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Despite the fact that current trends on the automotive market and low take rates of manual models make Toyota’s decision to use the automatic transmission in 2020 Supra absolutely reasonable, fans of the classic Supra with a stick still hope for a miracle. But it seems like cries for a manual option won’t come true, at least not with the 2021 model.

The manual 2020 Toyota Supra is finally here , as the EAG team has managed to integrate a 6-speed manual transmission in the Supra design. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at all stages of the transmission swap process with the help of videos from EAG’s youtube channel.

Go4trans.com has already highlighted some basic information on the 2020 Supra transmission swap project performed by EAG in one of our previous articles. This time we want to delve into the technical side of the project with the help of numerous videos provided by EAG and learn more about the company itself.

Despite numerous internet appeals to Toyota to include a manual transmission option for the new Toyota Supra, it seems that the Japanese automaker plans to stick only with the 8-speed automatic solution from ZF. So far, it is unclear whether Toyota will decide to add a gear stick in the future, but fans of manual Supras are excited to know that the American company European Auto Group (EAG) is ready to take up this challenging task.

According to numerous rumors in the automobile media, Toyota still considers adding a manual transmission option for its latest Supra model.

Debates on the future of manual transmissions in the time of auto industry automation do not go off. In the pursuit of profit, major carmakers often give preference to more popular automatic transmissions. However, it does not always have the desired effect. For example, the recently presented 2020 Toyota Supra, equipped with the 8-speed automatic transmission (only!) received a lot of mixed reviews.