The long wait

How long has Toyota been teasing us with the Supra? Murmurs of a fifth-gen car first surfaced way back in 2007, but really gathered steam in 2011 when the 86’s chief engineer, Tetsuya Tada, confirmed Akio Toyoda had asked him to oversee the project. Joint development with BMW began in 2012 (the Supra shares its platform, engine and much of its electrical architecture with the new Z4), before the swoopy FT-1 concept car appeared at the 2013 Detroit show. Since then Toyota has been annoyingly coy, hyping the Supra but divulging very little of interest. Interestingly, BMW has been much more upfront with the Z4. We’ve already seen it in full and are driving the production car next issue.