Haven't seen any 2019 manual coupes on the market. Found one base convertible in Florida but that's it.

Did anyone in Canada or the US get one???

 

I believe I read somewhere that the MTs were discontinued half way through the model year which would mean they are more rare than Project 8s in NA. (<200). I estimate that just about 1000 MTs were ever built for the NA market.

 

I think that's the model year for the replacement that Uncle Fishbits got, but am not sure.

 

Which also explains why all 1000 owners will have to argue until they are blue in the face when the clutch fails.

 

I may be wrong but I think the dealers that ordered factory-spec MTs in 2016/17 found out the hard way that they couldn't sell them (easily). So, my theory is that none of them ordered any 18's or 19's (with factory specs) -- so, is it possible that all MTs for North America were all based on customer orders only. No (or very few) factory spec cars were ordered to sell from the dealer's inventory?

 

Likely supposition, and those special ordering are unlikely to be selling anytime soon.

 

Unless they're offloading a car you wouldn't want to own!

 

You mean like a car with a weak clutch? lol (hopefully resolved by 2019)

 

Or a car that is so rare it'll sell at a premium I guess I'm starting to panic since my lease is coming due and I have no manual transmission option on the horizon. My only hope is if Toyota decides to make the next MY Supra in a MT. Just like the F-type back in the day -- there's a lot of noise and pressure being put on Toyota to offer the Supra in a manual. I suppose I still have the option of just buying out my F-type and waiting..... for a miracle.

 

Buy out your F-Type. It’s twice the car of a brand new Supra even if it is a manual.

 

I didn’t know I needed an F Type in my life until Dec 2018. At that time, the only new MT I could find was a 2018 somewhere in the Northeast. It was a vert with white interior. No 2019s. My sales rep (also an F Type owner) told me the only way to get a MT coupe was used. I didn’t ask him to do a dealer locate- he’d never walk away from a sale, even if it meant some work.

So I started looking at the used market and found my car at the end of Feb. At the time, 2016 was only year available. Just now starting to see 2017 come in (assuming off lease). I keep looking - I plan to do a swap to newer once the right car comes up.

 

It would be a miracle too. Anything with hybrid tech like the Supra is more or less impossible to make work with a conventional MT.

 

I would really like to know the answer to this original thread post and whether the clutch issues have been resolved by 2019.

The fact that my car has the original second generation clutch (I think) with 30K miles on it has me interested. Otherwise, I'm likely going to need to have Plan B developed.

 

I am unaware of any 4th gen clutch failures to date. Plan B would be to install one of those. Plan C for me if my gen 4 clutch fails will be to install the SPEC performance clutch I have sitting in the garage.
At 30k on your gen 2 clutch, you’re already ahead of the game.

 

This brings up a good point, do we really know what production date started receiving the 4th generation clutch assembly and when they started installing the 4th generation clutches as clutch repairs for earlier versions?

If so, those owners feedback to this forum would be valuable.

 

When my 2nd generation clutch was replaced, I think they put in 4th gen clutch. I will have to look at parts numbers where I get home.

All I have to report is that the clutch did not immediately fail.

 

That's pretty good SinF, I'm brimming with confidence now. At least it made it home from the dealership.

 

That is notable improvement over 1st gen clutch.

 

[QUOTE=bb_sam;2121141My only hope is if Toyota decides to make the next MY Supra in a MT. Just like the F-type back in the day -- there's a lot of noise and pressure being put on Toyota to offer the Supra in a manual. [/QUOTE]

Not gonna happen. The only manual G29 platform is the S20i 4cyl and the supra is 6cyl only.

Dave

 

The Supra's not a hybrid.

Dave