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New 2018 Toyota Supra Makes Spyshot Debut, Coupe Prototype Shows BMW Interior

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We've talked about the supposedly-2018MY sportscar that's currently being codeveloped by BMW and Toyota on tons of occasions. However, so far we've only shown you canvas top prototypes spyshots and we're here to change that.
So, without further ado, allow us to bring you the first spy pics of the coupe. Please not that the fixed-roof model you can check out in these photos should be the one getting the badge of the Japanese automaker, while the Roaster whould stick to the BMW roundel - this body style differentiation is supposedly designed to prevent cannibalization.

As is the case with the spied roadster mentioned above, we're still dealing with an early development stage, so, for instance, you shouldn't tryst those taillights.

Where was the prototype spotted?

The prototype you see here has just been spotted by our shooters while trying to mingle in German traffic. As you can see, the test engineer behind the wheel follows the all-social Supra driver stereotype, even though we don't expect him to do it out of the velocity-related reasons we've learned to associate with the behavior by watching too many Youtube videos.

Oh goodie, interior shots

Speaking of BMW, it's not difficult to notice the cabin of the spied coupe uses elements from the German automaker's parts bin. However, the only valuable info we seem to get from these images should be the presence of an automatic tranny - we expect the rest of the cabin to be replaced with more modern, probably digital bits. Sure, the Toyota version, which should be more affordable as one of the measures used to prevent cannibalization, might get analog displays, but certainly not with this design.

Brace yourselves, we're entering rumor mill land

Both the BMW roadster and the Toyota coupe will be underpinned by a modular platform. In fact, while BMW will use this for a Z4 replacement codenamed G29, some wild rumors out there talk about Toyota turning to the architecture to build two cars, the eagerly-awaited new Supra and a compact replacement for the 86. Note that neither the Supra, nor the Z5 badges have been confirmed yet.

We'll ask you to add more than a grain of salt when discussing such a possibility, so we'll focus on one car per each brand for now.

The long hood (proportion-wise) of the otherwise compact-appearing prototype is expected to pack turbo-four and just-as-turbo flat-six engines coming from the Bavarians. Unofficial reports talk about the possibility of a Toyota V6, as well as a hybrid powertrain, but it's too early to analyze such possibilities.

And since we're here to focus on the Toyota part of this sportscar affair, we've added a video of the FT-1 concept Toyota dropped in 2014, which should offer us a few hints on what the Japanese automaker wants from its future Supra successor.

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