This is the last A90: the track-honed, 429bhp Toyota Supra ‘Final Edition’

Farewell, A90 Supra, we… knew thee very well, actually. Because the reveal took seven years and arrived 21 years after the A80 dump-valved itself into the horizon.

Now, after just five short years on sale, Toyota has confirmed this jet black, not-here-to-deal-with-your-BMW-gags special edition is the last one. Hence why it’s called the ‘Final Edition’.

It’s bowing out not as a stickered-up special, but rather more ungracefully via a series of updates that draw inspiration from the A90’s competition pedigree. Stuff like drifting, endurance and even NASCAR, as well as the championship-winning GT4.

So it’s more powerful. Much more powerful. That (BMW) 3.0-litre straight-six – matched up exclusively to a (BMW) six-speed manual gearbox – has been treated to a new intake air path and ‘optimised’ engine controls to somehow liberate a power boost from 335bhp to 429bhp. Nearly 100 additional horsies and around 50lb ft more of torque (a new total of 420lb ft) is what you’d term ‘healthy’.

There’s a new baffle plate to keep the oil distribution steady “under high G forces” (read: heavy sideways), while the cooling system has been beefed up too. Top speed rises to 168mph and while there’s no mention of acceleration numbers, it’ll likely be in the ‘rapid’ category. Should sound fruity, too.

And corner fruitily. Toyota has fitted adjustable KW suspension – with 16 rebound and 12 compression stages, just like the dampers you get in the GT4 contender. That’s matched to new camber angles front and back, and ‘optimisation’ of the active diff to reduce understeer.

The electric steering’s been tweaked, while the body gets additional scaffolding via aluminium mounts, braces, and stronger stabilisers. The brakes are mahoosive 19-inchers from Brembo with high-tech accessories. The tyres are fatter and grippier, wrapped around bigger lightweight wheels.

Looks fantastic, clad in matt black and wearing a wind-tunnel-honed aero pack lifted pretty much from motorsport that includes a carbon fibre front spoiler, some canards, a swan-neck rear wing, carbon fibre bonnet ducting, and an Akrapovic exhaust. Told you it should sound fruity.

Naturally there’s race-spec stuff inside, like a set of Recaro buckets, red seat belts, carbon fibre scruff plates and Alcantara trim.

“Back in the day, I spent countless hours driving an old Supra at Nürburgring to become a master driver,” Toyota boss Akio Toyoda said back at the car’s launch in 2019. “Supra is like an old friend that holds a special place in my heart.”

Farewell, old friend, we… knew thee very well, actually.