The 2020 Toyota Supra Is No Match For The BMW M2 Competitors

In the event you had roughly $60,000 sitting in your checking account and lived within the U.S., would you purchase the BMW M2 Competitors or the Toyota Supra?

Now, earlier than you reply ‘I’d get a C8 Corvette!’, deliveries of the finances mid-engined sports activities automotive gained’t begin till subsequent yr so for the time-being, the Supra and M2 Competitors are among the many finest value-for-money rear-wheel drive sports activities vehicles in the marketplace.

Costs for the A90 Supra begin at $49,990 whereas costs for the M2 Competitors kick off at $58,900 so logic would dictate that the Supra must be slower. The specs additionally point out this.

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You see, whereas the M2 Competitors contains a three.Zero-liter engine with two turbochargers, the Supra makes use of a three.Zero-liter six-cylinder however with only a single (twin-scroll) turbocharger. Peak horsepower for the M2 Competitors sits at 405 hp whereas the Supra pumps out a decent 335 hp.

Motorsport Journal not too long ago lined up the duo for a drag race down a 1 km (3280 ft) runway and it was (unsurprisingly) the BMW that got here out on prime. Nonetheless, the Supra put up a great battle and was neck-and-neck with the extra highly effective and costly M2 Competitors up till 80 km/h (50 mph). The extra grunt of the M2 noticed it stretch out a lead because the duo accelerated past 200 km/h (124 mph).

Toyota not too long ago indicated future model of the Supra might obtain BMW’s newest twin-turbo three.Zero-liter six-cylinder from the X3 M and X4 M. This is able to give the automotive a major energy benefit over the M2 Competitors. Will BMW truly be keen to provide Toyota with its engine because of issues the Supra might snatch gross sales away from the next-generation M4?