TOYOTA SUPRA GTS

Power hike ups the ante on proven package

- CAMERON KIRBY

Rating 4.5

ENGINE 2998cc inline-6, DOHC, 24v, turbo

POWER 285kW @ 5800-6500rpm

TORQUE 500Nm @ 1800-5000rpm 0-100KM/H 4.1sec (claimed)

WEIGHT 1495kg

PRICE $97,126

LIKE: Accessible performance, prodigious chassis, head-turning looks

DISLIKE: Clunky downshifts, tiresome road noise, persistent rattles

APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE for being anti-climactic, but the Toyota Supra is a damn good sports car. If you are in the market for a driver’s car that gets your adrenal glands pumping, can be driven regularly, and stands out from the crowd, the reborn MkV Supra is one of the best options available today.

At PCOTY 2019 the Supra finished a worthy third, beating the likes of the Camaro ZL1, Renault Megane RS Trophy R, and Lotus Exige Sport 410. Stiff competition.

It is interesting then that Toyota has felt the need to update its flagship sports car just over a year since it was launched locally. What’s changed, then?

Thanks to some fiddling from BMW, the German-sourced 3.0-litre turbocharged straight-six engine now makes an extra 35kW (for a total of 285kW), and there have been tweaks to the chassis to add some extra rigidity.