Why are Supra's so Expensive?

[Kuntry_Boi06]

is it just me or is anyone else aware that civic's can be turbo'd for less than a grand and the D16z6 has been known to run 12 psi safely stock. Putting it over 220whp and it weighs something like 1,000 pounds less than a supra. Well i dont no that to be fact or not. :'( but my 4 door wighed 2,400 i think?!
and where im from sunfires are a dime a dozen... sooo annoying... every M**** F**** has one... anyways that guy made a good point i did not want a civic because of 2 Fast 2 Gay i got one for free form my cousin. 95 ex, 5 speed. I thought it was slower than S*** and began to assemble a turbo kit before the tie rod broke sending me into an embankment. :'( oh well not everyone with a civic is a ricer trying to immitate that gay movie i just loved my car and was genuinaly involved in the civic scene, i guess im just tired of the stereotype.. oh and now i got a black uunmolested 1990? supra sitting in my drive way with 90k miles and 5 speed tranny w/ new clutch i am buying for 800 trying to get the guy to 600 cuz he got it for free. oh and it runs soo great only thing that dont work is the speedometer. :-P so see they can be found for cheap.

[rz_injen]

Originally Posted by TcmaBoy

Used prices weren't that bad until that evil movie came out. Once the car was featured in a movie every poser out there wanted one. It drove up demand which then drove up prices. When I was shoping for my Tacoma back in 99 there was a used 97 TT MT on the Toyota lot. It was certified used with a waranty for 22K. It only had 50K miles on it. Now you are looking at an AT with 120K on the ODO that probably has a few problems for that price.

I think it is rather silly. It is too much money for a car that some one has already ragged out. Especialy when you look at the other cars you can get in the 22-26K price range. You can put yourself into a brand new Mustang GT for that price. I know there are plenty of folks out there that seem to shun domestics for no apparant reason, but the new Mustangs deliver the same stock HP with a broader power band in a lighter package. Don't knock it until you try it. If you are insistant on an import you can also put yourself into a WRX or an Evo. That is why I am building up a MK III. With a 1K entery price I will have a built car for less than half the price of a well used MK IV.

yeah but who wants a mustang gt they hella suck id still take a
flipin supra
anyday

[Modern_Prometheus]

Supra's are so expensive because the revolutionized the automotive world. Look at the '94 Mustang. Those tiny "brake ducts" that have always been on Mustangs are suddenly the same shape as the Supra's. The trunk on the Mustang has the same curved shape as the supra's. And don't get me started on the Ferrari.

[93dawg]

Supras are expensive because they are that good of a car. Plain and simple! The Fast and Furious only made more people aware of the car and until then it had been pretty much of a sleeper.

Most Supras are not beat up and beat out. They are generally well taken car of. However they are built to take abuse, actually overbuilt. They will easliy go 200K miles plus if properly taken car of so there is no need to be afraid of buying a high mileage Supra. Whats to go wrong with them except normal maintenance items? Most of the running gear will stand all so called abuse one can give them. So one blows an engine. You can buy a short block for around $2K... If the twin turbos go you can pick up a good used set for around $400. What else is there that gives problems for an everyday driver? Nothing. If any Supra looks good you can generally assume it has been well taken care of.

Hardly anybody want to spend $25 and on up just to beat a car to death. The most abusing thing one could do is hard core drag racing at the drag strip every week end and if one was making 800RWHP plus it might cause you to eat a drive shaft or a differential which could be expected of most any car. If one has that kind of power and is going to be a hard core drag racer you should replace those two items with aftermarked components anyway. The percentage of Supra owners who do that is pretty low.

The Supra might not be the best car at everything one would do with a car but it is nearly there and that is in every kind of driving one can do. This car is a phenominal car for just about every kind of driving you would want to do. And it is just plain fast in stock condition. I am sure you can't show me too many cars in the Supra price range that is as good of an all around drive and that will do 180MPH in stock condition and drive like a dream. I have driven stock Supras up to 175MPH and it is so smooth that one could take your hands off from the steering wheel and it will continue going straight down the road. There just isn't any better all around cars built than a Supra. PERIOD!!!

There are still plenty of well taken care of good Supras for sale if one takes their time in looking and lots of them with low mileage. Lots of original owners hardly drove there Supras at all...

[MclarenF1]

Originally Posted by 93dawg

There just isn't any better all around cars built than a Supra. PERIOD!!!

There are still plenty of well taken care of good Supras for sale if one takes their time in looking and lots of them with low mileage. Lots of original owners hardly drove there Supras at all...

Very debatable. The Supra had a drivetrain that was bullet proof, yes, but most open minded auto connoisseurs would laugh at the idea that the Supra is the world's best all- rounder. Alot of people will hate me for saying this, but the big single turbo Supras that put out 600+ hp suck as road cars. Yes, you can rag them out in a straight line, but try and really enjoy one on a twisty two lane back road, and it will only be a matter of time before you total it. (I'm sure somone will use this as an excuse to brag about their mad tite driving skills and they way in which they race through Deal's Gap in a fictitious 900hp Supra every week). And yes, for the record, I have driven a 600 horspower Supra on the road, and I immediately had to go change my underwear. "Fun" is not how I would describe that car.

As far as Supras with more realistic road set ups go- C5 Corvettes and M3s are known for being sweeter handling cars with better overall roadcourse numbers.

As far as design goes- someone claimed that the Supra had a huge impact on the automotive world. I seriously doubt that the Mustang designers had the Supra in mind when they designed their car's brake ducts and trunk lid. By the time the Supra hit showroom floors, that body style Mustang was already in its preproduction phases. If I recall correctly, the last Supra's exterior design was the brunt of alot of jokes in car magazines. At the time alot of people thought it was embarassingly derivative and a perfect example of what is wrong with bland Japanese automotive design. In fact, as far as "impact" goes, the Supra was really a kind of "Johnny come lately," as the 300zx and 3000GT/ Dodge Stealth had already set the scene for the Japanese sports cars war.

BTW, don't get me wrong- I would LOVE to have a Supra. As a matter of fact, I could now (finally) afford one. But the fact remains that, unless you intend to build a very capable import drag car, the Supra doesn't really have the goods to justify its extremely inflated price. Yes, many offended Supra owners will say "I have the right to do what I want with my car," but the rest of us also have the right to call it as we see it.

Mark my words- There is nothing wrong with paying top dollar for a car you really like. But you eventually approach a level of lunacy, no matter how much money you have to throw around. When everyone has forgotten about "The Fast and the Furious," the Supra will settle back down into book value territory. When that happens, you will have alot of Supra owners who will wonder what in the world they were thinking, regardless of whether they want to admit it or not.

Don't beleive me? This type of stuff happens all the time. Ask some of the collectors who bought up Ferraris like crazy right after Enzo died. Values soared, but most those cars are now barely worth half of what the owners originally paid for them (and that's without taking inflation into account!). And wait till the muscle car craze dies down. I may be wrong, but I have a hard time believing that any of the guys paying 2 mil. for hemi Cudas will ever see that money again. Granted, the overpricing of Supras isn't quite as exaggerated as those examples, but most of the middle class guys who buy these cars will probably suffer more for the money lost on a passion driven Supra purchase than those bazillionaire collectors ever thought about.

BTW, the above is in reference to MKIV Supras. MKIII Supras can be bought at bargain basement prices, and are probably one of the best deals going in terms of low budget performance builds. My brother and I replaced the head gasket on a 91 model and built the hell out of it while we were at it. That car was flat out wicked.

[Alex_me]

Yes they are kind of expensive i'm plannin of buying one and i'm faceing the same issue...

[clean88]

Supras are rare where I am from.[CANADA] Anyone know of any sites I can check for supras on sale. I am student as of now but when I am done with school im going to be in the market for car.

[HondaChili]

I guess I decided to revisit at a good time. This thread makes me glad that the prices are high purely because people like you can't buy them. There's too much bitching and whining from haters out there that wish they were driving one. Such comments as "I wouldn't get one cuz its too expensive and not worth the money." Please... If your car went up in price in kbb and private markets you'd be singing a different note. Coming into the supra section to bitch about how the car is way overpriced and that people should get a different car will get you nowhere. Choose you battles carefully.

Originally Posted by flyinMKIV

As for you being a genius, give me a break. You decide to come on here bitching and complaining about something that we already hear enough of. If you want to complain, find somewhere else to do it and quit wasting space.

Damn somebody got

[Philly325i]

If someone had already said this im sorry but I see a lot of nice clean 93 TT (with only like 100k miles)including some nice mods for around 6k to 13K because I was thinkin of tryin to get one. So yeah look around..

[Mitshiko]

I agree with the zombie, >_>;; I know I will never get an MKIV, but when I think about it, I dont really NEED one. Want? Yes, Go out of my way to get a super car? Prolly not unless I win the lottery or win one itself. If I found one for a good cheap price, I would most likely sell it, and use that cash to make my MKIII better, since, after doing some reasearch, you can make a MKIII just as good as a MKIV even with an older 7M-GTE engine. Im not saying MKIII is better, but hey, its all in taste. I like the look of the boxy-eque MKIII and MKII a little better, but to each his own. I really dont think in life, either, that I would be able to afford such a piece of art, and while money is an issue, I will go for the slower, more affordable Supras...because a Supra is still a Supra... >_>

At least thats what I tell myself when trying to accelerate with a bad tranny.. hehe

EDIT: Zombie being FlyinMkIV

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