Toyota’s Sexy GR Supra: South African Pricing & Details, Manual Option Introduced

Toyota has listened to sports car fans and customers who love the control and rewards offered by precisely timed manual gear shifts, confirming that the Toyota GR Supra is now available in manual transmission. Power output has also been upped in the straight-six 3.0-litre engine – increasing from 250kW to 285kW. The benefit is both the auto and the newly-introduced manual.

The introduction of the GR Yaris a couple of years ago, followed by the GR86 coupe, as well as the imminent launch of the GR Corolla have reinforced the special qualities that define the GR brand.

Since its launch in 2019, the GR Supra has been offered with a straight-six 250kW 3.0-litre engine matched to an eight-speed automatic transmission. While the car and its performance have received high praise worldwide from media and fans alike, perhaps inevitably the question of whether a manual gearbox would be available persisted – hence the introduction of the manual transmission.

Its addition to the line-up means Toyota now offers all four of its GR models available in South Africa with manual transmission and three pedals either as standard (GR Yaris, GR Corolla) or as an option (GR Supra, GR86).

True to the GR Supra’s thoroughbred engineering quality, this development has not been simply a matter of using an off-the-shelf solution. A new transmission, along with a new clutch has been engineered specifically to suit the power and torque characteristics of the GR Supra 3.0-litre engine.

The manual transmission installed in the GR Supra has been engineered and tuned specifically for use with the coupe’s straight-six engine. The engineering team was able to modify the existing transmission housing, driveshaft and gear set and remove elements that were not required, such as the acoustic package, which further reduced weight.

Pricing for the Toyota GR Supra in manual is R1,417,500 and R1,451,800 in automatic.