These days, there’s no denying the fourth-generation Toyota Supra Turbo has become a pillar of the 1990s collector car community. It was a significant vehicle when new, producing outrageous performance that bested most of its competition. The styling was like nothing else on the road. The car was impressive whether you purchased it with sequential twin turbos or not. And these days, both the manual and automatic versions are quite sought after, owing to fairly limited production. The A80 car shown here on eBay wears attractive (and rare) “Deep Jewel Green Pearl” paint and is an automatic twin-turbo example.
The seller is asking $89,990 or best offer. That’s generally the going rate for these cars, and certainly even more for the manual twin turbos. The Supra was already known for being a highly respected grand tourer, and had erased almost all reminders that it began life as a very humble and quite tepid offering in the early days of Toyota’s “sporty” lineup. The A40/A50 Celica Supra was a decent package, providing a standard inline-six powerplant, but quick, it was not. This improved over time, with the Supra gaining more personality and power, and the third generation was the first to bolt a turbo to the inline-six engine.
When this A80 era arrived, it planted a new flag on the performance car landscape. The turbocharged Supra was quicker than the Porsche 928GT, the Acura NSX, and the Dodge Stealth R/T Twin-Turbo – all of those needed over 5 seconds to reach 60. The twin-turbo Supra with a stick could do it in a little over 4.5 seconds. The styling was also mesmerizing, looking like a legitimate supercar yet costing no where near as much as the likes of a Porsche 959. Even the naturally-aspirated Supra was a respectable performer, coming to the table with a healthy 220 horsepower, an engine it shared with the Lexus SC300.
Prices for the MKIV Supra Turbo run quite a range. An automatic car like this one will typically sell in the high 60s up through the low 80s for a truly pristine examples. Manual cars can easily clear $100,000 if the miles are low and there are no modifications. This car is clean with a rare paint scheme and the targa roof, which is a subjective matter in terms of its desirability. Mileage on this car is closing in on 94,000, so it’s no spring chicken. The $90,000 ask is quite ambitious, in my opinion, for an automatic car with some miles, but the paint alone may compel someone to make a compelling offer.
There is a guy on YouTube that makes his “living” chasing these cars down across the country so I’m shocked this one hasn’t found its way onto his channel. Nice car but really – an automatic?
$89K for the car with close to 100K miles?
I never really got the value of these. They’re cool cars don’t get me wrong , but they’re really no better than their contemporaries – 300ZX, RX7, and 3000GT, and those are probably a quarter of the price.
You can get a lot of car for $90,000, including a new BMW M2 plus significant change, or a M2 CS for roughly the same money. So what would you rather have? The M2 CS or a 94k mile automatic Supra turbo with 1990s technology? It just doesn’t make sense to me.
Someone out there will make a play for it. They don’t come up for sale very often. If he/she has the $ to make the deal, then more power to ’em.
All 1996 Turbo Supras sold in the U.S. were automatics. If you want a 6 speed 1996 TT, you will have to get one from Canada or import a RHD from Japan
Buddy drove one up here. 6sp. It was a rocket let me tell ya. Awesome cars. The money for them now is obviously insane. But good fortune for some. 💁♂️
To many unknowns with a car, closing 100k! mi.
Are these things really pulling that kind of money, particularly with the mileage this one has?
Jsja i dont give more than 20k for that car and whats even worst i dont like it any way and automatic makes it even more unwanted good luck sellin it at that price lol yeah its a supra yeah , u eill never findvone untouched yeah the demsndvis enormous its a very iconic car for many , well so is the gmc sycoone, and buick GN and those i really love and still will never give more thsn 20k for 1 demand is huge but guest what if i dont pay what i want , the car dont call my atention any more piriod
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I loved the year Supera but you might want to check that zero to sixty time. These cars were fairly heavy for their class. I know sports car with a whole lot more horsepower that’s not doing sub 4.5 second time sprint to sixty MPH.