03/05/2025
Debut series HW Speed Graphics
Produced 2021 – Present
Designer Ryu Asada
Number GRX20
The Toyota Supra is a sports car designed and manufactured by Toyota Motor Corporation since 1978 and now in its fifth generation. Designed by Nobuo Nakamura, the fifth-generation Toyota Supra is very closely related to the G29 BMW Z4; both cars are built in Magna Steyr AG in Austria, feature the same platform and use the same engines. Despite Toyota using the model code "A90" in promotional material as a reference to the previous model codes of the Supra, such as A60 and A80, the new Supra actually uses BMW model codes, with the car's model code being "J29/DB". The car is currently used in various forms of competition, such as some endurance racing (particularly the 24h Nürburgring), drift competition and in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
This version of the casting depicts a Toyota Supra with a Pandem V1 body kit. Early prototype versions of this casting have the base read "'20 Toyota Supra".
Born: 2020, Graz, Austria
Designer: Toyota
The legendary Toyota GR Supra is back! The front-engine, rear-wheel drive, two door hatchback is equipped with an 8-speed automatic transmission and powerful 335 hp 3.0L twin-scroll, single-turbo, DOHC 24-valve inline 6-cylinder engine. Finally, a bespoke Rocket Bunny/Pandem aero kit creates a jaw dropping profile worthy of the Legend's return.
Ryu Asada was a Japanese Hot Wheels designer who worked at Mattel from 2004 to 2021 and oversaw the design of cars in the basic $1 mainline lineup as a Designer Project Lead, taking over from Jun Imai. Born in Osaka, he pursued a degree at the Art Center College of Design after emigrating to the United States. After graduating, he initially began work as a designer for Matchbox from 2004 to 2012; he first designed for Hot Wheels in 2009 as a "guest designer", and would join the Hot Wheels design team three years later.
He passed away on 23 March 2021 at the age of 42 from cancer. A mini-segment of the 2022 mainline, dubbed Ryu's Rides, as well as the Ryu Asada Award for the 2021 Hot Wheels Legends Tour, were both created to celebrate his life and to honor his legacy.