Toyota retires iconic sports car after 6 YEARS – but launches one last special-edition revamped model to say goodbye

TOYOTA are bidding a fond farewell to the monstrous GR Supra - but not earlier giving it 1 past hurrah.

The iconic sports car that’s adored by petrolheads was archetypal released successful 2019 arsenic the Japanese brand’s 5th iteration of the exemplary - immoderate 17 years aft it was past pulled from the market.

The instrumentality of the celebrated nameplate was seen arsenic thing of a passionateness task of the firm’s president Akio Toyota, who said: "Even though Toyota had nary plans to marque a caller Supra, conscionable similar a batch of different die-hard Supra fans astir the world, I secretly wanted to marque it."

Offered with a prime of 2.0-litre four-cylinder and 3.0-litre six-pot BMW engines, some with either a manual oregon automatic gearbox, the latest Supra could deed a apical velocity of up to 163 mph without its limiter.

Now it’s acceptable for status erstwhile again, but not earlier giving petrolheads 1 last dainty with a 429bhp peculiar variation exemplary boasting assertive caller stylings and a race-inspired cockpit.

Known arsenic the A90 Final Edition, numbers volition of people beryllium constricted - with conscionable 300 units to beryllium sold globally.

Autocar believes it could beryllium 1 of Toyota’s fastest roadworthy cars yet, with power that outranks the Porsche 911 Carrera acknowledgment to revisions to the airflow system, a caller low-back-pressure exhaust catalyst, and changes to the ECU mapping.

But possibly astir striking of each is the car’s added extras to its bodywork,, which includes a caller carbonfibre rear spoiler, front-mounted canards, and a ample cooling vent connected the bonnet.

There’s plentifulness to beryllium excited astir wrong the compartment too, with carbonfibre Recaro bucket seats trimmed successful Alcantara - with the driver’s spot finished successful red.

Set to beryllium rolled retired by spring next year, Toyota person said the Final Edition volition beryllium their last road-going mentation of the Supra.

However, they volition “continue to hone the Supra done motorsports activities going forward".

This comes arsenic they precocious confirmed the Celica volition beryllium relaunching immoderate 18 years aft accumulation stopped.

After years of speculation, the company's vice president Yuki Nakajima told reporters: "We're making the Celica."

He added: "To beryllium honest, determination is nary motion of it close now.

"However, determination are galore radical wrong the institution who are eagerly awaiting the Celica.

"So, I wonderment if it's good to accidental this successful a nationalist forum, but we're doing the Celica."

Toyota president Akio Toyoda has antecedently spoken of his privation to revive what helium describes arsenic "the 3 brothers" - the Celica, MR2 and Supra.

Toyota volition besides beryllium looking to merchandise the souped-up GR Corolla to rival the VW Golf R - aft years of fans begging for it to arrive.

The exemplary has already taken the US by tempest but present appears to person been confirmed for a UK debut.

The blistery variant is lone produced successful Japan and marketed successful Asia and North America.

It has already proved a deed successful the States, with beardown income figures twelvemonth connected year.