Fast and Furious car could make a comeback

About 16 years after it was discontinued, the Toyota Supra sports car zoomed back into the automotive spotlight at the Geneva Motor Show this week.

The Supra, which was featured in the first Fast and Furious movie and retains a cult following, could be headed for dealerships soon.

Toyota revealed the GR Supra Racing concept for the first time in Geneva. Although concept cars don’t always turn into the real thing, Toyota signalled that this one “shows the future potential for a car that can deliver high performance both on road and track.”

That could bode well for fans who clamoured for the second coming of the Supra, which traces its heritage back to 1978, when it debuted as a special version of the second-generation Celica.

The Supra later became its own car, the A40, followed by the A60, A70 and A80. Toyota continued making the Supra in a front-engine, rearwheel-drive format until its demise in 2002. At that point, it was Toyota’s most powerful vehicle sold to consumers.

The Supra legend grew because of Toyota’s racing ventures, including two appearances at Le Mans in the 1990s.

Long rumoured to be on its way back, the concept unveiled in Geneva is a compact two-door sports car with a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive makeup.

A Toyota racing division is responsible for the vehicle’s engineering and design.