scionlife

Original article found here:
http://www.detnews.com/2004/autoscon...f03-323632.htm

Autosinsider.com Sneak Peak
2007 Toyota Supra
By Paul Lienert

Engineers from Toyota Motor Co.p. visited Germany's famed Nurburgring racetrack last month to test a prototype sports car shrouded in mystery.

Spy shots of the session have provoked widespread speculation on the identity of the vehicle and Toyota's production plans.

Among the outrageous guesses are that the prototype is a mule hiding either a 500-horsepower V-10 engine or a high-performance hybrid powertrain.

Sources in Japan say it?s likely an early test bed for the next Supra, pulled from the U.S. market several years ago because of poor sales.

Toyota insiders say the reincarnated Supra should reach the market in 2006 as a 2007 model. The rear-wheel drive coupe, being targeted at the Nissan 350Z, will be powered by a twin-cam 3.5-liter V-6 and priced from well under $30,000.

toastbox

looks like a cross between a corvette and I don't know what else.....Toyota please ditch the wing!!

MightyHalo

Looks like the Lexus LF-A concept car[/url][/quote]

KINGxOFxSKA

here ya go...

sciontc313

i heard thats a Lexus LF-A concept car im confuse.......

whatever it is, it looks good to me to be a SUPRA....

sciontc313

here some pixs of Lexus LF-A concept car... it looks the same to me... hehe!

gnar-de-gwar

ahh, you know how it is, toyota and lexus are the same thing basically, i figure that if they have that car under the lexus name it screams "high class sports car" but under toyota its like "oh a japanese sports car" because you know...the US is kinda dumb like that IMO

bubblemyster

whatever it is, its going to be hard to beat the mkiv supra tt. Only time will tell.

asirvr4

i think it will come in the us market as a lexus LF-A but in the japan it will be a supra
i swear i will buy the supra if it was a beautiful car
it might be powerful more than any sports car in europe or the US in its class

Serialk1llr

Sadly, I don't think I could ever love anything that does not look like the Mark IV. If it is in fact a genuine supra, you bet i'll be trying to gobble one up if i can get my greasy hands on a Mark IV by then.

Just not digging the IS300 either

LoungeLizard

And it probably wont. we will have to wait and see though.

Voltairecim

You know better than to think Toyota will keep that wing on it. I think from the side it looks beautiful, but that front end...

rbloedow

Actually - Lexus is now a global brand. They have separate design studio's from Toyota's regular models - and all new Lexus models from now on will only be Lexus models - they will have no Toyota counterpart. All of the new Lexus models emcompass the "L-Finesse" design language.

This shot looks like it is indeed the LF-A concept - which will mean this is not the new Supra.

wibblywobbly

Supra is to 350Z as LF-A is to G35 Coupe....

Guessing this will have a more poweful version of the 3.5 in the new IS with 310 - 320 hp....

Complication

if sooo....my tC could be getting a new big brother..

koasterking

Can;t wait to see better pics of it. I think the LF-A is a hot , sexy beast!! Yeah baby!!

dexter_5000

they need a sports car but as most enthusist have agreed it shouldn't be under the supra name. that legacy should be left to be what it is. not something a car should have to live up to with todays emmission standards and such.

starrwulfe

ddddiidd someone say SUPRA??? I had that mkIV tt supra...engine. I put that engine into a MkI Celica Supra. May the beast rest in peace. 2008 may see me buy a new one if this pans out.

Joe_Dezod

Damn just when I was convinced the Evo IX was my next project...

cmndrjamesbond

If they're coming out with a new supra, thats not it. That article is almost a year old, and predates the unveiling of the LFA concept, which, guess what, is what is pictured in that photo.