FIRST LOOK: Toyota Supra | Top Gear
FIRST LOOK: Toyota Supra | Top Gear
The new 335bhp Toyota Supra has finally arrived in the UK. Co-developed with the new BMW Z4 it’s controversial, but can it live up to the legendary badge? Find out in our in-depth, on-road review. Subscribe to Top Gear for more videos: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToTopGear
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4.04 -> this is the new fifth generation Toyota
7.859 -> Supra or the toyota gazoo racing Supra
11.01 -> to give it its full name that nobody
13.139 -> will ever use it's the car we've been
15.45 -> waiting for ever since swear to showed
17.13 -> us the FT one concept of the Detroit
19.32 -> Motor Show in 2014 and it's here at last
23.43 -> on UK roads I've got the key in my hand
26.22 -> I've got a spring day to myself and as
29.039 -> you can probably tell I'm a little bit
31.019 -> excited before we get to the driving bit
36.809 -> though some background whereas back in
39.059 -> the 90s its predecessor was an absurdly
40.98 -> powerful thing a match for the
42.93 -> mid-engine Ferrari 348 of its day the
45.629 -> new cars output of 335 horsepower has
48.48 -> stayed roughly the same that means the
50.67 -> Supra is no longer a supercar killer but
53.309 -> a rival to less exotic but no less
55.5 -> talented stuff like the Porsche Cayman
57.449 -> BMW m2 and our peen a 110 what hasn't
61.59 -> changed is the trusty suit for a formula
63.989 -> so turbocharged straight-6 engine in the
66.9 -> front rear-wheel drive a proper sports
69.15 -> car chassis and this gorgeous curvy
71.49 -> bodywork draped over the top in
74.07 -> performance terms then this is the
75.72 -> bigger brother to the GT 86 but it's
77.64 -> actually a shorter car with the shorter
80.07 -> wheelbase because the aim here is more
82.439 -> aggression and more agility as a result
85.77 -> it's moved to a two-seater layout but
87.6 -> you do get a boot big enough for your
90.119 -> dog unlike its predecessors that were
92.97 -> designed engineered and built in Japan
95.4 -> and infused with that intangible
97.159 -> Japanese madness the new supra has been
100.17 -> co-developed with the BMW z4 which is
103.86 -> that car over here both of these have
106.47 -> the same engine the same 8-speed
108.54 -> automatic gearbox the same platform
111.02 -> suspension hardware large chunks of the
113.399 -> interior they'll even be built on the
115.649 -> same production line in Austria so for
118.56 -> those of you out there accusing the poor
120.479 -> super of being just a rebodied and
122.67 -> retuned z4 I'm looking at you mr. Harris
125.99 -> yeah yeah we've got a point the question
128.729 -> is
129.78 -> really a problem I'm afraid now is the
133.319 -> time to pick a side my prediction is
135.99 -> this the diehard petrol heads and
138.45 -> longtime Supra fans will be appalled
140.94 -> that Toyota has accepted such enormous
143.37 -> chunks of BMW Hardware for the return of
145.56 -> a bad split lines at this epicenter of
147.569 -> Japanese performance car culture on the
150.93 -> flip side most will just shrug their
153.33 -> shoulders and thank their lucky stars
154.709 -> that anyone is prepared to build a car
156.63 -> like this in this climate and just roll
159.36 -> with it after all if you don't have your
161.459 -> own straight-6 engine who better to
163.29 -> borrow on off than BMW right allow me to
167.94 -> point out the obvious
169.08 -> the zebb 4 and the Supra a different
171.42 -> cars this a soft-top roadster this a
174.18 -> hardtop coupe a the BMW has a softer
177.72 -> more middle-of-the-road appeal which is
180.33 -> a nice way of saying a face only a
182.519 -> mother could love
183.51 -> where was the Supra with its aggressive
185.79 -> front end and muscular launches is
188.1 -> clearly aimed more at the enthusiast now
191.22 -> maybe it's flashes of the granddaddy
193.709 -> itself for 2000 GT in that long bonnet
196.41 -> or bits of the old suit for the a 80 in
198.989 -> the front and rear end styling or the
200.579 -> utter insanity of that multi-tiered rear
204.269 -> end
204.63 -> either way the BMW just doesn't do it
207.18 -> for me it doesn't mean anything to me
208.739 -> whereas the Supra styling
215.58 -> first things first and you might want to
218.02 -> brace yourself for this one there is
219.46 -> quite a lot of BMW in here the
221.95 -> infotainment screen the graphics on the
224.89 -> infotainment screen the switchgear here
226.75 -> the climate control system the entire
230.41 -> iDrive controller the steering wheel
232.81 -> right in front of you the key yeah all
235.51 -> BMW Oh Toyota has designed its own rev
238.87 -> counter right in front of you so there
241.09 -> is that but here's the thing we can get
242.77 -> upset or we can be thankful because I'm
245.17 -> telling you the quality and the
246.73 -> longevity of this cabin is a whole lot
248.62 -> better than the plasticy gt86
251.22 -> it's just did Toyota have to be quite so
255.07 -> obvious about the engine then it is a
258.46 -> turbo 3 litre straight-six shared with
260.89 -> the zeb 4m 40 i producing 369 pounds
264.85 -> feet of torque and 335 horsepower
267.4 -> between five thousand and six and a half
270.16 -> thousand rpm although there's not much
272.53 -> reward for going past 6000 the
274.93 -> transmission is a familiar 8-speed ZF
276.94 -> auto UK cars have a limited slip
279.7 -> differential as standard and it weighs
281.65 -> under 1500 kilos Toyota claims not to 62
285.79 -> in 4.3 seconds which is quicker than the
288.01 -> m2 competition the cayman GTS and the
290.74 -> Alpine a110 so this is not a slow car
293.77 -> but there are a few things to mention
297.07 -> Toyota claims that it's tuned this
299.68 -> engine itself but it revs it sounds and
303.25 -> it feels exactly like a BMW in fact I
306.28 -> bet if you blindfolded yourself and
308.44 -> drove this car which I can't possibly
310.6 -> recommend by the way you would think
313.599 -> and BMW the gearbox to isn't perfect
316.21 -> this 8-speed ZF Auto a Porsche PDK for
319.479 -> example is a little bit snappier but
322.33 -> make no mistake this is a powertrain of
324.959 -> distinction it's smooth it's punchy it's
327.759 -> sophisticated in a way that the
329.889 -> four-cylinder engine just can't be
332.339 -> listened to the way the engine know
334.27 -> hardens between five and a half and six
336.729 -> thousand rpm again
343.5 -> oh that is superb but it is strangely
348.42 -> familiar look in a world where 600
351.6 -> horsepower super saloons are becoming
353.19 -> the norm I love the way that you can
354.9 -> actually use this cars performance on
357.03 -> roads like this you can rev it out it's
359.28 -> actually usable I've even come up with a
360.99 -> phrase for this this car is
363.2 -> realistically rapid in terms of handling
366.84 -> it just feels sure-footed
368.94 -> broad-shouldered stable on the road and
371.97 -> plenty of other cliches if I can think
374.4 -> of them basically this car strikes a
376.74 -> really nice balance between
378.77 -> responsiveness and refinement 22 even
382.08 -> says the body shell of this car is
383.49 -> stiffer than the Lexus LFA hypercar so
387.45 -> it's not messing around basically it
389.94 -> will do big smoky third gear drifts on
393.03 -> track all day long but there's a level
394.77 -> of comfort here that suggests this is
397.41 -> very much a rogue car apart unusually
400.77 -> for electronics obsessed modern cars
403.11 -> there were only two driving modes normal
405.57 -> and sport the latter sharpens the
407.7 -> throttle weapon changes the shift
409.47 -> pattern and steering weight tweaks the
411.54 -> diff firms up the dampers and uncork
414.03 -> some extra noise from the exhaust the
416.669 -> ESP has a middle track setting or can be
419.25 -> switched off completely if you're
420.78 -> feeling of it and
421.83 -> now I know there are literally thousands
424.139 -> of tuners waiting in the wings to drop
425.97 -> in there - jet engines with a gazillion
428.099 -> horsepower turn this into a tire
430.289 -> shredding drift regime but as it is on
433.83 -> face value this car really does hit a
437.069 -> sweet spot of real-world performance my
441.24 -> heart is telling me to dislike it for
443.97 -> just being a BMW in drag but my head is
446.34 -> telling me I quite like the costume
450.639 -> the truth is all this unashamed BMW part
454.46 -> sharing is just a reality of the modern
456.22 -> profit driven car industry if you can
459.62 -> find a way to see past all that you'll
461.69 -> find that Toyota has built an extremely
464.15 -> capable car with all the super touch
466.61 -> quotes prices that start at what just
469.25 -> under fifty three grand yeah that's
470.9 -> quite a lot of money and the waiting
473.389 -> list will be sizeable but any
474.919 -> manufacturer that can find a way to
476.389 -> build a small petrol tower Kupe in this
479.06 -> climate has to be applauded right even
482.24 -> one that's so part of its Japanese soul
484.66 -> for a German one
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTLX4FYki70