by a high-output model of the automobile’s BMW-engineered 3.0-liter S58. This is not the primary time such rumors have come up, and it most likely will not be the final – until it is true, in fact.
As Autoblog previously reported, the approaching BMW M3 and M4 will supply a guide transmission with lower-powered trims of the S58 engine, so it is doable the unicorn limited-edition Supra does the identical. Then again, last May BMW announced a guide transmission for the brand new Z4 in Europe, that roadster powered by the low-output model of the identical 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder offered within the Z4 and the Supra right here. Therefore the Supra may get a stick shift, however one mated to a four-cylinder and never the six. A left-field option talked about elsewhere has Toyota securing the 405-hp S55 inline-six from the present M2 Competitors, together with that automobile’s six-speed guide, contemplating the BMW coupe is due for substitute shortly.
We urge you to take this one with an enormous grain of salt, as normal, however we won’t completely rule it out both, particularly with the looming menace of Nissan’s cheaper, manual-transmission Z-car on the horizon.
