Toyota Supra Is Finally Getting a Manual Transmission

• Toyota confirms its Supra will get a manual transmission.
  

• On Twitter, Toyota confirmed a footwell with a clutch pedal and tagged the graphic with Supra. Fanatics have linked the dots.

• It truly is unclear what engine solutions will be out there with a handbook transmission, or how significantly this forthcoming stick-shifted Supra will expense.

The reborn Toyota Supra was a single of the most expected debuts at the 2019 Detroit car demonstrate. Although, some wind wafted out of the sails when it was made apparent the future Supra will not characteristic a manual transmission. Whilst that is not a whole shock when you appear at the continuously declining manual-transmission fees, it is constantly regrettable news when a sports auto lacks a adhere.

Nicely, Toyota has altered its course, according to a Twitter put up this 7 days. The official Toyota United states Twitter account posted a photo of a footwell filled with 3 pedals. A lot more importantly, the post tags Supra, suggesting the fifth-generation Toyota Supra will get a handbook transmission.

This is excellent news for prospective Supra consumers who ended up holding out simply because of the constrained transmission choices (just one—an 8-speed automated). Though, it is still not very clear if this manual transmission is earning its way to the entry-stage 2.-liter 4-cylinder or if the more efficiency-minded 3.-liter will get a stick—or both of those. It is also not obvious if the BMW Z4, the Supra’s Bavarian brother, will also get a new transmission.

The current-gen Z4 introduced as a 2019 product with a typical eight-velocity automated in the US, despite the fact that the Euro-spec Z4 sDrive20i (with the 2.-liter 4-cylinder) does supply a manual gearbox.

Considering Toyota’s timing for the announcement, it would not be a big surprise to see a handbook-geared up Supra completely ready by the end of 2022. If that is the scenario, an conclude-of-the-yr rollout would make the adhere-shifted Supra readily available as a 2023 model.

It would be exciting if the handbook transmission was a cost alternative more than the typical eight-pace auto, but that concern will likely be answered before long plenty of.

Would you bounce into a Supra now that a manual transmission is coming? Or was a manual transmission not a offer-breaker? Let us know your views down below.