BMW-Toyota Joint Venture Sports Car To Be Next Supra, Z4: Report

Toyota and BMW are building a sports car together. That much is known, that much is fact.

What isn't known, however, is precisely what each brand's respective car will be. Though the architecture will be shared the cars themselves will be distinct from one another, but what space will they occupy in their respective marque's lineups?

The leading theory for Toyota's future sports car is that it will revive the Supra nameplate, and pick up where the last-generation twin-turbocharged Supra left off.

A patent application lodged by Toyota for the Supra name supports this theory, as does the appearance of the FT-1 concept (below) - which shares the last Supra's silhouette and RWD layout - on the motor show scene earlier this year.