When the 2020 Toyota Supra was finally revealed to the world, we had mixed emotions. Here was this radical new sports car with an all-new chassis, head-turning styling, and a reasonable price tag of under $50,000, but there was something missing.

In all the excitement of the fifth-generation Supra's arrival, plenty of would-be customers expressed their dissatisfaction that Toyota wasn't offering the car with a manual transmission. Having driven the new Supra on multiple occasions, we have no complaints with its ZF-sourced eight-speed automatic. But how fun would the car be to drive with a third pedal?

That's something European Auto Group wanted to find out. So the San Antonio-based tuner devised a manual swap for the A90-generation Supra. And we had the chance to drive it. But before we tell you about that, we need to tell you about how the shop got its start with one of the most unique vehicles we've ever driven.