IT’S confirmed: Toyota will revive the Supra nameplate, and this is our first good peek at what it will look like.

Dubbed the Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept, the company’s Geneva Motor Show showstopper is a track-ready version of the car that is expected to sex up Toyota dealerships from next year. Subtract the big wing, rear diffuser, vents, stickers, and motorsport-grade wheels, brakes and tyres, and you’re left with sheetmetal and bumpers that appear virtually production-ready.

2018 Geneva Motor Show: Toyota Supra scooped ahead of official reveal

The sheetmetal faithfully echoes that of the stunning FT-1 concept that Toyota wheeled out at the 2014 Detroit Motor Show, though the bumper plastics deviate significantly from the form of that concept.

Few clues to the production car’s interior are given by this concept, with the cabin stripped-out and fitted with a roll-cage, simplified dashboard, racecar steering wheel, fixed bucket seat and featureless door cards. We’ll have to wait a little longer before we see that aspect of the new Supra.

Even so, BMW’s B58 3.0-litre turbocharged inline-six is a hot candidate for a flagship Supra, which currently offers up 250kW and 500Nm in performance-oriented BMWs like the M240i. A 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine with around 188kW – also BMW sourced – is rumoured to power entry-grade variants. An 8-speed ZF automatic will likely equip all models, with no manual option.

“We haven’t yet confirmed that we’ll get this car, but I can assure you that we’re certainly very keen to take Supra,” Hanley said to media at Geneva.

Hanley wouldn’t be drawn on pricing, but said that the car’s arrival in Australia wouldn’t necessarily follow the same bargain-pricing strategy of the 86, which launched in 2012 with a completely unexpected sub-$30K pricetag.

“I see this as a niche car,” Hanley continued. “Being [price] competitive is important, but it will play a very different role to a volume car. We think that this car will stand on its own in name, design, performance and desirability.”