This is down to the wire of the juggernauts, you can speak of Japanese muscle without the mention of the Toyota Supra. Introduced in 1979 as a Celica Supra. A larger sportier version of the Toyota Celica being sold at the time. It would be 7 years until the Supra became a known name by itself, when the MA70 chassis from 1986-1992 was released, Toyota shadowed the market with this two door coupe rivaling the Mustang 5.0, and Chevrolets' Camaro IROC-Z, and Buicks' GN-X. Of course these cars were more powerful than the Supra, it still stood tall above its adversaries and roared into our hearts. The Sporty long snout car which had similar accents close to the Z31 300zx ( Elongated Hood, Flip Up Lights ), it had one sizable notch against its cross town rival, a Dual Overhead Inline Six that produced a good 202hp 225 torque to the wheels, but with a mounted turbo it pounces at 232hp. The 7M-GTE engine was introduction to the world of inline turbocharging in my eyes, but at certain points and from a mechanics point of view, this engine just wouldn't do to quench our need for speed.( Cheesy... i know ) It was what Toyota developed across seas that had our attention, and would stain in the back of then and now Toyota Enthusiasts, the 1JZgte. A aluminum block, 9:1 compression ration, 344 hp animal that had everyone wanting more. A motor that gave any supra owner an edge of beating the 300zx's, and anything else that came to the line. This was the crowning achievement to Toyotas' impressive library of vehicles, and engines. True power couldn't have been built for none other than the Supra......but it gets better.
In 1992 while the MA70 was still being sold, Toyota created a new Sleeked designed Supra that would take our hearts forever. Introduced in 93, the JZA80 styled Supra was more beautiful than any other car sold in that period, but sharing the same sticker price as the 92 300zx at 30,000 dollars. Now considered a sports car, this model supra was declared ugly but functional, and returned with TURBO underneath the hood and a detuned 1JZ sharing its living quarters. Later on in the year a new fad was created to rival its single turbo engine, as i stated before, the 3000gt VR-4 arrived at dealers with a twin turbo V6, as well as the 300zx. Toyota probably said to themselves " Hey, lets jump on the twin turbo band wagon and see what our car can do ". Low and behold, The twin turbo supra as born, the 2JZTE under the hood was force to be reckoned with producing 276hp and 330 pounds of torque to the wheels. This model car and engine would be sought after. With time and patients and some wallet prying, this car would see close or over 1000 hp and become an unseen force on the street or the track, even-though 1000hp on the streets is just silly, but FUN! In a matter of time the supra would become an icon or unicorn to those who wanted but couldn't tame it at the time. A uniformed prowess of power, style and overall BAD ASSNESS. We can't forget how it made its way into the silver screen in The Fast and The Furious as the Heros' car of choice, that started off as a crippled hunk of junk to a side by side duel rival of the Dodge Charger in the film. As all good things must come to an end sadly, we have seen this before when the manufacturer must stop production on a good car. Maybe because they were not being purchased anymore, price is to high, people see the car is boring now, or they found something better. Nevertheless, the Supra has stained its Rear wheel drive, loud turbo spooling, sexy styling body into our heads. If you want one now the MKIII is easy to acquire for 1000 to 5000 dollars used by an owner, while the MIV version is still astronomically overpriced even after it went into a ditch, this one car has become worth the hype and if you haven't seen this car in action or never heard of it, you seriously need to get your head examined.
to be continued.......... the last car is ready!
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