{"id":90,"date":"2015-03-20T15:11:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T15:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autonews-mag.com\/autocopy\/2015\/03\/20\/bmw-toyota-confirmed-to-spawn-spiritual-supra-successor\/"},"modified":"2015-03-20T15:11:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T15:11:45","slug":"bmw-toyota-confirmed-to-spawn-spiritual-supra-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autonews-mag.com\/bmw-toyota-confirmed-to-spawn-spiritual-supra-successor\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW-Toyota Confirmed to Spawn Spiritual Supra Successor"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autonews-mag.com\/autocopy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2014-Toyota-FT-1-HD-Wallpaper.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"jcepopup\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/autonews-mag.com\/autocopy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2014-Toyota-FT-1-HD-Wallpaper.jpg\" alt=\"2014-Toyota-FT-1-HD-Wallpaper.jpg\" width=\"553\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last\u00a0we heard\u00a0about BMW and Toyota\u2019s ongoing collaboration was that a technical feasibility study into the two new models had been completed late last year. Now new details about Toyota\u2019s new sports car set to be spawned from the partnership have emerged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While speaking with Autocar at the Geneva Motor Show 2015, Toyota Europe\u2019s vice-president and product planning chief Karl Schlicht revealed that the Japanese marque\u2019s new car will sit above the existing Toyota GT86. As a result, it will be a spiritual successor to the iconic Toyota Supra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe intention with the new car is for it to sit above the GT86. It doesn\u2019t replace that model; the GT86 goes on with its own mission,\u201d Schlicht said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is pinned that both the Toyota and BMW models will make use of hybrid powertrains driving all four wheels. Apparently both will include a petrol engine sourced from BMW and mated alongside electric motors drawing their energy from advanced supercapacitors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further discussing the car, BMW\u2019s board member for sales and marketing Ian Robertson said \u201cThe one thing we\u2019re clear on now is that a platform for both companies can work. The cars in themselves don\u2019t actually need to be positioned the same. The platform can spawn two positionings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe concept works, the platform can deliver and now we have two proud sets of engineers \u2013 one group German, one group Japanese \u2013 who are each fighting and arguing for the car they want,\u201d Robertson said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Robertson went on to reveal that part of the next phase in the project will be to determine where the cars will be produced and whether BMW or Toyota will be responsible for production.<\/p>\n<div class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-app-id='16200039'><\/div>\n<div class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='recommendations' data-app-id='16200360'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last\u00a0we heard\u00a0about BMW and Toyota\u2019s ongoing collaboration was that a technical feasibility study into the two new models had been completed late last year. 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