- One Supra owner decided that he wanted to add a bit more BMW Z4 to his Toyota.
- The end result is a build that sports the front end of a Bimmer and the tail of a Supra.
- While it’s not complete yet, once everything is buttoned up it will be shown at SEMA.
What happens when you take an A90 Supra and turn it into a BMW that never existed? It sounds like a paradox, especially considering the GR Supra is already largely a BMW to begin with, sharing its bones, powertrain, and much of its engineering with the Z4.
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That was the question one man not only asked himself but decided to answer in the most literal way possible. He goes by the MySupraAdventures handle online, and what he’s doing is grafting the front of a BMW Z4 onto his own Toyota Supra, with the finished creation set to debut at next month’s SEMA aftermarket gathering in Las Vegas.
The result isn’t finished just yet, but it’s already looking better than one might have expected and proves just how different these cars are on the outside.
Two Sides of the Same Platform
When Toyota revived the Supra for a fifth generation, one thing it didn’t do the same as the fourth one was create a convertible version. As everyone knows by now, the MkV only exists because the Japanese brand partnered with BMW, which used the same platform for the Z4.
That car only comes as a drop-top, which we guess was a key point of differentiating the target groups of the two very closely related sports cars, so if you wanted a Z4 coupe, you were out of luck. Even so, MySupraAdventures decided to build one himself.
Working with designer Xavier Cuevas, they created parts and pieces that would fit with precision and proper proportions. The hood, fenders, headlights, and everything else were bolted on and, perhaps surprisingly, the end result looks pretty good.
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Full Circle Engineering
Without seeing the process, it would be easy to think that the body panels and lights might just be swappable, but that’s not the case. The platform may largely be the same, but the support points under the skin are completely different, so the pair of builders had to design, cut, and fabricate pieces to complete the job.
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The turn here is both hilarious and elegant. This owner took what started out as a BMW and ended up becoming a Toyota, back to being a BMW (well, sort of…) once again – and they seem to have done a pretty good job. We can’t wait to see the finished item when it rolls out at SEMA.
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