Is the new Toyota Supra too... 'BMW'? | Top Gear: Series 27

The new Toyota Supra was co-developed with BMW, but is it too, um, BMW? Well Paddy loves it, and Harris likes it too, but...

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[nikhil]

The car is like comparing the old top gear and the new one

[rafikoumimou]

Hits the limiter at 155 mph
So yeah its a bmw

[branimirteodorovic]

If Nissan has money to make GT-R, than Toyota should also have money to make a proper Supra

[szn]

Listen lads....personally I think only people that are passionate about the car's heritage are gonna complain (like me)..Objectively the Supra is great but it just hurts a little bit :(

[Captain-Mayday]

Chris Harris is probably the only reason why anyone is still interested in the show.

If only Chris Harris was part of the Clarkson trio, that would have been a formidable team.

[swinglow]

I'd rather wait for Toyota to make a complete refresh with all Toyota bits.

[QantonisQ]

- Is the new Toyota Supra... 'BMW'?
- YES

[sfcindia]

The moment "chris harris" stepped in, i was like "yes it's worth waiting" 😍

[victorneamtu]

Omg that accent is killing me :)) Nice video though

[idknils]

There's so many cars that are the same as other cars but for some reason the internet is really angry about this

[naumanjaved]

You know what sucks about the new Supra?

When Honda decided to make the new NSX, they made a new NSX.
When Nissan decided to make the new GT-R, they made a new GT-R.
Subaru is still making pretty much the same STi.
Mitsubishi gave up...

But you know what Toyota did? They showed the world what they can do with the LFA, and then shit on their entire fan base by selling out the Supra to BMW.

[adh]

Love how Chris still mentions the 2JZ engine..respect!

[mlp-hot-rod]

I'd rather spend £55K on an old one and doing it up.

[leolopez]

The old Supra didn’t make all those noises until the tuners got their hands on it and the 2JZ didn’t come stock with 800 horsepower.

[lknanml]

Love how much of the concept made it through production. Fine with the engine. That interior though.... About as passionate as an electric shaver. It's perfectly adequate in form and function and completely forgettable.

[ErnestDziadekGruz]

"It's not a Toyota"
-Chris Harris on Toyota Supra J29

[Lostsage]

I like BMW’s for their engineering and how they feel when you drive them, but hate the excess maintenance / repair costs when the cars get older.

I like Toyota’s because they’re solid, reliable cars with low ownership costs, if maybe a bit boring.

If I buy this, am I getting the best of both worlds? Or the worst of both worlds? Am I going to regret the purchase when the warranty is up? There was a rumor before the car’s reveal that Toyota had gone through the BMW motor and quality tested every part, redesigning those that didn’t meet Toyota standards - much to the surprise of BMW. However, Toyota has said basically squat publicly about the reliability testing they did of these various BMW parts, which has me questioning the validity of that rumor.

Bottom line for me - a BMW engineered Toyota sounds interesting, but this could be a better car to lease vs buy.

[TVCHLORD]

this guy sounds like hes paid by toyota and bmw

[gerardjaleo]

They should edit some subtitles when these two "talk"... still, gotta love Chris Harris

[Billiamiscool]

I was genuinely surprised when I first saw this review, I was impressed how naturally Paddy seemed to step into car journalism