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Slogan: "Live a little more... and buy a manual transmission car that's fun to drive.... while you still have the option to."

If we now know that the standard Supra MKV's "335hp" is underrated then the "400ps" GRMN should be quite a bit more than just under 400 crank horsepower, right? And a manual option sounds very tasty!

A 22% take rate for a single model (and a sports car model at that) is still pretty sizable. Unless it's gone down to 5% for 2019 sales then Chevy still has a business case to offer it. And they've already proven they *can* offer a manual C8 Corvette if they choose to according to a leaked...

Just to note since the M2 came up in this thread, the main reason the more powerful M2 Competition was released was due to emissions. The M2 is a low volume car and it was much cheaper for BMW to just install the 405hp engine from M3 rather than spend the money to update its original 365hp...

I didn't know the MKV had an auto stop-start function. Glad to hear it can be disabled and that there is a memory setting for keeping it disabled.

OP, thank you for sharing the clay model photo! Interesting to see the car’s design just prior to production spec. The super thin fake vents on the doors specifically have no future functional potential whatsoever because there is nowhere for them to duct to with the solid frame in the way...

If the 385hp version is anything like the BMW Z4’s 382hp engine then this may mean swapping out the 2020 Supra’s cylinder head with the integrated exhaust manifold for the traditional 6-port exhaust cylinder head and any associated hardware that differs from the integrated version including its...

^^ The Tremec TR6060’s aftermarket equivalent, the Magnum, is rated for a *constant* 700 ft-lbs. I’d think the clutch choice would be the potential weakest link for that transmission. Some Supra MKIV people are now switching to that transmission over the hard to find parts for Getrag V160. It...

^^ That makes sense. And sorry your transmission broke. Never a fun experience to remedy : / The TL70 (I think that’s right) 6-speed transmission is an evolution of the same one used in the RX-8 and Silvia S15. And also the S2000 I think. It can handle some extra torque but not too far...

In the very early days of tuning MKIV TT's I do believe there were some early issues because no one fully understood the engines yet. At least this was true for a very short time in the USA. I would imagine in Japan the 1JZ-GTE and tuning that engine was already getting to be familiar. Also...

^^ 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...

Guff, thank you! This post of yours above finally ties together so many threads about why Toyota decided to go about this project the way they did. I am surprised that almost no one else has commented specifically on your post about this. So it really does come down to upcoming tightening...

To the point zedsix made about the Supra MKIV’s stock sequential twin turbo system it really is a marvel even today. Better with VVT-i if you have a later revision JDM cylinder head swapped on but with or without VVT-i it delivers great response. The available STU GT28 hybrid upgrades brings...

Well this is interesting. Mazda, a relatively small automaker, following the lead of Mercedes and Jaguar / Land Rover in developing their own new straight-six engine: https://jalopnik.com/mazda-challenges-bmw-and-mercedes-shames-toyota-with-d-1834636620

The addition of VVT-i on the intake cam of the 2JZ-GTE actually does make a decent difference in the low end torque curve even with the only marginally changed sequential twin turbos. I don't know about stock horsepower numbers for the VVT-i compared to the earlier non-VVT J-spec engines but...

^^ The reviewer is right. It's still a great car for the class it is actually in. And with so few such new options out there today (manual, RWD, LSD and a chassis and suspension that have been thoroughly thought through) it's on a short list of similar company. Fingers crossed on the new one...

Tada has said in one interview that he's wary of allowing the Supra to compete with the GT86 when it came to the question of a manual transmission in the MKV Supra because "...then the 86 has nowhere to go." It's not an argument that holds water though. The MKV is a two seater and has a...

The power output figure comparisons always get me. Export U.S./UK/Europe/General Supra MKIV's were advertised with 320hp and 315ft-lbs of torque (at the crank) but totally stock the engines dyno anywhere between 290whp-310whp and 285 ft-lbs or higher at the wheels. It's regularly been stated...

That, or in a couple of years there might exist new model year Supra MKV's with better options for not much more money*, (*excluding tacked on eye-roll inducing ADM of course).

The big differences are the six traditional exhaust ports on the 382hp BMW version of the engine and the ECU most likely being Toyota's or at least Toyota's own completely different programming/flash within the same physical ECU box. Also the turbocharger is supposed to be a unique Toyota part...