► A celebration of Supra and motorsport
► It’ll continue to race
► Two new variants revealed
Toyota is waving goodbye to its Supra sportscar with not one – but two – enhanced models. Called the A90 Final Edition and the Lightweight EVO, the duo act as a punchy full-stop to the most iconic Toyota car in a while, and also serve to celebrate its success in motorsport.
A90 Final Edition
First up is the Final Edition, which Toyota says is the ultimate expression of the Supra’s front-engined, rear-wheeled DNA. As you’d expect, one of the most modified new cars on the road today leaves the Toyota factory looking very different to the standard car.
Toyota’s Cologne-based TGR-E motorsport division has made its mark, with a racing-inspired front spoiler, canards and front centre flap – all made of carbonfibre. At the rear, it gets a huge wind tunnel-tested swan neck wing to optimise aero balance and make this Supra look like a GT4 car.
There have been changes to the powertrain too; the air intake path has been further streamlined resulting in a decent bump in power: it’s up from 335bhp to 429bhp and torque is up from 369ft lbs to 420ft lbs. Top speed has also climbed to 168mph and the powertrain is finished off with a Akrapovič titanium muffler.
Heat rejection has been improved to deal with the extra power, so the radiator cooling has been strengthened and joined by a sub-radiator, and the cooling fins on the differential have grown. Oh, and the Final Edition takes the Supra’s six-speed manual transmission for ultimate driving engagement.
But it’s not all power. The chassis has been upgraded with similar bits to the GT4 race car, and now uses KW components and an adjusted camber. Steering has beed electronically tweaked for a more direct feel and the entire chassis has been stiffened, with a crossbar in the boot, strengthened stabilisers all round and the same rear subframe mount as the GT4 car. Brakes are now Brembo-badged with drilled floating discs front and rear.
It’ll ride on 10mm wider Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres than standard, with 19-inch rims at the front and 20-inch rims at the rear. The Final Edition gets higher friction coefficient brake pads, with drilled floating discs front and rear.
Inside you get full Recaro bucket seats with red seat belts, carbonfibre scuff plates and a healthy amount of Alcantara. Like the Ferrari F80, the driver also gets a red seat while the passenger gets a black one.
Just 300 will be made.
Lightweight Evo
The Final Edition is joined by the non-limited Lightweight Evo, which unsurprisingly offersa more nimble version of the usual Supra formula. It’s not clear whether it’s lighter than the standard car – and instead appears to be a ‘lite’ edition of the Final Edition above.
To that end it also gets larger brakes discs and different camber angles, and a tweaked chassis and suspension. The shock absorbers remain electronically controlled, but here they’re tweaked via software. So is the steering. Like the Final Edition, the whole car has been stiffened too, but with an under-body brace rather than the full metal-in-the-boot treatment.
The Lightweight Evo doesn’t get to wear the full-fat bodykit like the Final Edition, but it does receive a more subtle carbonfibre ducktail rear spoiler along with new front wheel arch flaps.
It runs on all-new 19-inch matte black wheels, and inside it gets a few flourishes: the drive’s seat gets the Alcantara treatment, while there’s red stitching and highlights all around – and red seatbelts too.
Both models will be available to order in January next year.