Toyota Supra finally spied testing Stateside!

[2JZ-No-Sh*t]

https://jalopnik.com/this-could-be-the-new-bmw-supra-but-it-definitely-has-c-1821776097

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[Spilner]

someone put this up on Twitter, the camo seems lighter on the rear

 

[HKz]

lighter? looks the same to me..still the odd rear haunches and you can tell around the license plate.

 

[BrettS]

https://jalopnik.com/heres-the-new-supra-again-thinking-we-dont-recognize-i-1821921130

 

[tfoxyr]

i read the article on jalopnik but they are wrong about the trunk , it is indeed a liftback like previous supras.

 

[DevonK]

Roofcam is there to cope with the huge rear-quarter blind spot aggravated by the camo covering the rear side windows...

 

[vb22]

These Things On Prototype Cars Aren't Cameras

If you’re one of our few regular readers who doesn’t get blackout drunk on fuel injector cleaner every night, then it’s possible you’ll remember these picturesof what appears to be the new Toyota Supra in prototype disguise. You also may recall that we pointed out something that appeared to be a small camera. It wasn’t. But now we know what they are.

Here’s the thing in question:

Now, initially, we thought this was some sort of small camera, possibly used for testing lane departure systems, or perhaps some sort of assisted driving technology. I was just guessing.

Turns out, I was completely wrong. It’s not a camera at all. According to an anonymous employee at an unnamed car maker, here’s what we’re looking at:

“I don’t think that “camera” is a camera at all, I think it is an ambient temperature sensor. It’s difficult to tell from the photos but I think what you are seeing is literally a piece of PVC pipe with a hole drilled in the side for a thermocouple. Such a setup allows for a simple and accurate way of measuring the ambient temperature around the vehicle. The PVC pipe protects the thermocouple from the sun while allowing plenty of nice cool air to flow over the thermocouple, as opposed to hot engine air which typically surrounds most ambient temperature sensors on production cars... Accurate ambient temperature can be useful in calibrating a prototype vehicle.”

I did a bit of looking around and, yep, you see these things on a number of disguised prototype cars.

So, now you won’t be fooled! Those aren’t cameras taking video, they’re thermocouples taking the temperature of the air, very carefully, since, unlike people, air lacks mouths or anuses or armpits into which you can shove a thermometer.

The more you know!

https://jalopnik.com/these-things-on-prototype-cars-arent-cameras-1821951634

 

[Haros]

https://jalopnik.com/these-things-on-prototype-cars-arent-cameras-1821951634

Good find! In my industry we call these thermowells, which protect the thermocouple.
The thermowell is stationary while the thermocouple, photocell or whatever you like can be removed for cleaning and inspection.

 

[vb22]

 

[2JZ-No-Sh*t]

 

[vb22]

^^^Awww, no sound

 

[Spilner]

that shape!

 

[vb22]

Spied in CA at night time.

 

[X-hook]

Taken 1/27

 

[Guff]

Single pistons in the rear make me hope the car is properly light lol.

Also can anyone ID the tires? One of the photos looks like the rears are Continentals, but it's not exactly clear. ExtremeContact Sports would be an interesting choice for this car. I think the earlier mules had Pilot Super Sports, but those are long out of production. Don't think I've seen any mules with PS4S though.

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