Should I buy a Toyota Supra?

pahlevan

Hey, I noticed the Toyota Supra is at a fairly cheap price, but not the turbo model. The turbo supra is much more expensive. I know its much faster but since I am planning on tuning the car, which one would be worth it? Will the normal one go as fast as the turbo model? How fast would it go (I'm hoping around 4-5 seconds 0-60)?































Thank you.































P.S. This is the Supra I'm looking into































http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...e&rdpage=thumb















Sorry WRONG link: I meant this car...































http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...e&rdpage=thumb

Forrest

No. It's a 20 year old car, with almost 200,000 miles on it. I wouldn't recommend spending $14,000 on it.

Alex Benjamin-Lind

ive seen tuned turbo supras for cheaper than that.. if you ask me this car is a ripoff and i wouldnt spend over 7000 on it































honestly i just checked my local market and i see the exact same supra as this for only 8000 with 100,000 miles and a 5 spd transmission to boot.. the fact you would actually consider tuning an AUTOMATIC supra just amazes me

C7S

The Non Turbo Supra has 220HP.















It goes from 0-60mph in 6.1 seconds, which is still pretty good.































It is as fast as a Mazda RX-8, 1st generation Porsche Boxster, the latest Eclipse GTV6, Hyundai Genesis Coupe V6, Infiniti G35 Coupe, Automatic Nissan 350z, and 04-07 Subaru Impreza WRX, new 300+HP Camaro V6 and Mustang V6.































All of these cars have a 0-60mph time of 5.9-6.2 seconds.































So the stock Non Turbo Supra is still fast and fun to drive. With all the possible mods you can get without installing a Turbo, you can add maybe 40HP max, which will make its 0-60mph time around 5.6 seconds. To be as fast or faster than the Twin Turbo model, you will need a Turbo.































The Turbo model has 330HP and goes from 0-60mph in 5.2 seconds. No stock Supra TT can go from 0-60mph in under 5 seconds. Only modified ones.































For a stock Twin Turbo Supra to go from 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds, you will need to spend over $2000 in performance modifications. It is not cheap to make these cars faster.































Is it worth it? The Supra will always have a high resale value. Those Supra's on autotrader are too expensive though. I have seen white Supra's with 110,000 miles for $13,000 on craigslist last month. There are many from $9,000-15,000 range with 130,000 miles or less.