^^ 100% agree. If the ZF8 8HP automatic allows the Supra to meet the fleet CAFE requirements it needs to so that manual editions can exist then great. If someone wants the ZF8 auto then great because it is arguably the best conventional automatic transmission made today and the Supra team applied their own shift logic programming for it.Yes.
I don't care if was sub 1 second 0-60, people want the rewards of driver engagement and the challenges it brings, even if that means much slower times, not a car that does so much, that you become a passenger that can sit back and take selfies with a big gulp in hand. Queue the R36's rumours of self-race-drive mode.
Have to agree. Especially with the car being as good as the reviews claim it is. It NEEDS a manual.Yes.
I don't care if was sub 1 second 0-60, people want the rewards of driver engagement and the challenges it brings, even if that means much slower times, not a car that does so much, that you become a passenger that can sit back and take selfies with a big gulp in hand. Queue the R36's rumours of self-race-drive mode.
Car & Driver stated the launch control was a bit overzealous....Without Launch Control enabled the MKV with the ZF8 auto isn't going to do it in 4.1 and in most driving situations you're not going to always use that feature anyway even if you gun it from a stop light.
I'm a big fan of manuals (haven't owned an auto equipped performance car in 20+ years) but I'm seriously considering the Supra's.We're now able to quantify our recent positive tingles from our first time behind the wheel of a production 2020 Toyota Supra. We drove one back to our office from Toyota's launch event at Summit Point Motorsports Park in West Virginia and have now had the chance to run our full gamut of performance tests on it.
In short, the fifth-generation Supra is quick—even quicker than anticipated, hauling to 60 mph in just 3.8 seconds and steamrolling through the quarter-mile in 12.3 seconds at 113 mph. Our best runs involved a light dollop of brake torquing to get engine revs off idle and then carefully applying the gas pedal to avoid excessive wheelspin. The launch-control program, which was inconsistent in its engagement, was considerably slower.