maybe it will be a future software update?well... I'm just hoping the after market still keeps developing for ~3000 units of 2020MY cars... that would suck otherwise... but as long as improved and proven upgrades are still available for the 2020s when my warranty runs out, I'm fine.
Also, at least I'm hoping the silver lining will be that Toyota will start jacking up the price along with any upgrades through model years so it's less of a burn for 2020MY buyers... just like how Nissan started jacking up the prices to where GT-Rs are practically double the original starting price... I'm sure Supras won't be 80-90k at the end of its mk5 run... but still...
In truth, what will really really piss me off is if Toyota / BMW started offering Android Auto.. lol
This power bump was known to us in early-mid 2019, and obviously known to Toyota long before that. From what insiders have hinted at, Supra engine availability is largely riding on BMW's schedule. BMW itself releases power bumps on a 1-3 year timeline, independent of mid-model updates (what they call an LCI). So just based on BMW cycles alone, this is fairly normal. On top of that there may be politics between BMW and Toyota that govern who gets which engine first, etc. The 382HP engine was in the Z4 and new 3-series since spring 2019 and came to the X3 in August 2019. Having it come to the Supra a year later is a delay.Normally these power bumps would occur 3-5 years after the initial launch, but Toyota predicted that Supra sales would continue to decline if they didn't either a) decrease the price or b) increase the power. The easiest/cost effective way was to increase power. A possible third option if you could go back in time is to start the MY20 Supra at 45k and increase it by $500 each year or something like that.
True but not really concerned about Camry drivers however I would be totally livid if I bought a launch edition which was effectively a randomly issued Toyota US produced centre console badge and now within 6 months these significant technical, power and chassis upgrades come along.Better to piss off Supra owners than the millions of Camry owners!
This. It was essentially the same thing with the RC-F... got mine and then they announced the "track edition" - though at a decent jump in MSRP. However, unlike was the case with that... I really enjoy driving my Supra ever day. It's faster in every way, more comfortable as well, and it was cheaper! I also wonder if the increase is real or mostly on paper... since even on stock tune the MY20's show more power than spec'd for the most part. Maybe the numbers on the MY21's are just more honest and the actual difference to the wheels is nominal at best. Time will tell...I primarily use mine as a daily driver and think it already has more than enough power and I love the quick torque response, which is more important to me....So I'm not so butt hurt over today's announcement...I'd rather be driving one now than having to wait for the next best thing to happen...
Downshift and Phantom Gray are discontinued apparently.Actually the 2020 will have less turbo lag than the 2021 so I'm fine with it!