# Toyota brings back the Supra **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157 "2019-01-03T17:33:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/1 "2019-01-03T17:33:21Z")
> **[Toyota Supra News and Reviews | Motor1.com](https://www.motor1.com/toyota/supra/)** > > Get the latest on new Toyota Supra models including first drives, in-depth reviews, concept car photos, new features, recalls and more. Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/2 "2019-01-03T17:56:08Z")
Ohh pretty! I’d drive that over the bloated looking 380Z. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/3 "2019-01-03T19:04:35Z")
Looking at the roof, my first thought was, “What’s the opposite of a dromedary? Dammit, I can’t remember that word…” ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/4 "2019-01-03T19:27:04Z")
A sportscar with a turbo and an automatic. Where’s the McKayla Maroney scowling smiley when I need it. Still better than the 380Z. I’ve ridden Holsteins that handled better than the Nissan. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/5 "2019-01-03T22:46:30Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Looking at the roof, my first thought was, “What’s the opposite of a dromedary? Dammit, I can’t remember that word…” The Bactrian Badass car! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/6 "2019-01-03T22:54:19Z")
Just bought a 2019 4Runner yesterday. Spent some time in the showroom. Even the Corolla looks fast sitting still. It’s nice to see we/they/all of them are getting away from the ‘Jelly Bean’ on wheels design. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/7 "2019-01-03T23:44:31Z")
Pretty cool, but am unsure as to why they joint-ventured with BMW for this thing. Cost, likely. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/8 "2019-01-04T00:28:54Z")
Just bring the old one back as retro as possible. Shove the Lexus look where the Sun is less prevalent. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/9 "2019-01-04T01:12:15Z")
What were they thinking with that patchwork nightmare of a paint job farther down the page?? The beauty of this car is its lines which are totally obscured by that mess. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/10 "2019-01-04T01:16:44Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > What were they thinking with that patchwork nightmare of a paint job farther down the page?? The beauty of this car is its lines which are totally obscured by that mess. That’s the point, wasn’t to be seen publicly. From the article… > [@](#): > > It’s wrapped in speckled vinyl meant to camouflage the body. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/11 "2019-01-04T02:21:27Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Shove the Lexus look where the Sun is less prevalent. [The “someone got a set square for Christmas” school of design.](https://www.motortrend.com/cars/lexus/lc/2018/) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/12 "2019-01-04T04:49:24Z")
That Supra looks great. I’d love to see it on the road. Does this also mean they’re bringing back the Celica too? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/13 "2019-01-04T06:22:43Z")
I am as happy as a child at Christmas. 😃 I had two different Supras. I’m definitely going to be taking a serious look at the new one. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/14 "2019-01-04T06:33:18Z")
Follow up: I hope they add the manual option ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/15 "2019-01-04T13:33:01Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Follow up: I hope they add the manual option Definitely! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/16 "2019-01-04T14:40:52Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > That’s the point, wasn’t to be seen publicly. From the article… Yeah, I see those [Dazzle Camouflage cars a lot where I live.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage) They seem to like Colorado mountain passes to test them for elevation issues or something. The paint job is quite effective. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/17 "2019-01-04T14:54:38Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Pretty cool, but am unsure as to why they joint-ventured with BMW for this thing. Cost, likely. I’m not sure either. With the GT86, Toyota didn’t have a small RWD platform to build it off of, so they partnered up with Subaru, threw some cash and engineers at the problem, and didn’t assume all the risk of spinning up an assembly line for a sports car that might have fizzled. For the Supra, though, Toyota could have built it on the same platform as the Lexus RC, or perhaps the LC, as the target price point is somewhere between the two. A $60,000 Toyota is destined not to be a huge seller so I can see where they might want to spread out the risk on that, but considering it’s sort of a halo car for the brand, I have no idea why they’d build it on a BMW platform instead of a readily available Toyota platform. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/18 "2019-01-04T15:00:41Z")
Probably because BMW makes sporty cars their main focus while Toyota generally doesn’t. Having said that, the ones Toyota have built (200GT, Celica4, Supra, JDM Trueno, and I’m sure a few more I can’t remember at the moment) all of which I’ve lusted after at some point in my life have been pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/19 "2019-01-04T15:05:30Z")
That’s a pretty sad admission by Toyota that the RC and the LC aren’t sporty enough platforms for their halo sports car. I mean, it’s probably true, but still, not exactly confidence instilling. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157/20 "2019-01-04T16:25:08Z")
And Road & Track just published this — [This 7000-Mile Supra Turbo Just Sold for $121,000](https://goo.gl/V3KdSj). A 6-speed manual 1994 Mark IV Supra. Crazy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157.md?page=2)