1 65438+1October1,the brand-new Toyota Supra, which fascinated countless JDM cars, officially completed its domestic debut through an online conference. It is worth mentioning that Toyota's sports sub-brand GR(Gazoo? Racing) was also officially released in China together with Supra.
In an instant, Toyota, which seems to occupy a place in the performance circle, is back. Toyota GR(GAZOO? Racing) brand, like Mercedes-Benz AMG, BMW M and Audi RS series, is a high-performance sports car department under the brand.
Except for the new Supra, GR? Yaris, the new 86 will also be included in the GR brand in the future, and Toyota will launch more GR brand models in the future. The official domestic debut of the new Supra is also the "first shot" to launch the GR brand into the domestic market. The brand-new Supra seems to have aroused the hearts of some fans. At this time, I have to torture my soul again: buy this time? Or next time?
So is this brand-new Supra original or changed?
Let's take a look at the development history of Toyota Supra.
In the 1960s, Japan's economy developed very rapidly, and young people demanded more and more performance models. At that time, many brands were producing a two-door rear-drive sports car, among which the classic Ford was the best seller. Mustang, the success of Mustang at that time was imitated by many automobile brands, and many automobile manufacturers followed suit in the field of rear-drive sports cars, including Toyota.
1970 Toyota introduced Toyota? Selika? 1600GT, which is also the predecessor of Supra, received quite good response at that time after this car went on the market.
Until 1978, the birth of the second generation, this generation of Celica? top？ Spec (high-end model) is named Celica in Japanese market. XX. In foreign markets, it is called Celica? Above. This is also the first time that the name Supra appears, so many people call this car Supra? Mark 1. (1st generation)
Where's Selika? The biggest difference between Supra and Celica is Celica? Supra uses an in-line 6-cylinder engine, and ordinary Celica uses an in-line 4-cylinder engine.
198 1 year, Selika ushered in great changes. In order to make this Celica more attractive, and because Toyota acquired the shares of Lotus at that time, Lotus was required to adjust the second-generation models, so Supra? Mark2 and Lotus? Excel is made on the same platform, and even many parts are universal. These two cars can be said to be "Toyota in a lotus coat" or "Lotus in a Toyota shell".
1986 can be said to be a turning point in Supra. Toyota decided to separate Supra from the configuration of Selika. As an independent sports branch, Selika has also become a predecessor model. Only Supra? Mark3 still uses rear drive. At the same time in 1988, same as above? Mark3 has a turbo version for the first time, and because of the addition of a turbine, Supra? Mark3 is more popular.
1992,1JZ-GTE was born! This newly developed 2.5L engine was turbocharged in the later stage, but the maximum horsepower did not exceed 280 horsepower. In fact, there is a reason for this (gentleman's agreement). Later, someone took it and modified it, only to accidentally find that this engine has great modification potential and can easily squeeze out 4-500 horsepower. The terrible power output has since made Supra a god.
1993 ditto? Mark4 was born because the previous generation of 1JZ-GTE opened many people's eyes, so this new Supra made many people optimistic. This generation of Supra solved the turbine delay problem of the previous generation, because at that time 1JZ adopted the technology of "parallel twin turbines". In this generation, a "tandem twin turbine" is adopted, which is designed with a large turbine and a small turbine.
At the same time, this generation of Supra has extremely high modification potential, even supporting the change to 65,438+0,000 horsepower, and even getting the nickname "Niu Wangmo", while the 2JZ engine is also called "the first generation miracle" and the fourth generation Supra is also called "the JDM belief of miracle car".
However, due to the increasingly stringent fuel consumption and poor heat dissipation of cast iron engines in various countries, Toyota announced on the 5th anniversary of 1997 Supra/KLOC-0 that it would no longer launch the follow-up models of Supra, and officially stopped production in 2002. From then on, the magic car was put into limbo, which made many performance powders cry.
When Supra? After Mark4 stopped production in 2002, many people were addicted to this car, and the price of used cars increased year by year. This may be the value of faith.
Supra is back! Supra is still a "magic car" without 2JZ?
Time is up to 20 19. BMW decided to cooperate with Toyota to launch models that can use parts, namely BMW Z4 and Toyota GR? Supra, 20 19 north american auto show made its debut.
In appearance, the design language of Toyota F 1 concept sports car is adopted, but the low-lying front is matched with a slightly round curve, and the rising line at the tail is in one go with the curve on the rear wheel eyebrow on the side of the car body, creating a strong sense of movement, just like water ripples. The body shape and proportion of GT sports car also pay tribute to the former Toyota Supra model.
As the first model of Toyota GR brand in China, the new Toyota Supra continues to interpret the genes of sports. The new Supra will be sold in China through official channels and equipped with a 2.0T high and low power engine.
Although the new Supra is a "shell-changing car" jointly developed with BMW, or even led by BMW, at least Toyota knows how to use its own car owner network to get several "birth certificates" for its performance models. Just like Toyota's 86, it may be born by Subaru. Although today's Supra is still the same name, it seems to have lost the flavor of that year.
Now that time flies, Toyota Supra chose to come back to us with the BMW Z4 in a "* * *" way. With Supra? Mark2 and Lotus? Excel*** is a different concept of production on the same platform, and the brand-new Supra is to reduce costs and technology research and development. After all, both the profit and the market of the two-door performance car dare not be lower.
With the popularity of small steel guns, electric cars and hybrid sports cars, the high-performance cars of Japanese cars are still in name, but in fact they are already miserable. JDM is not a fashionable word now, but a nostalgic trend, which seems to exist only in memories.
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