Toyota Supra A90 to end production in 2025: Final Edition unveiled, Track Edition for Australia

11/28/2024 02:40 PM

The current Toyota GR Supra sports coupe will exit production after 300 examples of a six-speed manual Final Edition variant – the showroom name for the long-rumoured GRMN Supra – roll off the assembly line.

A new generation of the GR Supra has been confirmed – which reports suggest may be a four-cylinder hybrid – but 2025 will mark the end of the road for Toyota’s current ‘A90’ iteration developed with BMW.

It will bow out overseas with the manual-only A90 Final Edition, offering the most powerful version of BMW’s 3.0-litre single-turbo petrol inline-six ever fitted to a road car, plus racing suspension, bigger brakes, track-day tyres and a rear spoiler.

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Australia will miss out on the A90 Final Edition, however, instead gaining a model known as the Track Edition – with no more power, and less significant chassis upgrades.

A media release issued by Toyota Australia on Wednesday night made no mention of the end of global Supra production confirmed by head office in Japan at the same time, and instead says the Track Edition is due locally in mid-2025.

Toyota Japan is careful to call the high-performance flagship the ‘A90 Final Edition’ – not just the Final Edition – and leaves the door wide open for a next-generation model.

It says “TGR [Toyota Gazoo Racing] will continue to hone the Supra through motorsports activities going forward,” with the coupe set to enter Australia’s V8 Supercars Championship in 2026.

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A precise end-of-production date has not been announced, but Toyota says “production of the current Supra is scheduled to end with the Supra A90 Final Edition as the model’s culmination,” all for European and Japanese showrooms starting in the northern spring of 2025 (March to May).

Given only 300 examples of this variant will be built, the final Supras are likely to be made in 2025. Toyota Australia has been contacted for further comment.

Production of its twin under the skin, the BMW Z4, is reportedly planned to end in March 2026, according to company insiders.

Both vehicles are made in Austria by Magna-Steyr, alongside the likes of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

2025 Toyota GR Supra A90 Final Edition specs – not coming to Australia

The GR Supra A90 Final Edition is the coupe’s most significant upgrade since its 2019 launch, and has long been mooted under the Gazoo Racing Meisters of the Nurburgring (GRMN) name Toyota applies to limited-edition flagship performance cars.

Only 300 will be produced, exclusively for Europe and Japan – the former due between March and May 2025, and the latter formally “under consideration” – and all with a manual transmission.

It is powered by the same 3.0-litre single-turbo inline six-cylinder BMW ‘B58’ petrol engine as the regular Supra, but it gains a revised intake path, new low-back-pressure catalyst, and retuned engine control software.

Outputs have been boosted from 250kW/500Nm in current European Supras, and 285kW/500Nm in Japanese and Australian cars, to 320kW/570Nm.

The A90 Final Edition will therefore be the most powerful B58 road car ever built, as 285kW is the highest output used by the engine in a BMW.

More powerful six-cylinder BMWs use the twin-turbo S58 twin-turbo inline-six, which develops between 338kW (new M2) and 412kW (3.0 CSL) depending on the model.

It was long rumoured by Japanese media that the GRMN Supra would adopt the S58 – matched with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission – but it retains the B58 with a six-speed manual only and rear-wheel drive.

A 0-100km/h acceleration time is not quoted, but a 20km/h higher top speed is 270km/h is claimed.

Toyota has added a baffle plate to the engine oil pan to “prevent uneven oil distribution” during cornering, a stronger radiator fan, a new sub-radiator, larger differential cooling fins, and a retuned rear differential.

Among the biggest upgrades is new manually-adjustable KW suspension derived from the GR Supra GT4 race car, with 12 stages of compression adjustment, and 16 stages of rebound adjustment, for improved performance.

Thicker anti-roll bars, strengthened rubber bushings and pillow ball joints for the front lower control arms, and rigid aluminium rear subframe mounts from the GT4 racer have also been added.

Larger 395mm front drilled brake discs have been fitted – up from 348mm in the 2024 model, and 374mm in the 2025 Track Edition – clamped by enlarged Brembo calipers with high-friction pads.

The rear brake discs are no larger, but are now drilled for improved cooling. Stainless-steel mesh brake hoses have been added to “reduce pressure transmission loss due to hose expansion during braking”.

Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 track-day tyres replace Pilot Super Sports, 10mm wider than the standard Supra, wrapped around lightweight 19-inch front and 20-inch wheels (up from 19-inch front and rear).

Other upgrades include strengthened front cowl and rear underfloor braces, an additional front underfloor brace, and a stronger cross-bar in the boot.

The electric power steering has been revised, the front and rear wheel camber angles increased for greater cornering grip, and an Akrapovic sports exhaust fitted.

Development of the A90 Final Edition’s aerodynamics was conducted in the same European wind tunnel used for the GT4 race car.

New on the outside are carbon-fibre parts, across the larger front splitter, front canards, front centre flap, tall ‘swan-neck’ rear wing, and bonnet duct – but despite the carbon-fibre parts, the A90 Final Edition (1528kg) is 8kg heavier than a manual Track Edition.

Inside, carbon-fibre Recaro Podium bucket seats have been added, trimmed in Alcantara coloured red on the driver’s side, and black on the passenger side.

Alcantara is also used on the steering wheel, shift boot, door panels, center console kneepads, centre armrest, and part of the dashboard, while red seatbelts, red trim on the shift knob, and carbon-fibre sill plates have been added.

Orders for the GR Supra A90 Final Edition are scheduled to open in Europe in January 2025.

2025 Toyota GR Supra Track Edition specs for Australia

Confirmed for Australian showrooms in mid-2025 is the GR Supra Track Edition, based on the standard GTS but with a series of handling and chassis upgrades.

It is marketed in Japan as the “partially upgraded Supra” – Toyota terminology for a major model-year update, rather than an exclusive special edition – and in Europe as the Lightweight Evo.

It has no more power, retaining the 285kW/500Nm 3.0-litre turbo inline-six engine in Australia with a choice of six-speed manual and eight-speed automatic transmissions.

Upgrades focus on retuned adaptive dampers, rear differential and power steering, plus larger 374mm front brake discs (up from 348mm in the GTS), stiffer rear underfloor bracing, and strengthened rubber rear subframe mounts.

There is also a larger front anti-roll bar, new aluminium front and rear anti-roll bar brackets, a “changed” front control arm bearing, and increased front-wheel camber.

Visual changes include a matte black finish for the 19-inch wheels, a new front underlip tyre spat, aero flaps ahead of the front wheel arches, and a carbon-fibre ducktail rear spoiler.

A new Matte Black paint colour will be made available on the Track Edition, alongside the current White and Nurburgring Grey mattes, and a range of metallic gloss options.

Inside, the Track Edition gains black Alcantara seat upholstery with GR logos on the headrests, plus red seatbelts and, on six-speed manual variants, a red ring on the shift knob.

Features shared with the GTS include a head-up display, 12-speaker JBL sound system, heated seats and a wireless phone charger.

Prices of the 2025 Toyota GR Supra Track Edition are due to be announced closer to its mid-year Australian arrival.

The current GTS variant is priced from $96,295 plus on-road costs with a manual transmission, or $97,380 with an auto, so the Track Edition is likely to push past $100,000 before on-road costs.

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