Half a thousand Toyota

On board the BMW X3M / X4M, the latest creation from the BMW M was unveiled last year, a fundamentally redesigned in-line six-cylinder engine that delivers 480 horsepower as standard and 510 horsepower. This resource, coded S58, is a radically reworked version of the B58 engine currently found in the Toyota GR Supra, among others.

Technically, therefore, there is nothing to prevent the new, much more powerful engine (the six-cylinder Supra is currently 340 horsepower) from getting into the nose of a Toyota sports car. The question is whether the BMW M division will be willing to hand over the engine to the Japanese - we know Chief Engineer Tada Tecuja has already begun the persuasion operation.

Even if the project receives a free signal, it will obviously have time and quantity constraints. According to the Japanese trade press, the 480/510 horsepower Supra can be realized as a swan song of the type, up to a series of a few hundred pieces, at the earliest in the 2023 model year. The good news is that the GR Supra will remain unchanged until then: Tada-san says there will be some upgrades in store every year, so they will gradually get to the now ventilated top model, which is expected to be marketed as the Supra GRMN.

(Source: vezess.hu / photo: pixabay.com)