Farewell, A90 Toyota Supra, we knew thee very well. Mostly, because the reveal took seven years, and arrived 21 years after the A80 dump-valved itself into the history books.
Now, after just five short years on sale, Toyota has confirmed this jet-black special edition is the last one—appropriately calling it the ‘Final Edition.’ And Toyota does not care about your qualms with BMW.
It’ll be rolled out and released via a series of updates that draw inspiration from the A90’s competition pedigree. Stuff like drifting, endurance, and even NASCAR, as well as the championship-winning GT4. It’s a shame that it won’t wear any special livery.
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But with that pedigree comes more power. Much more power. That BMW 3.0-liter straight-six is matched up exclusively to a BMW six-speed manual gearbox. It’s also been treated to a new intake air path and ‘optimized’ engine controls to somehow upgrade its power boost from 335hp to 429hp. Adding nearly 100 horses and around 68Nm more of torque (a new total of 569Nm) sounds pretty good to us.
There’s a new baffle plate to keep the oil distribution steady “under high G forces,” while the cooling system has been beefed up, too. Top speed rises to 270kph, and while there’s no mention of acceleration numbers, it’ll likely be in the rapid category. The exhaust should be roaring as well.
And it should turn like a beast. Toyota has fitted an adjustable KW suspension with 16 rebound and 12 compression stages—just like the dampers you get in the GT4 contender. That’s matched to new camber angles on the front and back, and Toyota has optimized the active differential to reduce understeer.
The electric steering has also been tweaked, and the body gets additional scaffolding via aluminum mounts, braces, and stronger stabilizers. The brakes are a huge 19-inch set from Brembo with high-tech accessories. The tires are fatter and grippier, and wrapped around bigger lightweight wheels.
And the car looks fantastic. It’s clad in matte black with a wind-tunnel-honed aero pack lifted pretty much from motorsport, including a carbon-fiber front spoiler. Along with some canards, a swan-neck rear wing, carbon-fiber hood ducting, and an Akrapovic exhaust. Sounds beastly doesn’t it?
Naturally, there’s race-grade stuff inside. Like a set of Recaro bucket seats, red seatbelts, carbon-fiber scruff plates, and an alcantara trim to tie everything together.
“Back in the day, I spent countless hours driving an old Supra at Nürburgring to become a master driver,” Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda said back at the car’s launch in 2019. “Supra is like an old friend that holds a special place in my heart.”
And once again we say farewell, old friend. We knew thee very well.
NOTE: This story first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
