Toyota GR Supra manual

ET’S START WITH THE GEARKNOB and work back. Key statistic: it weighs a chunky 200 grams. There’s a reason for this. Having done all the hard work in devising and installing a bespoke six-speed manual gearbox for a car with BMW-sourced mechanicals probably only ever intended to be used with its perfectly fine eight-speed paddleshift auto, the TGR engineering team hit one final snag. The feel of the gearchange wasn’t quite right. Nicely weighted but just a touch sticky. Back to the drawing board? Not really. They tried a heavier gearknob. Things improved but hot-knife-through-butter still wasn’t