Both companies agreed on the details and were then separated to make the exact designs.
Toyota and BMW employees are very vocal about the new Supra And Z4 They are very different machines despite sharing the same platform, powertrains and engine. Bimmer’s Design Director Adrian Van Hooydonk says the collaboration was essentially a one-on-one conversation with his counterpart at Toyota.
“He’s Japanese, I’m Dutch, and we instantly understood each other in terms both of what we expect from our engineers and in terms proportions. It was a one-off conversation. “We immediately agreed on the difficult points and what our wants in terms of proportions,” Van Hooydonk explained to Top Gear. He stated that the two teams did not reconvene until the design process was completed.
In a previous report, it was reported that the engineering teams of Toyota and BMW worked for approximately two years to establish the correct wheelbase, width, location of the fuel tank, and placement of the A-pillars. This task was completed by the crews in mid-2014 . After that, they went their separate ways.
The long-awaited debut of the Supra, the revised Supra, will be made at January’s North American International Auto Show. Although the official details are not confirmed, there have been several leaks. Two BMW-sourced powertrains are coming to the United States: a 2.0 liter turbocharged four cylinder and a 3.0-liter turbocharged six . An eight-speed automatic is the only available gearbox. Sales will begin in the first half 2019. Toyota’s Gazoo Racing performance department might also create a hotter version.
Production of the BMW Z4 has already begun at Magna Steyr’s plant in Austria. The Supra’s 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine and the 3.0-liter inline six are available in the USA starting March 2019.