Quote:
Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
|
1985 Supra P-Type MSRP: $16,558 HP:161
1985 Corvette Base MSRP: $24,891 HP: 230
1985 Porsche 911 Base MSRP: $32,500 HP: 207
Quote:
For its first two generations of Supra, Toyota officially names its six-cylinder coupe the Celica Supra. The name hints at what the early Supra shares with the four-cylinder Celica underneath: a common chassis.
[...]
While we appreciate the first-generation Celica Supra for its reasonable power and modern amenities, its tight cabin and numb steering make it difficult to love. Fortunately, Toyota takes our words to heart and blesses the Mark 2 Celica Supra with the sort of driving dynamics that would help it go on to snag two of our 10Best Cars awards (one in 1983 and another in 1984). We also loved our long-term ’83 example.
The second-gen Celica Supra bows for the 1982 model year and swaps the old model’s live rear axle for independent semi-trailing arms, a setup that helps earn it fourth place—beating a Ferrari, a Lotus, and two Porsches—in a 1984 Car and Driver comparison test seeking the best-handling imported car. And in 1985, the Toyota finishes second to the Audi Coupe GT in an eight-car battle to determine the best sports coupe in America. Underhood, a new twin-cam 2.8-liter inline-six corrals 145 horses, making it 29 ponies stronger than the single-cam unit it replaced.
|
https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...supra-history/
The Supra first peaked as a car that was 2/3 the price of a Corvette and 1/2 the price of a 911 and punched above it's weight before Toyota started pouring money into the chassis to make the third and fourth generations, and even the third gen was still significantly cheaper than the competition (
~$23k with options vs. the $28k starting price of an '87 C4). The Mk4 is the anomaly of the Supra family, not the standard. The Mk5 is a return to form undercutting the American and German Gran Tourers by platform sharing delivering great performance value.