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2020 Toyota SupraHandout / Toyota A recent recall filed by BMW reveals the seat-belt guide-loop mounts on seven Toyota Supra coupes yes, the German automaker builds that Japanese sports car could be faulty.Normally, a recall would require the vehicle be brought into a dealership to be fixed, but this time, it might not be so simple.The vehicles will be inspected and if a defective seat belt guide loop mount is found, the vehicle will be replaced, reads the recall.Yes, this time the entire vehicle may apparently have to be replaced, just because of one faulty part. This seems excessive, but when it comes to safety, poor welds on a part like this could cost somebody their life. If the drivers safety belt guide loop mount was not welded to specifications, then in a crash of sufficient severity, the mount could become damaged and may not restrain the driver as designed which would increase the risk of injury to the driver, the recall explains.The reason for the faulty welds is that the supplier used inadequate parts for the welding tool, and because its welded to the frame, its not something that can easily be replaced.Four of the seven vehicles identified as having faulty welds have been fixed, er, replaced already; Toyota will contact the remaining three vehicle owners to have their vehicle inspected for the issue. Toyota says if the faulty welds are present, the vehicle will be replaced free of
Origin: Recalled Toyota Supras could be replaced with completely new car

Toyota’s 2020 Supra is fitted with a BMW engine, but not in the full-blooded 382-horsepower trim the German brand is saving for its top-of-the-line Z4. Instead, Toyota’s version of the engine is detuned to make a little less power—or so we thought. According to Car and Driver, the 2020 Toyota Supra actually makes more horsepower than advertised. The publication previously found the BMW M5 was also making a lot more power on a dynamometer machine than what was quoted, so they decided to reproduce the test with the new sports car from Japan. When strapped to the dyno, the engine made 339 horsepower and 427 lb.-ft. of torque at the wheels, which is a damn sight higher than the 335 horsepower and 365 lb.-ft. of torque Toyota said it would be making at the crank. This substantiates the publication’s test drive of the vehicle, which saw it sprint to 96 km/h in just 3.8 seconds; and cover the quarter-mile in a staggering 12.3 seconds, outperforming a BMW M2 Competition (which uses a 410-horsepower version of the same engine) and eke-ing into bigger-Bimmer territory. Dyno tests aren’t always the most accurate, and this one should be taken with a grain of salt. The test vehicle was also a press car from Toyota, so it’s entirely possible the automaker turned up the boost for the test, but this does show not only is the engine in the new Supra worthy of the sports car, but also a great starting point to push into the higher echelons of
Origin: Toyota may have underrated the Supra’s torque figures