👣 Official: Toyota Announces Manual Transmission Supra!

[Mason]

Have you guys ever considered paying the 10,000 for the manual conversion? Really not all that expensive

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[XtremeMaC]

Have you guys ever considered paying the 10,000 for the manual conversion? Really not all that expensive

You'd have to be MT simp desperate enough to pay 10k for temperamental trans conversion. Kudos to EAG for doing the work as poc, but I ain't touching that.

Maybe back in the day where not everything was electronically controlled, I could see some people switching over... I've not closely followed up with it, did anyone actually ever buy it?

 

[Mason]

did anyone actually ever buy it?

I doubt it. It’s a lot easier for people to get on the forums and hate on bmw/Toyota than to slap 10k down and get it done yourself.

Personally if the base price of the car was 55k with a manual but a zf trans upgrade for 10k then I would have payed the extra 10k. Just think of it that way

 

[digicidal]

You'd have to be MT simp desperate enough to pay 10k for temperamental trans conversion. Kudos to EAG for doing the work as poc, but I ain't touching that.

This. If it's a dedicated project car for shows or ?? (not track... it will be slower, but drift maybe) then it would have been worth it for wow-factor possibly. For anyone else you've got the problem with it not only being $15K-$25K "burned" (note that it's $15K for just the kit) - it's vaporizing that money in order to have a car with no warranty and limited resale value. If you factor in residual/depreciation losses it might be more like ~$35K!

Other than EAG themselves, and maybe a couple YT'ers or shop show cars... I think most people (certainly myself) would have opted to just get a new Cayman S specified with the (much better) Porsche 6MT than spend close to $80K for a warranty-voided MKV if rowing gears was of paramount importance.

 

[Guff]

@Guff, you should make your next video on this.

Once it's real, I'll drive one and make a video. For now I'll keep a backseat for the speculation!

I do think this is coming, I have multiple sources that have mentioned it as well. But there was also a manual Supra in production testing back in the original camo prototype days, and it still got axed.

Let's see what happens!

 

[Mason]

For anyone else you've got the problem with it not only being $15K-$25K "burned"

Not too bad. I’m planning to buy a gen 3 viper after the Supra. Switching from stick to sequential is 40,000 for the kit alone. I’m planning to pay a 60,000 bill to ditch the stick. If people « need » it, then we’d see number of people buying it. I’ve seen countless vipers with sequential shifters in my area. Granted they pay money to get faster, probably less people will pay money to go slower..

edit: sorry older folks but yes this 20 year old does know how to drive stick aswell. Had money down on a Shelby 350 before I bought the c8/Supra

 

[tadda]

^^^

 

[VA90]

Well, great news IF it's true. I guess that's the beauty of competition: with Nissan coming out with the new Z with 400 HP and a manual for ~$40K, Toyota had to react I suppose. I don't think the manual, standing alone, would cause me to trade, but if there were more performance-related upgrades and/or an unlocked ECU, that could get me off the fence.

 

[Octane]

If there was a 6mt option before I bought my Supra, I would have 100% went that route. Now that I own automatic, i'd have to get a great deal without taking much of a loss to swap.

At that point, i'd just consider upgrading to a G82 M4 with a 6mt.

 

[Kiwi Greg]

If there was a 6mt option before I bought my Supra, I would have 100% went that route. Now that I own automatic, i'd have to get a great deal without taking much of a loss to swap.

At that point, i'd just consider upgrading to a G82 M4 with a 6mt.

If TNZ say a six speed manual Supra is coming, its coming, whether or not you guys get it is up to TUSA

As the 400Z is showing up (probably the main reason Toyota are going with a manual option) you guys will get it

 

[KahnBB6]

If TNZ say a six speed manual Supra is coming, its coming, whether or not you guys get it is up to TUSA

As the 400Z is showing up (probably the main reason Toyota are going with a manual option) you guys will get it

What is incredibly annoying is that public reaction and demand for a manual Supra from the beginning didn't seem to elicit much of a response from Toyota... but Nissan offering a V6 twin turbo 6-speed manual Z finally did. Well, it's happening and that's all that really matters.

 

[Mimosa]

I wouldn't trust myself with a manual while trying to hit the torque numbers I'm aiming to achieve.

I am looking forward to the GR Corolla with a manual.

 

[digicidal]

I wouldn't trust myself with a manual while trying to hit the torque numbers I'm aiming to achieve.

I am looking forward to the GR Corolla with a manual.

Me too... actually I'm much more interested in that than I am in the new Z. Although if I didn't already have the MKV I'm not convinced I'd feel the same.

 

[2JZ-No-Sh*t]

If TNZ say a six speed manual Supra is coming, its coming, whether or not you guys get it is up to TUSA

As the 400Z is showing up (probably the main reason Toyota are going with a manual option) you guys will get it

Is there an official statement by Toyota New Zealand?

 

[InvisibleBlade]

What if they included a no-lift shift system for the manual? Would that sway anyone that wanted to stay with the auto?

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