It's (finally) official: 2020 Toyota Supra to debut at Detroit Auto Show

We've been hearing about the relaunch of the Toyota Supra for the day, but Tuesday Toyota finally confirmed when we'll see the car. The 2020 Supra will debut in January at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, Toyota said in a press release. As Toyota describes it, that is early in the day, "one of the worst-kept secrets in the auto industry."

Toyota also said that it will be offering the first production-ready supra up for auction next year, with all the proceeds from that sale going to charity. Get your checkbooks ready, we are sure that the desirability of owning the first one. Production of the new car is slated to begin in the first half of 2019.

While we had a chance to drive a preproduction version of the new Toyota Supra, there are still some blanks in our knowledge. For instance, we will use a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-six engine, but Toyota will not say how much power or torque that mill will produce. Nor do we have a price or a price.

On the other hand, we know that the Supra was co-developed with BMW Z4. That said, it's been four years since BMW and Toyota last had much contact on the two projects; Toyota told Roadshow that the most important things about the rear-wheel-drive sports-car chassis were nailed down in 2014, "After that we completely separated our team.

Toyota Supra and its debut, and look to our future drive to get started.