Kujiwara
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How I think about it is, what's the worthy update for every year till the 2026 end of production. Toyota did state they want to sell the same number of supras every year so that implies updates every year and they basically have been doing that.
Now this year MT is considered a large update and makes sense that it can sell for 3-4 more years to recover some of the dev cost.
2023-2024: I predict either targa top OR a facelift with some influence from LCI G chassis parts bin, both can trigger more sales. Another possibility is minimal change similar to 2021 model with a cheesy A91-xx, since MT is in high demand still.
2024-2025: 48V system potentially, some countries have updated emissions requirement this year. If GRMN aka S58 variant is a go, this would be the year, since it needs some corporation from BMW, and they'll gladly take the extra money from Toyota, but BMW won't be giving up the S58 to Toyota till at least they sell it for a few years, this is also when I expect BMW to have a 48V system added to their S58.
2025-2026: Targa top if we are optimistic, not an expensive change from Toyota's end, car doesn't have to score well in side crash test. And a manually detachable roof is pretty easy from an engineer's POV. If we aren't so optimistic then some cheesy A91 limited edition again. There could be the case of S58 in the last year but unlikely IMO because the development cost will be high for a one year only model but not impossible.
Now this year MT is considered a large update and makes sense that it can sell for 3-4 more years to recover some of the dev cost.
2023-2024: I predict either targa top OR a facelift with some influence from LCI G chassis parts bin, both can trigger more sales. Another possibility is minimal change similar to 2021 model with a cheesy A91-xx, since MT is in high demand still.
2024-2025: 48V system potentially, some countries have updated emissions requirement this year. If GRMN aka S58 variant is a go, this would be the year, since it needs some corporation from BMW, and they'll gladly take the extra money from Toyota, but BMW won't be giving up the S58 to Toyota till at least they sell it for a few years, this is also when I expect BMW to have a 48V system added to their S58.
2025-2026: Targa top if we are optimistic, not an expensive change from Toyota's end, car doesn't have to score well in side crash test. And a manually detachable roof is pretty easy from an engineer's POV. If we aren't so optimistic then some cheesy A91 limited edition again. There could be the case of S58 in the last year but unlikely IMO because the development cost will be high for a one year only model but not impossible.
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