Why not use the current a90 platform? I don’t know what kind of rights Toyota has to the unibody or intellectual property on how it is assembled and manufactured but I am assuming they have rights to it if they helped develop it as much as they claim. Making things bigger is easy (according to...
I don't think M40i variants will get a 6mt. So it seems like the 6mt will have to wait until the potential S58 variant, which goes back to how the Supra and M2 will be differentiated if that happens.
If the Supra does come with a manual, they will compete for sales and part of their agreement...
I think a lot of depends on the direction they plan to take the car. The car has the potential to be both a fantastic driver's car at the current power level with a 6mt AND a number chaser with more power with an auto if this chassis is as good as they say it is, but they decided to go down...
https://bestcarweb.jp/news/scoop/161995
This article says it will be 4520mm in length, I have a hard time believing this since that is about 5 inches longer than the MKV.
There is a lot of things insiders say that don't come to fruition so they should all be taken with a grain of salt and that is just the nature of the business. Remember the CGI blocks? Remember when It was going to have a DCT? Remember when Tada San hinted at GR models receiving all new engines...
I have mentioned about a dozen times here how much better the B58 is for performance, especially with F heads.
But it never was and still isn't about raw engine performance, it is legitimizing GR/GRMN as their own performance brand. Also, raw engine performance doesn't address physics. The V35a...
I am pretty sure everything is a rumor at this point.
But who knows, I think the Jatco-Mercedes 9 speed that Nissan uses in their trucks is a possibility as well.