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01 TOYOTA SUPRA

“IT’S LOW, WIDE AND SHORT – IT’S A TWO-SEATER ON AN ABBREVIATED WHEELBASE TO FOSTER AGILITY”

Finally. You can now at last drink in the looks of the Supra. Or, to use its official full name for the first, and possibly last, time: the Toyota GR Supra. Huzzah: the real production Supra. Was ever a car more teased and trailed, hinted and hyped? Now this really is the one, due to arrive on roads near you… albeit, sigh, not until June.

Stare, why don’t you, as it flares its nostrils, narrows its eyes, puffs out its chest, pulls in its stomach and flexes its shoulders? It seems to know darned well how closely it’s being watched, and strikes an on-point paparazzi pose.

It’s low, wide and short – it’s

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