The Toyota Supra is out of production again. Toyota stopped building the fifth-generation GR Supra in March 2026 after seven years, at Magna Steyr’s plant in Graz, Austria, where BMW’s closely related Z4 followed two months later. No replacement has been announced.
Why Toyota Ended the GR Supra
The car became too expensive to keep re-engineering for tightening regulations, and the BMW partnership that made it possible was ending anyway.
Cooper Ericksen, Toyota North America’s senior vice president of product planning and strategy, told MotorTrend in comments reported in June 2025 that the existing car could not continue because of “new regulations and investment we have to make”, which left it not cost effective. A successor, he said, could not be a revision of the current car: “It needs to be a new house. When we can get the new house built is the question.”
The structural reason sits underneath that. The GR Supra was co-developed with BMW and built alongside the Z4 on a contract line at Magna Steyr in Graz. When BMW wound the Z4 down, the Supra lost the platform, the engines and the factory arrangement it depended on all at once.
The Two Final Editions Are Not the Same Car
Toyota sold two different farewell versions, and the Japanese and European car is substantially more powerful than the American one.
Toyota Gazoo Racing announced the A90 Final Edition on 28 November 2024 for Japan and Europe. Toyota’s European newsroom put output at 435 DIN horsepower and 570 Newton metres, up from 340 DIN horsepower and 500 Newton metres, achieved by revising the intake air path, fitting a low-back-pressure catalyst and reworking the engine controls. Top speed rose by 20 km/h to 270 km/h.
The United States received a 2026 GR Supra MkV Final Edition instead. It keeps the standard 382 horsepower and changes how the car handles rather than how fast it is, with revised camber angles, updated dampers, reinforced bushings, a carbon fibre rear spoiler, wheel arch flaps and 19-inch matte black wheels.
| A90 Final Edition | 2026 MkV Final Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Markets | Japan and Europe | United States |
| Power | 435 DIN hp | 382 hp |
| Torque | 570 Nm | Unchanged from standard |
| Gearbox | Six-speed manual only | Manual or automatic |
| Volume | 300 worldwide | Not capped |
| Focus | Engine output and KW adjustable dampers | Chassis, steering and aerodynamics |
The A90 Final Edition was limited to 300 cars worldwide and sold only with the six-speed manual, on damping-force-adjustable KW suspension from the same brand used by the GR Supra GT4 race car. Anyone reading American coverage of “the Final Edition” is reading about a different specification.
This Is the Second Time the Supra Has Been Discontinued
Toyota also killed the Supra in 2002, and the nameplate stayed gone for 17 years.
Production of the fourth-generation A80 Supra, the twin-turbocharged 2JZ car that later carried the Fast and the Furious films, ended in 2002. Nothing wore the badge until the fifth generation arrived in March 2019.
That gap is the reason the current pause is read the way it is. The fifth generation lasted seven years, roughly half as long as its predecessor’s absence, and it ended for commercial and regulatory reasons rather than a lack of interest in the name.
What Toyota Has Actually Said About the Next Supra
Toyota has said a next-generation Supra would be logical and that a gap is coming, but it has not announced one.
As of 22 September 2026 there is no announced sixth-generation Supra: no platform, no powertrain, no launch date. Reports placing a new Supra in 2027 are not drawn from a Toyota announcement.
What Ericksen said on the record was narrower than the headlines suggest. “It would be logical that we would have a next-gen Supra,” he said. “But when and how is still TBD.” On the wait, he added: “Definitely there will be a gap. The question is how big will that gap be,” and said the goal was a gap significantly shorter than the last one.
The BMW Z4 Is Going Too
BMW ended Z4 production at the same Graz plant in May 2026, and has no successor planned either.
The two cars shared a platform, engines and an assembly line, so the end of one made the other difficult to justify. BMW’s decision removes the obvious route to a quick Supra revival, because the next car would need a platform Toyota does not currently have in production.
That is the practical meaning of Ericksen’s “new house” remark. Until Toyota commits to building one, the Supra has no home.
Frequently Asked Questions
When Did the Toyota Supra Stop Production?
March 2026. The fifth-generation GR Supra was built at Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria, from March 2019, giving it a seven-year run.
Why Was the GR Supra Discontinued?
Toyota said new regulations and the investment required made the existing car no longer cost effective. The BMW Z4 it shared a platform and factory with was also ending production.
Is There Going to Be a New Toyota Supra?
Toyota has not announced one. A Toyota North America executive said in 2025 that a next-generation Supra would be “logical” but that “when and how is still TBD”, and that there would be a gap.
How Long Was the Supra Discontinued Last Time?
17 years. Fourth-generation production ended in 2002 and the fifth generation did not arrive until March 2019.
What Is the Difference Between the Two Final Editions?
The A90 Final Edition for Japan and Europe makes 435 DIN horsepower, is manual only and is limited to 300 cars. The United States version keeps 382 horsepower and upgrades the chassis and aerodynamics instead.
