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Originally Posted by Viffermike
Wanna bet? This isn't (recent) Honda. Besides: Define 'obsolete'.
See my posts (way) above. I suspect a hybrid powertrain on the GR (and it's likely on the BMW, too, eventually) right off the bat in at least one Supra model.
Toyota doesn't mess around when it creates a new brand, as it's doing here. From the Prius to the TS050 LMP1 endurance car (and the Gazoo GR Super Sport concept slated to replace it), it has immense pedigree with hybrids, as I'm sure you're aware. Toyota doesn't race unless it has a direct trickle-down effect to consumer cars. At least one hybrid version of a Supra mule has been heard in multiple locations. That rear brake rotor is a huge tell. And both Toyota and BMW are moving rapidly toward across-the-model-line electrification.
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A Prius is your benchmark for bringing the Supra back super awesome?
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You tell me if a $70k two-seat coupe that weighs a tad north of 3,000 pounds and develops 400hp+ (335hp from the blown six plus whatever electrification will provide) with enough low-end torque to do 0-60 in 3 seconds flat is game changing. 'Cause that's what I'm anticipating with a GR Supra hybrid.
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It's not. I'll go buy a C7 Vette or a myriad of other sweet machines..