Toyota’s signature sports car, the Supra, has long been simmering as a future collector’s item. The fourth generation Supra has been hot for quite some time, with clean turbocharged examples fetching $50K or more in stock condition. The third generation models have been less quick to catch on, but finding one in stock condition is no less difficult. This 1992 model here on eBay has under 40,000 original miles and remains in stock condition; the seller is asking a cool $19K with the option to submit a best offer.
While the price may shock you, it’s not hard to see why the seller is shooting for the moon. The body remains in excellent condition and the interior is impeccable, with untorn black leather seats front and rear and an overall presentation that reinforces the seller’s claim of the Supra remaining in heated storage in his care. Thankfully, he stuck with the standard-issue manual transmission as opposed to ordering an automatic; less ideal is he didn’t check the box for the turbocharged motor.
The third-generation Supras later came with these great five-spoke alloy wheels, a nice improvement over the somewhat generic alloys that were bolted to the earlier production cars. This Supra has the steel sliding sunroof as opposed to the removable targa top, which may offer a modest improvement in chassis stiffness. The body lines look great and the bumpers appear unmarked; the only alterations are claimed to be a Sony CD changer added at a later date.
The 7M-GE pushed out a silky 200 b.h.p., but the turbocharged versions bumped that up to a healthy 232 b.h.p. Although the condition is flawless and there’s a lot to like here, the asking price is more appropriate for a boosted Supra rather than a naturally aspirate example. This same rule applies to the later cars, with non-turbocharged versions often selling for significantly less than the higher horsepower cars. Still, finding one of these in condition like this is near impossible, so $10K-$13K doesn’t seem like an unreasonable selling price.
Was that sunroof a factory option? I remember the Targa option, but never heard of that one.
This would make a really nice Highway Cruiser.
Wow, I wonder how you’d feel now if you had bought a 1992 when you could have waited a few months for the next generation 1993 model. The price difference is quite substantial now.
Because in 1993 the price in Canada jumped to 60,000 plus some dealers charging up to 70,000 because of the limited supply. 3rd generations price was a steal for the performance offered at the time.
I owned a Gen 3 turbo and it was a joy to drive! I traded it in on a Gen 4 Supra. Love both and wish I still had the Gen 3. I still have the Gen 4, kept in storage for fair weather driving.
Heavy car that needed more horsepower for both models. MKIV is the best of the generations for all the right reasons, and then stopped production of the model for all the wrong reasons.
They stopped production of it because they priced themselves literally out of the market! The base model was pushing 50,000 and the Turbo was $65,000 I remember…that’s what killed the Supra off…greed.
Wait, 19k for a non turbo model? It’s not going to happen. This generation has not jumped in value the way the 93 and newer and pre 86 models have done. This generation was kind of like the middle child trying to find his own path down the road. My uncle bought a new Supra every few years, first an 84 P-Type, then an 87 sunroof, then an 89 Turbo targa, then a 93 Turbo. The most impressive Supra he had was that 84 P-Type. That car was ahead of it’s time. Now that he is over 70, he drives a Dodge pickup. I guess he got it out of his system.
Sweet looking Supra. This is my favourite generation since the first generation produced in 1980, called the Celica Supra.
I do know here for the States. That the Supra was an option for the Celica in the early eighties. It was called the celica Supra option with a straight in-line 6 Hence the name the Celica Supra. Supra was not a car until it became a spin off of the option for the Celica.