BMW-Toyota partnership to spawn hybrid supercar
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hybrids/" rel="tag">Hybrid</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/" rel="tag">BMW</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/" rel="tag">Toyota</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="http://www.motoring.com.au/news/2013/bmw-and-toyota-settle-on-joint-supercar-39785"><img alt="BMW i8" data-mep="22530" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/955x639+153+85/resize/628x417!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/adam/cb893d2f573ce2fef6b4dacd8 741f12b/2015-bmw-i8-1-1-2.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/">BMW</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/">Toyota</a> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/01/bmw-and-toyota-agree-to-collaborate-on-future-green-technology/">inked a partnership some time ago</a> to develop green technology, and while we were excited by the idea of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/14/incoming-toyota-chairman-wants-a-supra-successor/">a reborn Supra</a> with BMW's carbon fiber reinforced plastic slashing the curb weight or an ultra-efficient, hybridized 1 Series, the joint efforts have been rather limited. That's set to change, though, according to a report from Australia.<br />
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<a href="http://www.motoring.com.au/news/2013/bmw-and-toyota-settle-on-joint-supercar-39785"><em>Motoring</em></a> reports that the partners have come to terms on a sports car. And not just any sports car, but a lightweight, hybridized model, with a six-figure price tag. Lending a bit of street cred to that idea is the site's claim that Toyota is currently carrying out durability testing on the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/i8/">BMW i8</a>. According to the site, the new model will slot into the spot left by the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lexus/lfa/">Lexus LFA</a>, although based on the language used, it's unclear if this is <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/20/bmw-toyota-sports-car-heading-towards-tokyo-debut/">the Tokyo-bound vehicle we mentioned several months ago</a>.<br />
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Details on this potential car are limited, although <em>Motoring</em> claims it will use a Toyota hybrid system mated up to a BMW gas engine - likely the 4.4-liter, twin-turbo V8 found in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/m5">M5</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/m6/">M6</a>. That sounds pretty amazing to us, but we'd still advise taking this with a grain of salt. What would you like to see out of a joint-venture supercar from Toyota and BMW? Let us know in Comments, and have your say on the prospects of a hybridized, twin-turbocharged V8.<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/06/bmw-toyota-partnership-hybrid-supercar/">BMW-Toyota partnership to spawn hybrid supercar</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:28:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/06/bmw-toyota-partnership-hybrid-supercar/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20762380/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/06/bmw-toyota-partnership-hybrid-supercar/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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