The Toyota Supra, an iconic 90s JDM (Japanese Domestic Manufactured) and tuner car, well-known during its production time as a cheap supercar killer, has seen a history of greatness and popularity with extensive tuning and modding capabilities for a cheap cost. Yet in the past fifteen years, it has seen one major flaw that has absolutely ruined its capabilities – its exuberant price.
After its release in 1992, the mk4 Supra gained quick popularity in Japanese tuner culture due to its cheap cost of 20,000 dollars for a base model alongside its wide capability for modding. It could easily be twin-turbocharged, producing up to 800 hp alongside its powerful 400 hp 2Jz engine. With this cheap powerful car, tuner culture in Japan began fighting back against culture since the Supra could beat the 150,000 to 200,000 dollar supercars that originally ran the streets of Japan. While the supra was popular in Japan during its production, only fifteen were ever brought to the United States.
In recent years, the price of the Supra has gone from a simple and cheap JDM car with prices from about 20-30 thousand dollars in the 1990s, then at the beginning of the 2000s the release of “The Fast and the Furious” movie franchise caused a big spark in Japanese tuner culture or JDM in America. Most American JDM tuners were drawn to the Supra, causing a massive wave of Supras to be brought to the US. As there were only 200,000 ever made, most U.S. tuners could not get one. Then began the downfall of the Supra.
In two years, prices went from 30,000 to 150,000 dollars with most now going for 200,000 dollars. The Supra’s only goal was to be a cheap car that modders could make into a supercar killer to a supercar itself from its exuberant price and has lost its original value.
