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Toyota Supra

The Toyota Supra, also known as the Toyota Spura in Hepburn and Japanese, is a sports automobile and grand tourer that Toyota Motor Corporation has been producing since 1978. The Latin prefix supra, which means “above,” “to surpass,” or “go beyond,” is the source of the name “supra.”

The first four Supra models were built between 1978 and 2002. Since March 2019, the fifth generation has been produced, and it debuted in May 2019. The original Supra’s style was based on the Toyota Celica, but it was also wider and longer. Beginning in the middle of 1986, the A70 Supra split off from the Celica as a standalone model. Toyota, in turn, discontinued using the prefix Celica and changed the name of the vehicle to Supra. Due to their names’ resemblance and shared history, the Celica and Supra are commonly confused with one another. In the Tahara facility in Tahara, Aichi built the first, second, and third generations of the Supra, while the Motomachi plant in Toyota built the fourth version.

Due to an inline-6 configuration, the Supra can be traced back to the 2000GT in large part. The M engine from the Crown and 2000GT was made available for the first three generations. Additionally comparable were interior design features and the chassis code “A”. Toyota gave the Supra its own logo in addition to the moniker. It was based on the original Celica logo, except that blue was used in place of orange. Before the A70 Supra was unveiled in January 1986, this logo was in use. The new logo was the same size, but it did not have the dragon motif. It had orange letters on a red background. Up until 1991, when Toyota moved to its current oval business emblem, that logo was affixed to Supras. Regardless of color, the dragon logo was a Celica logo. Due to the fact that the first two generations of the Supra were legally Toyota Celicas, it was present on them. The Celica line had a dragon logo until it was also retired.

Toyota stopped selling the fourth-generation Supra in the United States in 1998. The fourth generation of the Supra’s production for international markets came to an end in 2002. The fifth version of the Supra, which was jointly developed with the G29 Z4, was released in January 2019.

https://toyotagazooracing.com/gr/supra/specs/

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/toyota-supra-history-sports-car-celica/

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