The legendary Toyota Supra sports car has returned to America after a 20-year absence to take on Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes
- Toyota unveiled its all-new 2020 Supra sports car at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show on Monday.
- The Supra is designed to take on the Porsche 718, the BMW Z4, and the Mercedes-Benz SLC.
- The 2020 Supra is powered by a 335-horsepower, 3.0-liter, turbocharged inline-six-cylinder engine.
- According to Toyota, the new Supra should be able to sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and reach an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph.
- The 2020 Toyota Supra is expected to go on sale in the US this summer with a starting price of $49,990.
Toyota unveiled its all-new 2020 Supra sports car at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show on Monday. For fans of Toyota's flagship sports car, it's a moment two decades in the making, as the Japanese automaker pulled the fourth-generation Supra from the US market after 1998.
The new fifth-generation Toyota Supra, known within the company as the A90, will return to take on premium sports cars such as the Porsche 718, the Mercedes-Benz SLC, and the BMW Z4, with which it shares much of its mechanicals; the Supra was actually developed with BMW.
The A90's styling draws inspiration from the stunning 2014 FT-1 concept car from Toyota's Calty design center in California.
As with all Supras, the fifth gen will be powered by an inline-six-cylinder engine. This time around, it boasts 3.0 liters of displacement, a turbocharger, and 335 horsepower. The engine sends power to the rear wheels through an eight-speed automatic transmission. There will be no manual-transmission option.
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According to Toyota, the new Supra should be able to sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and reach an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph.
The car will also boast 50/50 front/rear weight distribution, Toyota said, and will be built in Graz, Austria, by Magna Steyr.
The Supra will come standard with active variable suspension and active differential that divides torque between the rear wheels, Toyota said.
The 2020 Toyota Supra is expected to go on sale in the US this summer with a starting price of $49,990.
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