Toyota Supra Sports
Toyota Supra Sports
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[Apr 25, 2001]
Charles N.
Strength:
Nice interior,good resale value.
Weakness:
Weak pickup,poor overall performance. Bad blind spots,REALLY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR,AND UPGRADE!!!! Very disappointed in my purchase. I have been racing cars for a living for 10 years,and this car is highly overrated. Was beat by a stock Trans Am WS6,after I put 2 thousand dollars in upgrades to my car. I see alot of posts on this site about how their 88 supra beat a 5.0,or a Trans am. I dont' see that happening. Unless the supra has major mods on it. The bottom line is a stock supra cant beat a stock mustang,period. Hel*,I could put $20,000 in mods on a beatle and a corvette. But that is the point,just because you put mods on a car and beat another car,does not mean you cars badge is better than the other. Put two stock cars at the line,and the supra will come up short everytime. If you want a true sports car for performance,not looks,don't look twice at a supra. they are they most overrated,overpriced cars on the market. Similar Products Used: Camaro Z28,Mustang GT,Pontiac Trans AM. |
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[Apr 25, 2001]
SupraGuy
Strength:
- Smooth and very refined
Weakness:
- Big, heavy... that's about it. But the power and torque of the engine makes up for the weight of the car. I love my Supra. It's making about 310 hp right now. I run the snot out of it and nothing has happened. I have 140,000 mils on it, and it runs like new. Still very strong. Parts aren't that expensive, cause nothing ever breaks. Also, my head gasket hasn't gone on me, so I dont think it's ever going to go now. hehe... Similar Products Used: RX-7's, eclipse... civic... all other imports |
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[Apr 12, 2001]
Pat G
Model Reviewed:
Supra N/A
Strength:
Great fun to drive, even after 8 monthes I still look for a reason to drive it some place. Always turning peoples heads and I get compliments non stop. Targa top in the summer is such a blast. Drove it this winter and it did great thanks to some nice snow tires and a bag of sand in the trunk.
Weakness:
As you've likley read, supra's eat head gaskets. I put 1500 into fixing mine and pray it doesnt go out again. They are expensive to maintain, parts and repairs will break the bank so dont buy one unless you've got some cash at hand. You also have to watch it in the wet, the rear end steps out with little warning, but is easy to correct. I'm very pleased with the car and will be looking to add a 5 speed turbo to the collection. But if your a first time Supra buyer, save yourself the trouble and buy one with full service history and if it has high miles, then also find one with a new headgasket. Take care of it and you will have a wonderful sports car that will out shine just about any other car on the road, not just in performance but in looks, confort, reliability, and fun. Similar Products Used: Looked at RX-7's, there little 1.3L rotary definatly doesnt compare to Supra power! |
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[Apr 04, 2001]
Trent
Model Reviewed:
Supra Turbo
Strength:
Fast, Extremely upgradable, Has ALSD (Advanced Limited Slip Differential) Will smoke a pair of tires like nothing. Will Whoop the crap out of any of those american makes, Ford Mustang, Pontiac Trans AM...Anything!!! Made by Toyota!!
Weakness:
Head Gasket went out in my supra. Probably because I ran it like a sports car!! I love the toyota supra no matter what year. It is an inexpensive car. Inexpensive to maintain if you don't drive it hard. Easily modded up to 500 rwhp I've seen the MKIII up to 800 rwhp!!! Handles like it is on rails! Only problem is the head gasket is known to blow easily. Similar Products Used: 95 Ford Mustang(felt like an oldsmobile) |
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[Apr 07, 2001]
Unknown
Model Reviewed:
T Toyota Supra
Strength:
None
Weakness:
None It's an automatic 86.5 MA70 Toyota Supra which has an MZ20 (Toyota Soarer) 7MGTE engine. Currently HKS staged 3 plus plus. Similar Products Used: None |
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[Mar 29, 2001]
Danny Badr
Model Reviewed:
Supra N/A A4
Strength:
Japanese reliability myths, resale value
Weakness:
Ride comfort, acceleration, handling, reliability When it came time to sell the Sunbird I wanted something that was a 'sports car' but winter drivable. I tried this and that and decided on the Supra. Once purchased the excitement faded quickly. Though faster than my beaten up Sunbird, the Supra could not keep up with a simple 89 Pontiac 6000! Then you figure the repairs that came one after another and it's poor traction in rain followed by an equally inadequate interior layout. The noise inside the cabin was unreal, the car had problems starting intermittently. I dropped it onto another believer and never looked back. I preferred all of the cars in the above list to the Supra but decided on the Z28 with a 6 speed. Great winter car by the way, only spun in snow once on the first day of winter, not once since. Similar Products Used: 90 Pontiac Sunbird, 95 Camaro Z28, 92 Honda Prelude, 86 Ford Mustang, BMW 325i |
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[Mar 29, 2001]
Matt Abrego
Model Reviewed:
Celica Supra
Strength:
Very strong car, engine can get more powerful if i can find somewhere to get upgrades.
Weakness:
Toyota parts are expensive and hard to find for the 4ME engine. The transmissions (auto) seem to be too week for this engine,as my car will be going on it's 4th in the 12-15 years it has been in my family. Once again, i can't find parts, and taking the dash off to put the stereo in is gonna kill me or what ever poor soul i hire to do that. Everyone should buy this car because that way more after market parts would be made. Toyotas can take a beating and keep going. I kinda learned to drive on this car, and now it is mine, i was offered a newer car for the same price, (free) and i turned it down for a gen I supra. Quality 1! Similar Products Used: WALKING- This as well as any car beats walking. |
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[Mar 23, 2001]
Joe Dolan
Model Reviewed:
Supra Twin Turbo
Strength:
Easy to modify into the worlds best sport coupe. Great speed (11.8sec)and 121.7mph in qtr mile. Great handling. Has enough creature features and has been very reliable and tight.
Weakness:
Stock clutch isn't going to be adequate if you modify the power. This is the longest I've owned a car (2.5 yrs). Next longest was my Viper (1.5 yrs). Keeping the stock turbos I put almost 20K into upgrades including suspension, wheels, exhaust, boost enhancements, etc. It dyno'd out at about 550 hp at the crank with similar torque figures. The car has been totally reliable going on two years now. The work was done by Primespeed in Marblehead, Mass. The only problem I had was with the stock clutch. It simply can't handle this kind of power without slippage so it was replaced with a heavier duty clutch. I've taken the badging off of the car so even with that monster rear wing most people think its either an eclipse or celica. SURPRISE!!!!! If you're into performance with a reasonble amount of comfort and have the $$$$ this represents a great value in terms of world class results. Similar Products Used: 1999 Corvette. 1998 Viper. In modified form it's quicker than a Viper and handles better. |
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[Mar 22, 2001]
Javan
Model Reviewed:
Supra
Strength:
Sporty, Good looking
Weakness:
HEAD GASKET BLEW AT 94,000 MILES Sooner or later the head gasket on your MKIII will go out. Similar Products Used: honda |
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[Mar 17, 2001]
ryan johnson
Model Reviewed:
.5
Strength:
awsome looking
Weakness:
head gaskets awsome car Similar Products Used: nothing else |