{"id":2040,"date":"2022-04-16T12:39:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T04:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2022-04-16T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T05:48:17","slug":"toyota-is-launching-another-old-school-stick-shift-sports-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2040","title":{"rendered":"Toyota is launching another old-school stick-shift sports car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/931\/524\/supra.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Fox News Autos Test Drive: 2021 Toyota Supra\" data-v-13907676=\"\"> Video<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676=\"\">Fox News Autos Test Drive: 2021 Toyota Supra<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676=\"\">The Toyota Supra is back for the first time in over two decades, but it&#8217;s a very different car than the one you remember, says Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu.<\/p>\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Toyota is starting to look really shifty.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/supra.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>(Toyota)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Toyota has confirmed that the model, which is officially called the GR Supra, will be getting a manual transmission in the U.S. soon, bucking the recent trend toward automatic-only sports cars, not to mention single-speed electric vehicles. The latest Supra debuted for the 2020 model year on a platform shared with the BMW Z4, both only available with an 8-speed automatic transmission.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/640\/320\/supra-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Toyota GR Supra is currently available with either a turbocharged four-cylinder or turbocharged six-cylinder engine, both matched to an 8-speed automatic transmission.&nbsp;\"><\/p>\n<p>The Toyota GR Supra is currently available with either a turbocharged four-cylinder or turbocharged six-cylinder engine, both matched to an 8-speed automatic transmission.<br \/>\n(Toyota)<\/p>\n<p>The automaker confirmed the news with teaser images of the car&#8217;s three pedals and the red Supra badge that will identify the enthusiast-oriented models. It will join the GR 86 and recently unveiled GR Corolla in Toyota&#8217;s growing do-it-yourself performance car lineup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/2bd535ab-fb56-43a3-a150-c0643daf4d60\/9424767b-1ba2-46a6-88ae-26686b75b111\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Test drive: 2022 Toyota GR 86\"> Video<\/p>\n<p>Details on the transmission, like how many speeds it has and what engine it will be matched to, have not been revealed, but Toyota describes it as &#8220;all new, tailor-made,&#8221; suggesting it won&#8217;t be shared with the Z4.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/gr-corolla-7.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Toyota GR Corolla is only available with a six-speed manual transmission.\"><\/p>\n<p>The Toyota GR Corolla is only available with a six-speed manual transmission.<br \/>\n(Toyota)<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s automatics are typically better than manuals in terms of performance and fuel economy. Some drivers find the engagement provided by manuals to be more entertaining, however, and a number of brands have kept them alive to cater to this audience, which includes Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda, who has been trying to inject more excitement into the mainstream brand.<\/p>\n<p>Even Cadillac has found success with its CT5-V Blackwing super sedan, which has been seeing an even take rate between manuals and automatics.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>Toyota said it will release more details on the manual Supra in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Fox News Autos Test Drive: 2021 Toyota Supra The Toyota Supra is back for the first time in over two decades, but it&#8217;s a very different car than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2080,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions\/2080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}