BY DOMINIC COLETTI

In a press release just before Halloween, Toyota announced that the long-awaited 2019 Supra will debut in January at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show. The release described the release timeline as “one of the worst-kept secrets in the auto industry.” It’s the one part of the car that has been so poorly masked. Toyota has tantalizingly held the car just barely in the public eye for some time, debuting only masked versions thus far. Having whet the appetite of both auto enthusiasts who remember the original and new enthusiasts, the reveal will be one of the most anticipated events at the Auto Show this year.

If leaks are to be believed, the car will have a straight-six powertrain producing 335bhp and 332 lbs ft of torque, which will allow its 3300 lbs to careen to 60 mph in just 3.8 seconds. Toyota developed the car with BMW, who was working on a replacement of the Z4, another well-respected sports car. The motor is part of the German partnership, as is the gearbox, which is purported to be an eight-speed automatic. The top speed is unknown as of yet.

Though the release date and some specs have been common knowledge for some time now, much remains to be seen. For example, we’ve never seen it except in camo. We don’t have any idea what the interior will look like. What is clear so far is that whenever the Supra finally comes to production, we’ll have a fun-to-drive, quick, aggressive, bona fide Porsche killer.