2020 Toyota Supra four-cylinder may come to America

When the

2020 Toyota Supra was revealed at the Detroit Auto Show

, only one engine option was announced for the U.S.: a 335-horsepower inline-six. It looks like that will change, though, as

California Air Resources Board documentation

, originally

discovered by Automobile

, reveals that the organization certified a four-cylinder version for the 2020 model. This indicates that we’ll probably see a four-cylinder

Supra

in the U.S. soon. The engine listed is a 2.0-liter unit with an eight-speed automatic transmission and is listed as being used in several other

BMWs

including the already announced four-cylinder

Z4

sDrive30i.

We know of

two four-cylinder engines being offered in the new Supra in Japan

. One makes just 197 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque, and the other makes 255-horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. This latter one is surely the one listed in the CARB documentation since the numbers match

the four-cylinder BMW Z4

exactly, and that model is in the same listing.

What will probably differ significantly between the four-cylinder Supra and the Z4 is pricing. Comparing six-cylinder models,

the Supra is about $15,000 cheaper than the Z4 M40i

. Those two cars do have slightly different outputs with the Supra making 335 horsepower to the Z4’s 362, and each make about the same torque. Considering the four-cylinder models probably have identical powertrains, the gap may be closer, but we think the new Supra model could be at least $10,000 cheaper than the four-cylinder Z4’s $50,695 base price. That would make the four-cylinder Supra about $40,000, which would also be a nice gap between it and the $50,920 six-cylinder version. Exactly when the model will be officially announced is unknown, but with the listing for the 2020 model, we imagine we’ll hear about it soon.