Every Photo of the All-New 2020 Toyota Supra

Toyota's fourth-generation Supra Turbo (chassis code A80), sold here from 1993 to 1998, has fronted movie franchises, shredded drag strips in as little as six seconds, and-if we recall correctly-conducted the London Philharmonic at the request of Queen Elizabeth II. The iron-strong 2JZ straight-six under its hood has worn turbochargers big enough to sleep in and swims like a shark in a nitrous-oxide ocean. And yet, Toyota has left us Supraless for 20 years, sitting idly by as the car accumulated a mountain of pop-culture street cred.

Now the Big T is finally leveraging that mighty reputation in the form of the new (A90) Supra, which will blast out of a Magna Steyr assembly plant in Graz, Austria, alongside its brother, the BMW Z4.

Yes, under a skin based on the FT-1 concept car from 2014 beats a turbocharged 3.0-liter straight-six just as its fast and furious forefather had. Beyond that, well . . .

Toyota–with lots of help from BMW-brings back a sports-car legend.

Toyota–with lots of help from BMW-brings back a sports-car legend.

The interior styling largely follows current Toyota dogma, but the infotainment screen runs essentially a reskinned version of BMW's iDrive software, and much of the switchgear comes from Munich. With BMW having run point on the Z4/Supra development, it will release the Z4 first, this spring, with the Supra landing in Toyota dealerships a few months later in 2019.

Haushalter says that 50/50 front/rear weight distribution was a major focus of the development program. To achieve that balance, the cockpit's mass is pushed back toward the rear-axle line and the battery is located in the cargo hold.

The only transmission offered on the 2020 model will be a version of the ubiquitous ZF eight-speed automatic gearbox.

Toyota also designed the interior while relying on BMW for many of the bits and pieces. The infotainment system behind the optional 8.8-inch center screen is BMW based but with fresh Supra-spec graphics.

Like the engine, most of the 2020 Supra's mechanical substance comes from BMW's parts bin.

Toyota–with lots of help from BMW-brings back a sports-car legend.

The component set here is the Cluster Architecture (a.k.a. CLAR) on which BMW erects most of its products from the upcoming 3-series on up.

While most of the structural duty is handled by unitized steel stampings, some body panels, such as the hood and the door skins, are aluminum, and the rear hatch is made from a composite material.

There's some old-school Supra in the A90's headlight and front-fender design, but there's also some Formula 1 car in how the center section of the hood becomes a pronounced schnoz up front.

At 172.5 inches overall, the Toyota is 1.8 inches longer than its BMW sibling and 5.2 inches shorter than the fourth-generation Supra on a wheelbase that's 3.2 inches more meager.

Of course, the old Supra had a nearly useless rear seat, while this new one is honest enough to skip the two-plus-two configuration altogether.

Standard color choices will include red, blue, silver, white, black, and gray, while yellow will cost $400 extra and a matte gray will be a $1200 option.

Initially, Toyota will deliver Supras on 19-inch wheels shod with Michelin Pilot Super Sport summer tires measuring 255/35ZR-19 in front and 275/35ZR-19 in the rear.

Developed specifically for this application, the tires will feature Supra logos on the sidewalls. Sometime after launch, the 19s will be promoted to an option, and 18-inch wheels will become standard. Adaptive dampers are also standard.

After a 20-year hiatus, Toyota's Supra sports car is back, thanks largely to BMW. The Supra and BMW's new Z4 roadster were split at birth, and the German automaker contributed not only the inline-six engine, but also plenty of engineering work.

At launch, the Supra will come solely with the six-cylinder engine (making 335 horsepower) and a ZF-sourced eight-speed automatic transmission; a less expensive four-cylinder model will join the lineup later. It also comes standard with a great many vents, slats, and creases stamped and cut into its voluptuous body.