It is Official: The Toyota Supra Is Getting a Handbook

Everyone who made daring, indignant claims that they completely would’ve gotten a brand new Toyota Supra if solely it got here in a guide: it is time to pony up. Simply as sources confirmed to The Drive in January, the automaker has now confirmed the existence of one thing fanatics have been borderline cyberbullying it for because the coupe got here out: a Supra with an honest-to-god guide transmission.

Using on the goodwill coattails it garnered with the current reveal of the unequivocally superior GR Corolla, Toyota tweeted, “Did you assume we have been accomplished?” together with an image of three pedals and the hashtags #Supra and #Handbook. Throughout the pond, Toyota UK was much less cryptic, issuing a full press launch that explicitly says that, sure, a guide Supra is coming quickly.

Except Toyota is enjoying some kind of sick, two-weeks-too-late April Fools’ joke, it seems just like the Supra is, in the end, getting a stick possibility. Up till now, the fifth-gen, BMW-collab Supra has solely been geared up with a ZF eight-speed computerized, no matter engine alternative.

Specifics as to what guide gearbox will really find yourself within the Supra remains to be a thriller however do not go assuming it’s going to be an off-the-shelf BMW unit. Toyota UK says the sports activities automotive’s upcoming guide can be “all-new” and “tailored.” Whether or not that guide can be obtainable with the Supra’s 2.0-liter inline-four, 3.0-liter inline-six, or each stays to be seen.

Toyota UK’s press launch additionally included an image of the again of the automotive with a purple Supra badge, a function the corporate says will solely come on guide vehicles and function a simple means for onlookers to know which gearbox you’ve got bought. This image curiously was not included in Toyota USA’s tweet so maybe this can be an abroad market-only factor.

Toyota’s affirmation of an upcoming guide Supra confirms what we already heard from a seller supply earlier this yr. And final month, a Japanese automotive weblog echoed the rumor and alleged that the automotive will debut on April 28, lower than two weeks from now. The corporate has but to formally set any dates however does say “Extra info can be shared within the coming weeks.” Contemplating how correct the rumor mill has been to this point, I would not guess in opposition to that April 28 reveal date.

Anywho, if Toyota can certainly ship this automotive for the upcoming mannequin yr, it is going to be doing so simply in time for it to go toe-to-toe with the brand new, manual-optional Nissan Z. Cue the comparability assessments.

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