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# The MkIV Toyota Supra Turbo Is a Legendary 1990s Sports Car

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## Summary

This video is a comprehensive review of a 1995 Toyota Supra Turbo, a legendary Japanese sports car and icon from the Fast and Furious films. The host explores the car's quirks, features, driving experience, and cultural significance, while also promoting its live auction on Cars and Bids and a NordVPN sponsorship.

### Key Points

- **Introduction and Auction** [00:00] — The 1995 Toyota Supra Turbo is introduced as a legendary iconic Japanese car, hero of the original Fast and Furious, currently being auctioned on Cars and Bids.
- **NordVPN Sponsor** [01:04] — NordVPN sponsor segment: features include switching virtual location for streaming, protecting private data, and saving money on bookings.
- **Supra Background and History** [02:41] — The Supra started as a sporty trim of the Celica in the 1970s, became its own model in the 1980s, and the Mark IV (1993-1998) is the most beloved.
- **The Legendary 2JZ Engine** [03:58] — The Mark IV Supra uses Toyota's famous 2JZ inline-six; the turbo version produces 320 hp, 0-60 in mid-4 seconds, and is known for reliability and tunability.
- **Movie Stardom and Value** [06:58] — The Supra's fame from The Fast and the Furious has driven up its value; the Ferrari in the scene is now cheaper than the Supra.
- **Design and Style** [08:22] — The Supra's clean, swoopy 1990s design, including a giant rear wing and distinctive taillights, has aged well and is highly iconic.
- **Exterior Quirks** [10:00] — Key exterior quirks: the giant rear wing (not on all models), the 'Supra' font, hidden keyhole in taillight, and the complex sport roof removal procedure requiring specific tools.
- **Interior Design and Quirks** [15:00] — Driver-focused cockpit with controls angled toward the driver, circular vents, warning lights hidden to the side, and a generic Toyota steering wheel and radio.
- **Back Seats and Cargo** [21:25] — The Supra has standard rear seats (2+2) that fold down; cargo area accessed via hidden keyhole in taillight, but trunk space is limited.
- **Driving Experience** [25:22] — Driving impressions: smooth and solid, with a magical shifter and linear acceleration that builds above 4,000 rpm; handling is more grand touring than focused sports car.
- **Conclusion and Doug Score** [30:57] — The mark IV Supra Turbo is a legend; Doug scores it 56/100, noting it's not as focused as the NSX but the best all-around combination of beauty, speed, fun, practicality, and durability.

### Conclusion

The Mark IV Toyota Supra Turbo lives up to its legendary status as an iconic 1990s sports car, combining a timeless design, a legendary powertrain, and movie fame into a compelling package that is as desirable today as it was decades ago.

## Transcript

This is a 1995 Toyota Supra Turbo and
it's one of the most legendary iconic
Japanese cars ever made. The hero from
the original Fast and Furious movie, one
of the great 1990s sports cars. Today,
I'm going to review this relatively
unmodified Mark IV Supra Turbo and I'll
show you all of its quirks and features.
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for the quirks and features of the Mark
IV Supra Turbo, starting with a little
background on why this car is so
special. So, the Supra first came out in
the 1970s, and initially, it was a
sporty trim level of the Toyota Celica,
which was sort of the sporty little
coupe, kind of fun car in Toyota's
lineup. The Celica Supra was the
performance version, and in the 1980s,
the Supra was spun off to be its own
completely distinct, separate car, and
the Celica kind of stayed on the sort of
entry-level sporty path, while the Supra
became the real sports car, the kind of
high-performance pinnacle muscle car in
Toyota's lineup. This Supra is the
fourth-generation model, called the Mark
IV by enthusiasts, and it is by far the
most beloved Supra of all. It came out
for the 1993
model year, and it's a legend in the
Japanese car world and in the car
enthusiast community as a whole. Now,
there are three primary reasons why the
Mark IV Supra is so beloved. Among
Supras, among Japanese cars, it is one
of the all-time icons. And a big reason,
maybe the most important reason, is the
powertrain. All Mark IV Toyota Supras
used Toyota's famous 2JZ six-cylinder.
It was a 3-liter inline-six, so a very
smooth engine, and it was known for its
reliability. These are stout
powertrains. They're very difficult to
mess up or destroy, and for its
tunability. This powertrain was in a lot
of Toyotas over a long time, and
combined with its very robust build
quality, a lot of tuners made a lot of
engine builds based on this engine. So,
there's a lot of tuning capabilities and
parts you could buy, and for those two
big reasons, people love the 2JZ. Now,
there were two flavors of 2JZ in the
Supra. The base model had a naturally
aspirated version of it that made about
220 horsepower. But, if you stepped up
to this, the Supra Turbo, you got a
twin-turbo version of the same 2JZ
six-cylinder, which made about 320
horsepower. And that was a big deal back
in the '90s. In fact, this car, even at
around 3,400 lb, did 0 to 60 in the
mid-4-second range, which really made it
fast. It's still pretty quick today, and
it was really quick back then. Even at
this car's pretty high price point. The
sticker price on this Supra, back 30
years ago, would have been around
$50,000, which translates to about 110
grand in today's money. Big money for
this car, but it was big, fast, and big,
cool, in part thanks to this wonderful
powertrain. One 2JZ quirk I've always
loved, when you open the engine
compartment in this car to see the famed
2JZ six-cylinder. The most prominent
words that are staring back at you are
traction control mounted directly out
and facing anyone looking into the
engine bay, I guess to brag about the
amazing equipment that this car had,
traction control. Now, the 2JZ was used
in a lot of different Toyota and Lexus
products, including the Lexus SC300,
which in Japan was called the Toyota
Soarer, and which shared its platform
with the Supra. The Soarer and the SC300
were more of a grand touring kind of
luxury car, and for the Supra, the
platform was taken, changed, the car was
shortened, the twin turbo powertrain
went in, and the Supra was born. And
even though this engine is so beloved
for its tunability in all Toyota models,
the Supra was especially beloved because
the twin turbo version was a rarity in
Toyota's lineup, and because the Supra's
sporty chassis kind of lent itself to
performance already before you even
started tuning. Reason number two why
the Mark IV Supra is so beloved is, of
course, its movie stardom, its Hollywood
celebrity. This car was basically the
hero car in the original Fast and the
Furious movie. Of course, many sequels
on since then, the Fast and the Furious
movies have kind of become the defining
car movies of the last 30 years. And in
the very first one, Paul Walker drove a
Supra as the fast hero car, and it was a
big part of maybe the most memorable
scene in the whole movie, where Paul
Walker, driving the Supra, pulls up next
to a Ferrari on the Pacific Coast
Highway, and he says, "How much does it
cost?" And the Ferrari guy says, "More
than you can afford, pal." Ferrari,
condescendingly talking down to the
loser in the Supra. Of course, the great
irony of that scene is that in the years
since, the Supra's star status has
elevated its price tag well beyond the
Ferrari F355 Spider that was used in
that scene. And these days, the Ferrari
owner would ask the Supra how much it
costs, and the Supra owner would tell
him that the Supra is far more expensive
than that cheapskate Ferrari. And part
of the reason for that shoot up in
values is the powertrain, but also the
movie icon status. And finally, the
third reason why the Mark IV Supra, I
think, has had so much success and love
sent its way, the reason that not as
many people talk about, it just plain
looks cool. Japan sent us a lot of
special sports cars in the '90s, and
they didn't always look great. The
Subaru SVX and the Mitsubishi 3000GT
were awesome cars, but their designs
were more fussy. They were a little bit
over-styled. The Acura NSX was super
cool, but it had more of a focused
performance car look. The Nissan Skyline
GT-R was an awesome vehicle, but
definitely less of a true sports car
design, as it started life as a family
sedan. The Supra, and honestly, the FD
Mazda RX-7, those cars had a clean,
simple, swoopy, sporty design that not
only, I think, has aged pretty well, but
was also very representative of the
'90s. A lot of cars from this era had
these sort of flowing lines, a little
bit of a jelly bean look to them, rather
than the angular 1980s that preceded.
And this car is really representative of
that era. This design really looks like
the times, and it was one of the better,
more iconic, more emblematic designs
that came from that era. And I think
that, too, has helped the Supra earn so
much status and iconic power over the
years since it came out. But anyway,
beyond the lore of the Mark IV Supra,
there's also a lot of quirks and
features to discuss. So, let's start on
the outside, and specifically, let's
start with the wing. This giant rear
wing has become so emblematic of the
Supra itself. Although, interestingly,
not all Mark IV Supras had the rear
wing. Most turbos have it, but it's not
a given. And some base model naturally
aspirated cars have it, too. I've always
found that a Supra without the wing
almost looks naked. It just doesn't look
quite right. To me, it's like the
Countach. Yes, they were made from the
factory without a wing, but in my mind,
the Supra has a wing. And not just any
wing, but this ridiculously large one
that was probably the biggest wing on
any of those mid-'90s Japanese
performance cars, at least from the
factory. Definitely a very iconic part
of the Mark IV Supra design language. As
too was the font written on the back.
Supra, written out like this, again,
very '90s this sort of font look, but
it's also just so characteristic of the
Supra. When people think about the Mark
IV Supra, they think about this famous
font, which was on the back of all of
them and which everybody remembered from
the posters, the brochures, and the cars
themselves. Now, this is a factory Supra
Turbo, but it doesn't say Turbo, and
that's because they didn't start adding
the word Turbo until later in the
production run. Early Supra models just
said Toyota Supra, whether it was a
Turbo or not, that's all you got. Turbo
came later. Now, the other distinctive
feature around the back is, of course,
the taillight situation. You have two
taillight housings, as you can see. Of
course, one on each side. But, the
distinctive part was that inside each
housing, you have individual housings
for the tail light, the turn signal, the
brake light, the reverse light on either
side. And that created this very
distinctive Toyota Supra lighting
signature that was so well known. It
combined for this tremendously
distinctive rear end with the wing, the
Supra badge. It was all very Mark IV.
You look back on this car, you won't
mistake it for anything else. Now, the
other interesting exterior quirk of this
car is the roof situation. Because, like
other '90s Japanese sports cars, the
Supra was offered with different roof
options. There were two. You could get a
full coupe, just a regular hardtop
coupe, pretty normal, pretty standard.
Or, you could get the sport roof. And
that was a target top that could be
removed. Now, this car has the sport
roof. You can easily tell because the
line across the front, the line across
the back, these of course are body lines
for the removable top that could be
taken off. And removing the sport roof
is actually quite difficult. Unlike what
they showed us in The Fast and the
Furious where the Supras used and they
throw the roof off while they're doing
that heist on that 18-wheeler on the
freeway, it's actually quite a process
that requires a Toyota tool bag that
comes with the car. This is it. This
came with all of the sport roof Supra
models. You can see there are two tools
in here. And they have very important
purposes. This tool is used to unlock
the sport roof. And you can see there's
a hole in the center that says lock and
unlock. And you would stick this tool in
here and you could twist it left or
right for lock or unlock. That's the
beginning of the procedure. Next, you
would take this other tool, which
actually is basically just an Allen
wrench, and you you would stick it in
all four holes on all four corners of
the Supra Sport roof. You had to do each
one, you had to unlock the bolt that was
in all four sides, and only then was the
roof ready to come off. And from that
point, you could just kind of push up on
the roof. A lot of these have been
sitting in place for years, so they're
kind of hard to do, but you push up, and
then you can remove the roof, and you
have an open-top Targa convertible
situation, which is kind of cool. Now,
this procedure is a lot more difficult
than basically every other car. Even
cars from this era had latches you would
just open with your hands. You didn't
need a tool. For some reason, the Supra
just made it more complicated, and that
leads most people to just leave their
sport roof in place, often for years or
even decades. But, they can come out,
and that's how. And when they're
removed, interestingly, the sport roof
has a place in the trunk where it can
latch. You see here on the corners of
the trunk, you have these plastic pieces
where it can latch into place and kind
of get stuck down so it doesn't come
out, and that way you can bring your
sport roof with you once you take it
off. The drawback, of course, is once
you have it latched in the trunk, it's
taking up pretty much all of your trunk
space, and it can only latch one way
with the painted side up, which means
you can't really put anything on top of
it, or you risk scratching your sport
roof, which isn't the best situation,
but at least you can take it with you,
which is pretty nice considering it's a
fairly large and bulky panel. But
anyway, next up, since we've already
started discussing the interior, since
we're talking sport roof, let's move in
here and talk interior quirks and
features, starting with the obvious, the
cockpit design. You can see the entire
center control stack is angled towards
the driver, and the result is a very
cockpit-like design, very
driver-focused, with all the controls
within the driver's reach, facing the
driver, leaving the front passenger kind
of an afterthought in this car. It was
all about the driver's experience, and
the cockpit design theme was actually
pretty common in a lot of these '90s
Japanese sports cars. They were trying
to go high-tech and feel like a fighter
jet, and doing this really created that
experience. And from basically anywhere
you look in the Mark IV Supra's
interior, you have that feeling. From
the passenger seat looking over at the
cockpit, the driver seat, you're really
surrounded by all the controls. That's
how it feels in here, and it was very
intentional. One ironic thing that I
think about this cockpit look is that it
all sort of focuses in the center on the
steering wheel, which is just a generic
'90s Toyota steering wheel. Looks like
it was borrowed from a Camry or a
4Runner. It's kind of disappointing the
Supra didn't get a sportier wheel.
Interestingly, it actually did, but not
until '98, which was the final model
year here in the States. So, all of the
earlier Supra models had this four-spoke
generic Toyota steering wheel, and they
didn't go true sporty until the year
they just got rid of the car entirely.
Now, there are a few quirks in this
cockpit setup, starting with the climate
controls, which again really are faced
toward the driver to the point where the
passenger is actually almost at a
disadvantage in seeing and accessing
them. This is all driver focused in
here, and I've always loved the fan
speed control in this car because you
turn on the fan, and then as you twist
the dial, it lights up individual lights
within the fan speed control kind of
corresponding to how much fan speed
you've dialed up, which is a pretty cool
little quirk. It's a nice touch that
they did that. The climate control
temperature dial is fairly similar,
although unfortunately it does not have
those distinctive lights throughout it
as you twist the dial, but it's still
sort of the same setup and the same
feel. Now, the climate vents, as you can
see, are circles. There's one in the
center on the driver side, and there's
one on the other side, both of which are
circles sort of focused, I think
intentionally, trying to make it seem
more fighter jet-ish. The climate vents
on the passenger side of the dashboard
are just normal vertical rectangles,
nothing special for the passenger. The
driver gets the cool stuff. And there
are a lot of circles. You can see the
clock is within a circle, even though
it's just a normal clock face read out,
they put it in a circle. And same with
the power mirror control, again a
standard control, but placed inside a
circle. I think the circle's there to
give a little bit more of a purpose and
sort of a jet plane kind of feel than
just normal boring car controls. A few
other interesting quirks in this area.
One thing I love about the gauges, they
are very focused, very simple, easy to
read with the tachometer in the center,
which is a traditional placement for
very focused sports cars, where the
engine speed is more important to you
than the actual vehicle speed since
you're driving in a racetrack
competition setting, and the speed
you're going isn't as important on the
racetrack. Something else I love about
the gauge cluster setup is that the
warning lights are actually placed off
to the side. They're over here in this
kind of little panel that's actually
hard to see behind the steering wheel
rim, which makes it perfect for just
ignoring the warning lights, which a lot
of people do.
>> [laughter]
>> Especially 90s cars, stuff's hard to
fix, just forget about it, put tape over
it. That's easy in a Supra, where it's
awful over to the side. But anyway, one
other interesting note about the cockpit
feel, even the center console armrest
storage is aimed specifically for the
driver. The latch is on the driver side,
and it's hinged away from the passenger,
meaning the passenger's access to the
storage is blocked. This again was
intended specifically for the driver of
this car. Now, one other interesting
quirk in here is the door handle
situation, which mounted very low on the
door panel. When you look at the door
panel, it doesn't seem right. It seems
kind of weird how low it is. But, when
you close the door, it actually makes
perfect sense. It's perfectly in the
right spot to fall into your hand when
you're going to get out and open the
door. More interesting though, on the
driver side, again part of the cockpit
feel, you can see the power locks and
the window switches are mounted right
here. It's kind of an odd positioning
until you close the door and discover
that they're mounted there because it
fits with the overall cockpit design.
And when the door is closed, those
switches are now facing the driver in
the same sort of general shape that all
the other switches are as a part of that
driver-focused cockpit. It's actually
kind of cool and interesting design when
you think of it that way. And by the
way, speaking of those switches, the
window switches in this car are just
standard Toyota window switches off
basically every other Toyota from this
era. Same deal with the stocks coming
off the steering column, the turn signal
stock the headlights on it, the wiper
stock. They were on basically every
Toyota product in this era. I already
mentioned the generic steering wheel,
which is another example of this, but
also the radio head unit. It's fit into
the cockpit shape, but it's just the
same Toyota rectangle head unit that was
in a lot of different Toyota models for
a long, long period of time. It's kind
of funny that Toyota, even in the Beast,
the highest-performing, most expensive
Toyota model, even then you had some
generic Toyota stuff that followed in
from the rest of the lineup. By the way,
one other notable item in here is the
transmission lever, the manual shifter
as you can see, which I think is
perfectly placed. It's sort of short and
stubby, but it falls perfectly to hand
based on where it is, and it's really a
wonderful piece. I'll talk more about it
when I'm driving, but the important
thing to know is these were offered as
six-speed manual transmission cars or
with a four-speed automatic. And yes,
you could get the Supra Turbo as a
manual or automatic. Of course, also
true of the base car. These days,
everybody wants the manual and a lot of
people are swapping the automatics out
for manuals, but both were possible when
this car was new. Anyway, next we move
on to the back seats and interestingly,
yes, the Mark IV Supra has back seats.
That was actually a pretty big deal
because most of these '90s Japanese
sports cars didn't. The FD RX-7 never
had back seats in the states, the
3000GT, the 300ZX offered back seats,
but only in a 2+2 model that had a
specific stretched wheelbase and kind of
screwed up the whole look of the car.
So, it's pretty impressive to see the
Supra coming standard with back seats
without a long wheelbase or a special
version. With that said, the back seats
are really basic. You can see two
individual buckets back there with seat
belts and that's about it. You don't get
a climate vent, an ashtray, a roll-down
window, even a storage compartment. You
get nothing. You should just be happy
and feel lucky that you're riding around
in the back of a Mark IV Supra. Now,
with that said, the seats do have one
nice party trick, which is that they
fold down to increase your cargo
capacity because the cargo area opens up
to the entire cockpit and so you can
fold the seats down and get more cargo
space in back. Kind of a nice feature.
Now, and since we're talking cargo area,
next up, let's get back here and access
it, which is made possible through a
pretty cool quirk, a hidden keyhole
that's been kind of subtly placed in the
tail light on the passenger side. So,
you don't have to stick it in the middle
in the body where it's very obvious.
It's sort of hidden in here in the tail
light assembly. You stick the key in,
pop open the tailgate, and then you open
it up. And you discover that there's
actually not really all that much room.
You have a pretty high floor in here, so
even though it's fairly wide and pretty
long, you don't really get much depth
for a lot of stuff to be put in back.
Now, with that said, of course, you do
have the ability to fold down those rear
seats like I mentioned before, which
adds some cargo space if you're trying
to put in a specially large items, and
obviously that can make the car more
practical. One other interesting quirk
back here, you have a little switch to
turn on a light. So, if you're loading
or unloading stuff in the dark,
strangely doesn't come on automatically.
You have to find the tiny switch to turn
it on, but once you do, then you can get
a little illumination when you're taking
stuff in or out of your Supra at night.
So, those are your quirks and features,
but now I want to discuss what exactly
happened after this car. So, like I
mentioned, the Supra's last year in the
States was '98, but production continued
globally after that. Demand in the
States had fallen, the Supra's getting
old, they pulled it off the market, but
they sold it in Japan through 2002,
and then it was gone. And it would be a
long time, more than a decade, before
the Supra would return. And about 10
years ago, we got the Mark V
Supra back in action, but a very
different vehicle. No longer a
four-seater, smaller car, much more
affordable price point, standard
four-cylinder engine, although a
six-cylinder is optional, and most
importantly, it was based on a BMW. The
new Supra shares most of its
underpinnings with the BMW Z4. It was a
totally different Supra, but it's still
called the Mark V,
and it was embraced by Toyota Supra
enthusiasts. And the new Supra has
actually found a big tuner culture of
its own, just like they had for this one
all those years ago. [clears throat] And
it's actually been kind of cool and kind
of encouraging as a car enthusiast to
see the Supra return and still find that
culture even in today's world after the
name had been dormant for so long. So,
the Mark V Supra has brought it back,
but the Mark IV still reigns supreme in
everybody's mind. And so, with that and
all the quirks and features, now it's
time to get behind the wheel. Let's talk
about how the Mark IV Supra Turbo
drives. All right, driving the Mark IV
Supra Turbo. I love these cars. I have
wanted to own one of these cars for a
long time.
Um I know that a lot of people think
they are overhyped and blah, blah, blah,
but I think there's a lot of great
reason that this car gets so much hype
and so much love. I think it looks
awesome. I think the powertrain is
fantastic. I know a lot of people say
it's a it's kind of a mid car when it's
stock like this one mostly is, but to
me, it's cool that you can run the gamut
for what it can be from a from a fairly
stock kind of cruiser car to a really
off-the-chain, you know, modified,
ridiculous situation. And this
powertrain and this platform allows that
to happen. First thing I notice in this
car is just how smooth it is. I am
astonished. This car is coming up on
100,000 mi. And
even opening the door, it's like
surprisingly high quality. There's not
any like shaking or rattling. You turn
the engine and the powertrain being a
six-cylinder engine, a straight six,
that's a smooth engine design based on
the laws of physics and it feels very
smooth. Sitting here at a light, you
feel very little. You feel almost no
rumble. Despite being a Toyota from the
'90s with a fairly plastic interior, it
is a shockingly,
uh I don't want to say upscale, but like
solid experience that you I wasn't
really expecting. You know, I think of
cars Toyotas from the '90s, I think of
4Runners, I think of Celicas. They were
fine, but they were commuter cars. They
were durable and reliable, but they were
also pretty plasticky. They were not
This almost feels Lexus-like in its kind
of quality level, which is interesting.
And the ride quality feels like that,
too. It is not a particularly harsh
ride.
Um it's a little It's certainly harsher
than the Lexus SC. I did one of those
maybe a year ago. It's harsher than
that. This car's also been modified a
little bit. There's some suspension
stuff on it, I think. But it Again, it
feels solid. It has a truly like solid,
smooth, almost kind of higher-end feel
to it uh that I wasn't expecting. Now,
one of the things I've always loved
about this car, one thing that everybody
should love about this car who's
spending time in one, is the shifter
clutch situation. The clutch itself is
fine. Uh linear, it's a little heavier
than I would want. Um it's it's not
quite as communicative communicative as
say the clutch in my Porsche 993, which
also comes as from this era as a sports
car. However, the shifter is just
magical. Just absolutely magical. Short
throws, it's the right amount of
notchiness. It's just up It's a perfect
perfect perfect shifter situation. All
right, going to floor it here.
Yeah, it's definitely not as fast
>> [laughter]
>> as some cars are, let's put it that way.
It's quick. It's quick. I don't want to
take away from it. It It definitely has
some speed. I I understand why people
get so excited to modify them. You kind
of have to get up high to get the power.
Although, when you do that, it's like a
pretty fast experience, honestly. Uh
It It It It just It takes a little bit
of a while to build to that level. It
definitely is not incredibly quick from
zero, but once you get up into the
4,000-plus rev range, it actually is
pretty pretty quick.
Now, one of the things I think that a
lot of people complain about this car is
that it's sort of wallowy
um in stock form.
And that is kind of true. This car
definitely It does not have the sports
car feel of my 993 Turbo. You know,
honestly, the acceleration is actually
pretty good. You just got to let it get
up there. And then once it does get up
there, it's not like a lot of turbo cars
where it kicks you in the face all at
once. It it it's a little slow to build
until 4,000 and then it's not like a
smash in your face. It's a linear build,
but up to six this car actually feels
like legit fast. But what I was going to
say about handling is it definitely has
less of a focused sports car vibe like
an NSX or an FD RX-7 and definitely a
little bit more of sort of a touring car
type feel to it. It doesn't have the
steering precision. The chassis does
feel a little bit more prone to some
body roll and maybe not like immediate
and amazingly precise movements like you
just get in some of the other 90s
Japanese sports cars or my 993 that kind
of stuff. I think that um if you
approach the Supra thinking it's going
to be like the ultimate sports car,
that's not really what it is. It is not
an S2000, it is not an FD RX-7 kind of
an interesting way because this car was
so vaunted from its days in Fast and the
Furious and because it has a powertrain
that allows you to modify it so well. I
think what this car does well is
actually uh like grand touring cruising
which is it's a fast car that you could
probably sit fast on the Autobahn.
Yeah, it's quick. It's quick when you
get up in the range.
But you can feel that suspension float
as you go over bumps even at higher
speeds. It's kind of interesting. I
think this is a in a way I think this is
a a grand touring car with a sports car
powertrain and a sports car design and a
sports car sort of ethos and and
history. And so a lot of people really
come at it from the sports car lens, but
this car is definitely not as eager as
like a true purpose-built focused sports
car and I think that a lot of the reason
the tuner culture exists around this car
is because people want it to be that
focused sports car and you can make it
that focused sports car. It just
requires a little bit of effort.
Certainly not how it was done from the
factory. In fact, from the factory it is
just a really solid car. It's just a
good nice car. Would be easy to do big
miles in. I think that in stock form
it's a little misunderstood. People say
it's not that great. I think it's more
that it's intended to be not necessarily
that S2000 type situation. Overall, hard
to say bad things about a Mark IV Supra
Turbo. It's a It's a cool car. And so,
that's the Mark IV Toyota Supra Turbo.
This car is a legend. And while the
driving experience may not equal an
Acura NSX or a Porsche 911 Turbo, even
though prices are heading in that
direction, this car is just as iconic.
Not only for its driving experience, but
also because it is simply a legend of
our youth. Such a special car, and you
can buy this one on Cars and Bids.
Anyway, now it's time to give the Supra
Turbo a Doug score.
And the Doug score [clears throat] is
here, 56 out of 100, which puts the
Supra here against rivals. At this
point, I've driven all of the top
Japanese sports cars from this era, and
I really think the Mark IV Supra
deserves the hype. It's not as focused
as the NSX or as high-tech as the
3000GT-R
IV, but it's the best combination of
beautiful fast fun practical and
durable out of all of them. And so,
while it doesn't run away with any one
category, it scores high marks in all.
Plus, its tunability means you can get
more in any direction you want to go. If
you're looking for more style, or more
power, or more handling, the Supra
platform is ready. It's a wonderful car,
and I want one.