- Hey everybody, it's Rutledge Wood.
I'm here at SEMA 2019, and it is a big year
because the Supras are here.
I'm standing in front of one of my favorites ones.
This is Christopher Bell's race-winning Supra right here.
He's got six races so far this year.
Pretty unbelievable.
But lets take a look around,
let's go check out some of the GR Supra 2020s that are here.
Of course, you can't help
but love the yellow in person, right?
And this year was really exciting
'cause I actually got to build one
against my friend Ed Laukes.
So I wanna show you my car and what we did.
It's tough because you're trying to reimagine
a brand new car that was just imagined.
But that's what's so cool about the new Supra
and the way that Toyota lets people
really dig in there and customize it.
This is my car, what we're calling the Hyperboost edition.
So I wanted something that was loud and proud,
had that kind of drifting,
plus sort of like a super car for the everyday person,
and that's what we wanna make.
So my buddy, Rick Leos, helped me come up with this.
It's a 20 piece body kit, tons of carbon fiber,
KW suspension, Brembo brakes sitting on Litespeed wheels
with Continental Tire ExtremeContact Sports on there.
That's a 335 tire in the rear.
How nuts is that?
Now, paint-wise, I wanted to give something
that was a nice Toyota tribute,
so we did the TRD cement paint
off the TRD Pro Tacoma and Tundra.
We did real carbon fiber on the roof,
going down to a really cool carbon fiber duckbill
'cause you can really never have too much spoiler.
And then this beautiful thing back here is a work of art.
My face is on the floor mats, too,
which I think is pretty cool.
But we didn't want it to just look wild,
we wanted it to perform too.
So Boost Logic came in with their 750 package.
It's got a big ol' Garrett turbo on there.
We got 750 to the wheels.
That's a lot of power.
So that's one kind of Supra, but how 'bout
if you wanna really make a true race car Supra?
Come take a look at this.
This is the new Supra GT4.
Now, it's a concept right now, but this is coming.
People are gonna be able to actually buy
a race-ready Supra to go hit the track with.
Now, this has got a different KW suspension on it
than my car does, but it's still KW.
It's got Brembos, it's got OZ wheels,
Pirelli Slicks on there.
This thing's been tuned.
It's got a lot of work done to it.
But you can literally go and order one of these,
and then you can go compete
every single weekend at the race track.
How cool is that?
That's the new Supra.
That's what Toyota's doing.
They're making sure that everybody
who loves these cars can actually get to 'em
and go use 'em for what they're for, you know?
Now I wanna show you my friend Ed's car
that I built my car against.
So we had the Hyperboost,
and now take a look at the Heritage edition.
My friend Ed said he wanted to make something
that had really the coolest Qs of the Mark IV,
but in a Mark V, which is what this is.
So when you look at the headlights and the tail lights,
you definitely get that Mark IV Supra feel.
But it's the wing that really does it.
When you see that metallic red paint on there,
on a true Mark IV wing that's been cut down
and made to fit, you really get a feel
for what they were doing.
That rear setup, though, with the center exit exhaust
and the new rear suspension, this sucker is insane.
I mean, huge Brembos, again,
custom HRE wheels on this thing.
And they really brought in that nice metal feel
that's on the door handles, on here, on the exhaust.
They did a ton of work to this car.
So people can pick which one is better,
but it's tough 'cause I didn't build this one,
and there's a small chance I might like it better than mine.
We'll see.
How about if you want something more wild?
How about the wasabi concept?
This one, obviously, the color wasabi green,
it's really laying out here.
But when you see this car, again,
dumped on 20s, tons of carbon fiber on this thing too.
And Toyota really went to work
on trying to make something that was fun,
that was different, but still screamed Supra.
So I love this car.
I would drive this one every day, honestly.
But how can you not love the pace car?
That's right, this is a car that I drove this car
around Watkins Glen International this year at the track
'cause this is one of the cars
that paces the Xfinity Series, yeah.
So not only does Christopher Bell get to race a Supra,
but there is a Supra pace car.
And that's what I love about SEMA.
That's what I love about Toyota.
They know what the enthusiasts want.
They get out there, they give them something fun
that they can drive, and they can even make it their own.
This is amazing.
I hope you like all the cars you saw
'cause I know there's a few here I'd love to take home.