Rides : Toyota Supra rumors continue with 400-hp hybrid power

One of the iconic cars of Gen X youth, the Supra died an untimely death in the mid-1990s along with the rest of the Japanese sports car market. This was, of course, long before most of us had managed to graduate from college and get decent enough jobs to be able to afford anything more exciting than a used Honda Civic.

  It's reporting that a hybrid, 400-horsepower, 3.5-liter V6 powertrain is being tested for possible release in 2015. The new Supra would look a lot like the FT-HS concept that Toyota showed at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, according to the magazine, which also says that if we really want to see this Supra successor, we'd better hope the Toyota GT 86/Scion FR-S does well.

Rides : Next-gen Toyota Supra leaked

The new generation of the iconic sports car made between 1979 and 2002, the Supra, is almost is almost here, and the Japanese automaker Toyota may have leaked an image of it, that show high resemblance to the competition’s “Z” series at Nissan.

The image that ended up on the internet is showing us new aggressive lines, previewing the next generation of the Supra sports car, which theoretically should compete against the Nissan GT-R, but judging by its exterior design, the vehicle looks more like the z350 or z370.
No official details about the next-gen Supra have leaked with the image but as a reminder the sports car used to offer two engine choices: the 3.5 liter V6 delivering 350 horsepower and 275 lb-ft of torque, and the larger 5.0 liter V8 with its 450 HP and 383 lb-ft of torque.
Rumors are that the new generation of the Toyota Supra will be actually a hybrid where an electric motor will help the smaller V6 powerplant to get the sports car to top speeds of more than 170 – 180 mph.
The next-gen Toyota Supra is scheduled to hit this year’s Tokyo Motor Show in the form of a concept, with the production version being officially unveiled sometimes in 2014, going on sale just a year later, in 2015.