Toyota Supra Alleged Revival: 2015.

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

MkIV Supra was the best car they never made (IMO) and I don't think Toyota wanna give that name away to Lexus or Scion, even though they're same company

Hopefully that is the case. But how many of us thought the same thing regarding this car (FRS)?

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by tranzformer

Hopefully that is the case. But how many of us thought the same thing regarding this car (FRS)?

For FRS, there's a price difference. It's under $30k... vs Supra is over $30k

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

For FRS, there's a price difference. It's under $30k... vs Supra is over $30k

Sure but argument could be made that no Scion was ever priced over $20k until the FRS came along. Now all of a sudden the FRS is 30% more expensive than the 2nd most expensive car in the lineup.

I don't doubt that the Supra will be well over $30k (probably closer to $60-70k if I had to guess) but that doesn't stop Toyota from making a interesting decision if they view Toyota as the green/boring lineup, Lexus as the luxury brand and Scion as the sporty/fun lineup. Not saying if a Supra came out it would be a Scion, I'm just saying many of us were surprised the FRS was not a Toyota here in the USA.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by tranzformer

Sure but argument could be made that no Scion was ever priced over $20k until the FRS came along. Now all of a sudden the FRS is 30% more expensive than the 2nd most expensive car in the lineup.

I don't doubt that the Supra will be well over $30k (probably closer to $60-70k if I had to guess) but that doesn't stop Toyota from making a interesting decision if they view Toyota as the green/boring lineup, Lexus as the luxury brand and Scion as the sporty/fun lineup. Not saying if a Supra came out it would be a Scion, I'm just saying many of us were surprised the FRS was not a Toyota here in the USA.

I do agree w you... but look at current line up of Toyota. They don't have any hope in that line up. Even they add FRS in Toyota line up, they need few other (like MR-S) to make that line up better (like in 90's).

My bet is we won't see Toyota Supra for very long long time (line 86) and like you said, it'll be $60k~$80k price tag

[poormans_LFA]

Originally Posted by Dimman

Mk4 was a Vette competitor.

He's saying that priced like a Mustang/Camaro is dreaming.

wait a min, a brand new Camaro SS is about the same price as the Supra Turbo was back then..and quicker...sooooo....yeh. doesn't make sense. a base corvette is $49k. i was a kid when the MKVI Supra was around so my perspective is probably a little skewed for what a new Supra should be.

[Levi]

FYI in France a base Corvette 6.2 V8 starts at 83.500 €. I'd take a 70.000 € Toyota Supra with good handling.

[Matador]

Originally Posted by Kage

Hey Guff can you link the rest of that article...I was enjoying the read then realized it was cut off...day BLOWN.

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by poormans_LFA

wait a min, a brand new Camaro SS is about the same price as the Supra Turbo was back then..and quicker...sooooo....yeh. doesn't make sense. a base corvette is $49k. i was a kid when the MKVI Supra was around so my perspective is probably a little skewed for what a new Supra should be.

Um, did you just compare a current car's price and performance to one from 18 years ago? Soooo... yeh.

And even the only place a new Camaro SS would take it is in a straight line.

[poormans_LFA]

Originally Posted by Dimman

Um, did you just compare a current car's price and performance to one from 18 years ago? Soooo... yeh.

the article doesn't even mention the year of the Supra tested. even still if you compare a '98 Supra Turbo to a '98 Camaro SS the performance stats are quite close. price, i couldn't tell you.

And even the only place a new Camaro SS would take it is in a straight line.

appears you only about muscle cars from Car & Driver magazines circa 1967.

[bambbrose]

A new supra, if priced the same as the last supra, would cost between $58k to $72k, after adjusting for inflation.

The Supra was $38k to $48k in 1990s dollars, in today's dollars it would be significantly more.

[vh_supra26]

I hope they would release a MK5 in the US as a Toyota and Lexus could have their own version, just slap a SC badge on it.

[JDLM]

Toyota has about 3 years to make this happen or something w/ the Trademark filing/naming rights

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by poormans_LFA

the article doesn't even mention the year of the Supra tested. even still if you compare a '98 Supra Turbo to a '98 Camaro SS the performance stats are quite close. price, i couldn't tell you.



appears you only about muscle cars from Car & Driver magazines circa 1967.

Appears your only knowledge of Supras is from the F&F movie...

[Matador]

Originally Posted by Dimman

Appears your only knowledge of Supras is from the F&F movie...