Toyota GR Supra will reportedly live on as electric sports car in next generation

Reports out of Japan say that the current, fifth-generation Supra will not be the last. However, it might be the last one with an internal combustion engine. The grapevine whispers claim that a next-gen GR Supra will carry the nameplate on as an electric sports car. But before that happens, an even more hard core performance variant may be built to send off the gasoline engine with a bang.

Both rumors come from Japan's Best Car magazine. They say the ultimate ICE Supra may have as much as 542 horsepower, which would be a significant step up from the current 382 for the 3.0-liter turbo six. That comports with the output of the same engine in the BMW M3 CS and M4 CSL.

Instead of the GR Supra name, it could wear the GRMN prefix, which stands for "Gazoo Racing, tuned by the Meister of the Nürburgring" and is reserved for only the hottest of the hot GR models. The name is a tribute to long-time Toyota chief test driver Hiromu Naruse, who died by the circuit while testing a Lexus LFA. This supra Supra, if you will, is slated to be the final model on the A90 chassis, according to Best Car, production of which comes to an end in 2025.