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Potential Toyota Supra GRMN Spotted Testing On The Nurburgring

The Toyota Supra nameplate made its return for the 2020 model year, with Toyota teaming up with BMW to offer a front-engine, rear-wheel drive sports car with a boosted inline six-cylinder in the nose. In the years since, Toyota has unveiled several new variants, including a four-cylinder model and a few special edition models as well. Now, it looks like a new high-performance Toyota Supra GRMN is in the works, as evidenced by spy photos of an interesting prototype recently spotted at the Nurgurgring. This potential Toyota Supra GRMN will serve as a rival to the Chevy Camaro and Chevy Corvette.

A potential Toyota Supra GRMN prototype at the Nurburgring.

For those readers scratching their heads over the GRMN nomenclature, the acronym stands for Gazoo Racing (Toyota’s racing division) tuned by Meister of the Nurburgring (nickname for the legendary Toyota chief test driver, Hiromu Naruse). Obviously, the GRMN acronym makes certain promises when it comes to performance, especially when placed alongside the Toyota Supra nameplate, and to that end, this prototype seems to follow through.

For starters, this Toyota Supra prototype is wearing camo typically reserved for Toyota’s GR models, under which is seen a variety of aero enhancements. These include a new front lip and canard winglets up front, plus a large rear wing on the hatch. The rear wing incorporates unique tips and lightweight brackets, but bears some resemblance to previous Supra special edition models.

Further details include a lower stance, suggesting possible suspension enhancements, as well as larger brakes with drilled discs and bigger calipers, all as one would expect from a high-performance model variant. The bigger question, however, is what’s under the hood. One possibility is the twin-turbocharged 3.0L I6 that powers the BMW M4 CSL, which is rated at 543 horsepower and 480 pound-feet of torque, but the more likely candidate would by the standard M4’s twin-turbo ‘six, rated at 473 horsepower and 405 pound-feet of torque. For reference, the standard Toyota Supra cradles a turbocharged 3.0L I6 producing 382 horsepower and 368 pound-feet of torque.

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Jonathan is an automotive journalist based out of Southern California. He loves anything and everything on four wheels.

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  1. No Camaro and this is not even a Camaro like car. More Porsche Boxster since it is BMW under the skin.

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  2. Camaro rival???? Camaros are gone in Dec dumb dumbs. Also why go yo BMW? And ya gotta turbo a 6 just to get to 386??? Forget it small motors are for great fuel economy, if you want power buy an 8 cylinder. Ridiculous engineers and the buyers. At least GM can build larger stronger motors without asking for german or Japanese help. Look how much bigger the small imports are, they get less fuel economy than the honda civic did in the early 1970s.. I guess people really don’t know what they want.I will take an 8 with fries folks.

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    1. The real funny part is when they mentioned the Corvette. That Supra might challenge a Stingray but beyond that the Supra is toast.

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  3. GMAuthority for the win again!!! Good job writing these amazing articles about other brands competing against the Camaro that is no longer in production!! Why don’t yall do a terrible photoshop job (like always) of what you think this Supra will look like?! That’s why we’re all here. To see BS

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  4. So it will be a Camaro rival for what… One month? The Camaro will probably be long gone by the time this hits the market. As far as challenging the Corvette, I’ll look forward to meeting one of these on the street or on the track. One Supra burger coming up. 😂🤣 Maybe it can challenge the Infinity G37 wanna-be’s as well. They’d be a great match up.

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