Toyota Reportedly Bringing Concept to Detroit Auto Show Previewing Supra Successor

Toyota reportedly is developing a successor to the Supra—something we haven’t seen since the FT-HS concept debuted at the Detroit auto show in 2007.

“Toyota” and “fun” are not two words we expect to see in the same sentence these days. That wasn’t always the case, and we offer as evidence two more words: “MR2” and “Supra.” Rumors have it that the latter may be back in the automaker’s lexicon soon, like, next month at the Detroit auto show.

Autoblog reports that Toyota executives have hinted at—a practice very common among auto execs and PR types—a new Supra in the works. Our last glimpse of a potential successor was in 2007 when the company’s FT-HS concept drove onto the scene just as the world economy drove off a cliff. Toyota retreated into its conservative shell, but is now being lured out by the likes of Nissan’s GT-R and Honda’s—well, Acura’s, in this country—upcoming NSX. None other than Akio Toyoda has repeatedly stated that his company needs to shake things up, and a new Supra could do just that.

A powerplant producing more than 400 horsepower would be necessary to do battle with Toyota’s Japanese rivals, and, reflecting the brand’s efforts at Le Mans, augmenting that power with electricity seems more likely than not. It’s been 30 years since the Supra was on our 10Best list, and 15 years since the last Supra rolled off a U.S. dealer lot. If this report is to be believed, it would seem that drought is about to end.

source: blog.caranddriver.com