2023 Toyota GR Supra: Car and Driver 10Best
The final A80-generation Supra’s ascension to legend status—years after production ended—spurred Toyota to resurrect the name on an all-new model for 2020. Could today’s Supra be on track to become one for the ages? It’s looking that way.
That the latest Supra is making its third appearance on our 10Best cars list isn’t just happenstance. For one thing, Toyota continues to hone the Supra, which now is the halo model for a range of GR-branded performance cars. For 2021, Toyota added a turbo-four engine option that dropped the price of entry. That same year also saw a boost in the inline-six’s output to 382 horsepower, putting it on par with its BMW sibling, the Z4. The car has also been treated to chassis refinements that deliver more linear steering, better body control, and less tail-happy cornering. Oh, and there’s upgraded in-cabin tech. For 2023, however, Toyota is offering the item that was at the top of our wish list: a six-speed manual transmission. And the stick shift is the best gift Toyota could have given the Supra—and its fans.
The added involvement of a shifter and three pedals takes the interaction between driver and machine to a new level. It helps that the gearbox is exceedingly graceful in its shift action and that the clutch isn’t too heavy, with linear takeup. Running through the gears naturally leads to spending more time in the upper rev ranges of the inline-six (the stick shift isn’t available with the turbo four), which will have you smiling in appreciation of the smooth BMW inline-six. Granted, there’s a price to pay in terms of ultimate acceleration: 0.2 second. That’s the measure by which the manual Supra 3.0 trails the eight-speed automatic in the sprint to 60 mph and the quarter-mile. But 3.9 seconds to 60 and 12.4 seconds in the quarter are times we can live with. Happily.
Marc Urbano|Car and Driver
Toyota celebrates the arrival of the manual with an A91-MT limited-run special decked out in unique paint and trim. A special appearance package is the sort of tweaking you might expect a low-volume sports car to receive, but Toyota has gone much further to keep this A91-generation Supra relevant.
Too often, you don’t appreciate what you have until it’s gone. That certainly was the case for the A80 Supra, which in its day was largely ignored in showrooms and sold in minuscule numbers. Supra fans shouldn’t make that mistake again.
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Specifications
Specifications
2023 Toyota GR Supra
255-hp turbo 2.0-liter inline-4, 382-hp turbo 3.0-liter inline-6; 6-speed manual, 8-speed automatic
Base: $44,635–$53,595
C/D Test Results
60 mph: 3.7–4.5 sec
1/4-Mile: 12.2–13.1 sec
Top Speed (C/D est): 155–161 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 147–149 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft Skidpad: 1.02–1.04 g
EPA Fuel Economy Comb/City/Hwy: 21-28/19-25/27-32 mpg
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