---
title: "Toyota Confirms the Supra Will Be Available with a Four Cylinder"
description: "Chief engineer Tetsuya Tada says the four-pot will be lighter, cheaper, get better weight distribution, and boast sharper turn-in."
date: "2018-07-18"
modified: "2018-07-18"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/22235/toyota-confirms-the-supra-will-be-available-with-a-four-cylinder"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Toyota News"
tags:
  - "BMW Z4"
  - "Coupe"
  - "Goodwood Festival of Speed"
  - "GR Supra"
  - "Japanese Cars"
  - "sports car"
  - "sports cars"
  - "Toyota"
  - "toyota supra"
---

# Toyota Confirms the Supra Will Be Available with a Four Cylinder

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Another day, another piece of the [MkV Toyota Supra](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/19019/heres-the-new-toyota-supra-in-a-racing-suit>) puzzle is revealed. After we learned of the car's [approximate torque and weight figures](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22205/new-toyota-supra-will-make-f-car-torque-while-weighing-500-pounds-less>), [*Road & Track*](<https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/a22173382/toyota-will-build-a-four-cylinder-supra/>)'s Bozi Tatarevic has dug up a "transmission catalog" from gearbox builder ZF that outlines the upcoming Toyota's powertrain options.

According to the document, the new Supra will be available with a 335-horsepower, 3.0-liter, twin-turbo straight-six. The sports car will also be available with a 2.0-liter, turbo four-cylinder making 261 horses. The four-pot option's existence was then reportedly confirmed by Supra chief engineer Tetsuya Tada when he spoke to *Road & Track* at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Toyota man also said that the 2.0-liter car will be lighter, have "much better weight distribution," and sharper turn-in. Should make it the purist's choice, especially considering Tada's instructions to those who intend to perform a 2JZ engine swap: "Please buy the four-cylinder. It will be cheaper."

Yes, the new Supra's engine bay will apparently fit Toyota's legendary [2JZ](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/13900/someone-built-a-twincharged-2jz-powered-rolls-royce-phantom>).

The ZF document also reveals that both engines will be sourced from BMW. The 3.0-liter will be the B58B30 found in the M240i while the smaller, lighter, more economical mill will be a B48B20 unit closely related to the one found in the current 330i. Both engines will apparently be mated to ZF's eight-speed automatic transmission.

The document goes on to reveal that the Supra's BMW platform-mate, the upcoming Z4 roadster, will have an identical setup: A 3.0-liter inline-six flanked by an entry-level 2.0-liter, save for one small distinction. A variant of the straight-six Z4 will apparently be tuned to produce 375 horsepower instead of 335, very likely the [slightly hotted-up M40i version](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21293/bmw-drops-z4-prototype-shots-discusses-m40i-variant>).

Tatarevic also points out that the Supra's brakes look remarkably similar to the parts found on BMW's M Sport package-equipped M550i sedan.

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The A90 Toyota Supra is set to reveal itself in full [sometime in early 2019](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/19049/production-toyota-supra-confirmed-to-get-early-2019-reveal>). Until then, keep a tab open for *The Drive* for the latest details to trickle out.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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