It does boast a 50/50 weight distribution, though. Still, it looks like no more than half of it hangs ahead of the shock towers, so it's not quite a front-mid-engine layout. What's impressive, though, is how far back the engine is relative to the car's nose. It's a mess of wires, hoses and odd plastic parts. While we typically prefer car's engines to be on display rather than tucked away, we see why the Supra's engine is covered. Spy photos also give us a close look under the Supra's hood, and even under the engine cover. The shifter is also clearly based on BMW shifters, but seems to have a unique plastic knob. That includes the iDrive controller, which is the current version, as opposed to the updated unit found in the Z4, 8 Series and The BMW influence is still noticable, though, as every button, knob and stalk we can see is from the BMW parts bin. We're not sure if that's a permanent part of the design or just something for this prototype. Strangely, the center console has a sail panel on the driver's side, partially obscuring the shifter and under-dash storage area. It also features an attractive horizontal feature that integrates the air vents. The dashboard eschews the traditional BMW shape that has controls canted toward the driver. On either side of all these gauges are simple digital bars that indicate things such as fuel level and Nestled in the middle of the tach is an information screen of some sort, and another screen is on the left displaying speed. In the Supra, the instruments are dominated by a huge dial for the tachometer, which is sure to please enthusiasts. Z4 uses a flat screen for its instrument cluster, and it has slightly geometric digital dials that fit the contours of the instrument panel hood. The main differences are in the gauge cluster and dashboard. Supra does in fact have a unique interior, albeit one with strong There may be more differences between the two cars than we expected, and these latest photos of the reborn flagship Toyota Spy shots indicated the interior might even be the same.

It uses the same turbocharged inline-six, the same transmission, and early Toyota Supra debut, it has seemed like only the exterior styling made it something other than just a hardtop version of

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