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Last Toyota Supra To Get Souped-Up BMW M3 Engine With 513-Hp
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The Supra GRMN will employ similar aero parts to this race-prepped Supra.
As the sports car world reluctantly turns to electrification and engine downsizing, cars like the 6-cylinder turbocharged Toyota Supra are making their last big stand before they disappear from showrooms forever.
Of course, when we talk about the Supra, we are in essence referring to a deal that was struck back in 2012 between BMW and Toyota to collaborate on sports cars and EV technology. The most high profile project to come out of this partnership was undoubtedly the joint development of the BMW Z4 and the Toyota Supra, in which both cars employed BMW's powertrain and chassis.
The current GR Supra might pack a 382-hp 3.0-liter and a $51,000 price tag, but according to Japan's biggest selling car magazine, Best Car, the ultimate, and final limited edition Supra will boost output by over 130-hp thanks to the fitment of a BMW M3 Competition powerplant and more than double the standard Supra's sticker price.
Slated for a 2023 launch, the Supra GRMN — short for Gazoo Racing Meister of Nurburgring — will employ a tweaked version of the same engine powering the BMW M3 and M4. From what we're hearing, the M3/M4 Competition's twin-turbo straight-6 generates 503-hp and 479 lb-ft of torque, while the upcoming Supra GRMN will pump out 513-hp and 485 lb-ft of torque.
For the record, Team Gazoo was founded in 2007 as Toyota's racing arm in Europe and Japan, but morphed into Gazoo Racing in 2009. It operates Toyota's racing efforts in the World Rally Championships and the World Endurance Championship and will also supply special bespoke limited edition versions of models like the Supra, Yaris and others.
The Supra in the image you see here is a race-prepped version of the production Supra featuring heavily modified aero parts and a huge rear wing. While the GRMN version will not be as hardcore, we can expect it to receive a generous helping of streamlined body parts, cooling ducts, bigger brakes and grippier rubber. The current rear-drive GR Supra employs 4-piston Brembo brakes on the front. With the massive power upgrade on the GRMN model, those stoppers will reportedly be upgraded to 6-piston Brembos and get wider, low profile tires on lighter rims.
And married to that powerhouse will be a BMW-sourced 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, replacing the 8-speed automatic fitted to the current Supra. That's in contrast to the M3 and M4 of course, which will both have 6-speed manuals. This is the first time that the Supra will use such a gearbox, and according to reports, there was some pushback inside BMW as to whether to make the dual-clutch available to Toyota given the fact that the 7-speed is being phased out.
Only 200 Supra GRMN versions will be built at a cost expected to hover around $120,000. As we progress further into the 2020s, and more electric motors are employed to help power the next generation of sports cars, this high powered 513-hp Supra GRMN is expected to be the last Supra to feature a purely gasoline engine. The end of an era.
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Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2021/02/24/tweaked-bmw-m3-engine-to-power-toyotas-final-supra/
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