A Toyota Supra Sold For $121,000 And The World's Gone Mad
A clean, unmodified A80 Toyota Supra with a manual gearbox and two turbos is a coveted thing. That’s reflected on the used market - you can pick up a tidy automatic Supra for a very reasonable £12,000 or so, but you’ll need far more than that to secure one with stick-shift.
And yet, we’re flabbergasted to learn that a manual 1994 twin-turbo Supra was auctioned on Bring a Trailer for $121,000, which is nearly £100,000. If that sounds utterly bonkers, that’s because it is.
This Supra does, admittedly, have quite a bit going for it. Primarily the mileage: in its 24 years on Planet Earth, it’s clocked a mere 7111 miles. Although it’s always hard to tell in photos (it’s worth heading over to Bring a Trailer for the full gallery of close-ups), the car looks to be in superb condition. Extra kudos must be given for the Supra-branded floor mats.
The Car Fax report hasn’t flagged up any accidents, and it doesn’t look like a single thing has been modified on the car. No badly-fitting body kits, no tacky wheels - this A80 is the real deal.
Regardless, we’re still struggling to get our heads around this. With someone recently splashing out $64,000 on a barely used Honda Integra Type R, it seems it’ll only be a matter of time before we’ll be reporting on the next Japanese icon to go for a preposterous amount of money.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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The car (especially in this unmodified state) has a high market value, you should expect prices like this. So yes, the retail on that Supra is definitely “more than you can afford”
Mad? One of the most iconic cars in the world which is no longer available at retail in showroom condition? If you had the money you’d be mad not to buy it. Plenty of people do.
More and more cars are starting to be an investment instead of being driven. Prices are skyrocketing for a lot of makes and models.
Some people who may gather enough money to buy their dream cars in few years time will only realize these cars are not even remotely affordable.
Honestly, if I had that much money to spend, I would buy it and drive it.
I mean, it’s nice to see various collections out there, but cars were made to be driven. Put one of the rare cars in a museum so everybody can see it, drive the rest.
Here’s the thing though; why does a Supra, with very few opportunities to become a daily driver, have to cost $120,000? That’s as much as two well-optioned BMW M2 Competitions.
You can go and buy an M2 in a shop. Can’t do that here can you? There’s your difference.
With $121,000 you know how many MazdaSpeed 3s’ I can buy?
Blame the new Supra.
No, blame then modern JDM scene, F&F franchise, and the drift scene.
Worst purchase of all time probably lol
A tidy automatic Supra is about $14k, right? An R154 gearbox is about $2800-$3k.
Gearbox swap - from $0 to $500. I’m just imagining the resulting car sale margin…
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