Supra to cut a track with special
/Track Edition is less full out than the Final Edition going to other markets, but still looks special.
AVAILABILITY of Toyota’s hottest performance model here will sign off with the less fiery of two factory special editions.
The Track Edition of the GR Supra will cost $109,990 in six-speed manual or six-speed auto format.
TNZ says it has six examples to sell but has not made clear how the allocation splits.
The shipment will culminate availability of the latest Supra, which was a co-production between BMW and Toyota, sourced from Austria, where it was built under licence by Magna Steyr.
TNZ has had the car in circulation for six years, selling just over 100 units in that period.
The Track Edition has plenty to identify it from the mainstream variants, including a suspension retune.
But it misses out of the modifications to the B58 six-cylinder inline turbo engine that Toyota Japan has delivered to another sign-off special. That A90 Supra Final Edition is just for Europe, Japan and the United States.
With the Track Edition, output is the same 285kW/500Nm meted the standard car, which has been on runout and now appears to list in $99,490 manual format.
The Final Edition examples are also manual only and deliver 320kW and 570Nm.
While the Track Edition has less kapow, it earns its premium by adopting plenty of other tweaks to enhance the handling.
A larger front anti-roll bar, reinforced rubber bushings for the front control arms, a stiffer rear subframe mount and rear underfloor bracing with revised fixing points are included.
Toyota also adds front and rear wheel arch aero flaps, upgraded front tyre spats and a carbon-fibre ducktail spoiler.
Control mapping for the electric power steering and the rear limited-slip differential has been reprogrammed, and there are aluminium brackets for the front and rear anti-roll bars.
The front brakes are upgraded and enlarged to 374mm discs while there are 19-inch matte-black alloy wheels, red seat belts, and a red ring around the shift knob for the manual model. Black Alcantara upholstery with embroidered GR headrest logos is standard.
The Supra disappears from sale just as it is set begin a racing career in the V8 Supercars Championship from 2026.
Two will be run by Toyota’s homologation team partner Walkinshaw Andretti United with Supercars drivers Chaz Mostert and New Zealand’s own Ryan Wood behind the wheel.
Potentially two championship rounds will be held in New Zealand next year.
