Toyota Supra confirmed for Detroit motor show

Toyota has confirmed the born-again Supra will finally see the light of day in production form – at the Detroit motor show in January.

After a drawn-out trickle of teaser images, dynamic displays, race concepts and heavily-clad prototypes, the 2019 Supra will be present at next year’s first major auto show, Toyota said overnight.

The confirmation came with a single preview image overlooking the car’s bonnet, with a winding road in the background.

“Toyota will be offering the first global production unit of the Toyota Supra through auction with all proceeds going to charity,” Toyota said in a release. “This one-of-a-kind Supra will be delivered to the winning bidder when production starts in the first half of 2019.”

The official reveal will lift the lid on the production model’s final styling and specifications. From a dynamic perspective, there is little left to find out; we’ve already driven a prototype version in Europe.

What’s more, the 2019 Toyota Supra has already been confirmed for Australian showrooms, and is tipped to arrive in the second half of 2019 – several months after the car’s European on-sale date.

The fifth-generation Supra — officially codename the A90 — was developed in conjunction with the new BMW Z4.

It features a BMW-sourced turbocharged 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder engine in top performing models and will also be the first car to wear Toyota GAZOO Racing (GR) branding Down Under.

Toyota has confirmed outputs in excess of 220kW and 450Nm for the six-cylinder Supra and “a projected 0-100km/h time of well under five seconds”. There are no details yet on the expected four-cylinder model.

The Supra features a BMW M Active limited-slip differential, weighs about 1500kg and has a 50:50 weight distribution.

Toyota has been busy testing a racing version of the A90 Supra, seen here heavily clad in camouflage at the Nurburgring in Germany.

At the Supra’s global prototype launch, Toyota Australia spokespersons confirmed no pricing or specifications have been firmed up for local consumption.