I wasn’t sold on the MkV Supra when it arrived in 2020. Like many, I came in with baggage like the stubborn old man I am; expectations shaped by the classic MkIV I grew up with, shooting for the tuner magazines back in the early 2000s, and really just by what a Supra should be. This new one felt distant from all that. I drove it briefly on track years ago and respected it, but never really connected with it.
This time was different. My first proper look at the 2026 GR Supra MkV Final Edition came months earlier, sitting idle under harsh studio lights in an LA studio somewhere. Matte black paint, subtle aero tweaks, nothing overly dramatic, but it had this badass presence. More serious, more resolved. Still, staring at it and taking pictures only tells you so much.
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It wasn’t until Sonoma several months later that the car started to make sense. Driving the white GR Supra Final Edition from the hotel to the track, spending some time in morning traffic before finally opening up on the freeway. That short drive weaving through traffic alone gave me a better feel for it: quick, composed, and easier to live with than I remembered.
Toyota had the full run of fifth-generation MkV Supras lined up, and a rare chance to drive the evolution back-to-back. Early 2020 cars, updated versions, manuals and automatics, and finally this limited edition send-off one. Same bones, but sharper with each step. And when you get into the Final Edition, you feel it immediately. It’s tighter, more focused, less forgiving in a good way.
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Out On Track, It Clicks.
The chassis feels dialed in, the front end more confident, the whole car more cohesive than I remember. It’s not just faster but more composed. Braking is stronger, turn-in is cleaner, and there’s a sense that Toyota spent the last few years quietly refining the details that matter. Only to see it out the door.
And it does a lot well. Between sessions, I kept coming back to it. Walking around it, noticing how the design had grown on me. The proportions that once felt awkward now look intentional. Especially in this spec, in matte black, the Supra feels more mature. Less like it’s trying to prove something. You can see the subtle design tweaks across all 2020 to 2026 Supras — from the mirror caps and brake visuals, to tweaks to the six-lens LED headlights.
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That’s probably the biggest shift for me. The MkV Supra never became the MkIV successor people wanted. It was never going to be. But over time, and especially in this final form, it’s become something more honest; a genuinely engaging sports car that stands on its own.
Driving it at Sonoma, back-to-back with everything that came before, you can feel the arc of that journey. This Final Edition isn’t a radical send-off. It’s a refined one. And maybe that’s why it hits a little harder than expected. Because just as it all comes together, it’s over.
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