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Is This The Supra Toyota SHOULD Be Building?

As the President of Bulletproof Automotive, a proud sponsor of the Top Secret V12 Nardo Surpa project, I’m pleased to give this exclusive update.

The word is in that the Supra did 222MPH (358km/h) on the ring, putting it deep into super car territory on the proving ground that has tested so many super cars in the past.

This result is the conclusion of the first phase of the car which has taken nearly a year and a half to build. The purpose built Supra is unique in many respects. For starters, it is balanced in tuning philosophy with a creature comfort level exceeding most tuned cars and full street legality intact. Fully capable of being daily driven, the Supra uses a V12 powerplant from it’s Toyota cousin the Century. The V12 engine which was originally tuned in OEM form for low horsepower but strong torque to move the heavy VIP Century has been rebuilt from the ground up by Smoky to produce a hair under 1000hp with the assistance of twin turbochargers.

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Is This The Supra Toyota SHOULD Be Building?



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1995e341995e34 - 4/14/2008 10:27:19 AM
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i'll be much more impressed by a supra weighing less than 3200lbs than one creating 1000hp.

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Agent009Agent009 - 4/14/2008 10:34:50 AMView My AgentSpace
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You have a point there. Lean and mean is better.


MichaelTaylorMichaelTaylor - 4/14/2008 10:58:55 AM
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The Toyota Supra is a classic in the making. They were amongst the most reliable and best performing performance cars ever and for so little money. I never understood why people would shed out so much money for a BMW M3 or a Porsche 911 when the Supra took care of unmatched performance for a low price and also looked much better than any Porsche or BMW. Plus Supra engines are famous for being capable of handling 1000 horsepower or more without breaking down. I have a friend who has a 1300 horsepower Supra and he drives it to work and back home and on the weekend he races on racetracks. His Supra has never broken down and the engine runs as if it were new.

Come to think of it this is probably one of the top 5 sports cars ever made.

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JRobUSCJRobUSC - 4/14/2008 11:34:01 AM
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The Supra was a fantastic car. The sad thing is some folks might have actually believed everything else you just said, until they noticed it was you saying it.


MichaelTaylorMichaelTaylor - 4/14/2008 11:40:45 AM
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Toyota offered a fantastic performing car to the masses. It cost less than a Porsche or BMW and was more reliable and had a reliable engine that could be tickled to produce 1000 horsepower+. That says a lot.


91z4me91z4me - 4/14/2008 12:44:23 PM
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Sorry Mr. Taylor I gotta disagree on a few points. Sure a car can put out 1300 hp but SOMETHING, SOMEWHERE will break. And I am know that there is quite a bit done to the car (aftermarket parts wise) to bring it to that power level. Also having 1000 hp means nothing if you can't put it down to the ground. While the 1/4 mile is only one measure of performance it is one that huge hp Supras don't do well at because they have a hard time putting the power down. I am sure this could be fixed w/ a proper AWD system but then the car wouldn't really be a Supra, would it?

As for the Supra being a bargain, sure it was but not the last generation (MKIV) when they were selling for $50k. The problem w/ the Supra was that it became priced beyond what the market could support. Once that happens sorry game over. That is one of the reasons the Corvette has been such a success over the years, Chevy keeps pricing in line to make it a great bargain (also that is what Nissan has done with the new GT-R).

You may also want to look into recent reliability numbers both BMW and Porche have really increased their reliability recently.


Kraut_godKraut_god - 4/14/2008 1:48:46 PM
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Yes something is going to break eventually just like every other car. On Porsches things break frequently.


HeyhuubHeyhuub - 4/14/2008 2:02:46 PM
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It was hardly a bargain. Overhere it was about as expensive as cars like the BMW M5, Audi RS2 and even almost as expensive as a Porsche 993 Carrera.


bazoongabazoonga - 4/17/2008 11:07:00 PM
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>...Supra...and also looked much better than
>any Porsche or BMW.

Aren't you getting a bit subjective?

Some of the Supras were great looking cars but you'd have to hate Germans to say that any of the Supras were better looking than most Porsches and BMW's.


w209w114w209w114 - 4/14/2008 12:12:26 PMView My AgentSpace
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Performance point of view: Yes!
Styling point of view: NO WAY

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fatboifatboi - 4/14/2008 12:19:17 PM
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Toyota has no clue of how to encounter the GT-R yet!
by releasing the GT-R, Nissan provides an affordable supercar with reasonable cost which i doubt that Toyota can.
Nissan is owning Toyota since The previous badge " DATSUN "

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BoredBored - 4/14/2008 1:03:40 PM
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fatboi,
A Supra competitor is the Z car(Fairlady, 350), NOT a GT-R. The only thing close from Toyota right now is the LF-A (if it ever comes out).


OblivObliv - 4/14/2008 2:00:14 PM
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If it has a v12 in it, it will be going against supercars (ferrari, audi, merc, lambo) Not the 30k Z.

The last interation of the Z has been toned down in price since it went in market versus the supra in the 90s. The supra will either be competing against porsche bmw and the other 45k+, or in the 25-30k bracket where the Z has made its new home.


STJ88STJ88 - 4/14/2008 1:15:10 PM
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@Bored

Sorry but if you know any thing you would know that when te MKIV supra RZ came out (1993). That it was a direct competitor of the skyline GT-R R32.

And to the last day it was made (2002) it was the same class as the R32/33 and 34 GT-R's.

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BoredBored - 4/14/2008 4:43:44 PM
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@ STJ88,

Well if I'm wrong, could you be kind enough to offer a web link to back your statement?


BoredBored - 4/14/2008 5:21:18 PM
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@ STJ88,

Nevermind. I got curious and searched myself. You are 100% right, but I'm not completely wrong.
I live in the U.S., a market that up until sometime [later] this year, has never officially sold a factory Skyline GT-R. Motorex is (or was, if they never reopened after the owner's arrest in '06) the only importer of R32-R34 Skylines. So from a factory produced effort sold in U.S. dealerships, we only had Nissan's Z cars to compete with Toyota's Supra. As a result, any MKIV "RZ" here would more than likely be an aftermarket set up (which also explains why I always had a smile on my face when I used to see them on the road in the SF Bay Area). Thanks for the clarification, though.
BTW, even though I love the MKIV, I've always had a thing for the MKII.
http://www.terra2imports.ca/toyota/supra/mkiv-toyota-supra-specifications.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Supra
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/03/20/report-u-s-skyline-importer-motorex-shuttered-owner-jailed-on/


answeranswer - 4/14/2008 2:28:58 PMView My AgentSpace
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fatboifatboi - 4/15/2008 3:17:44 AM
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Bored .
the infiniti g35 " aka Nissan skyline in japan " is the supra's primery competitor . i would say that Toyota doesnt have a Z competitor yet " 2 passengers coupe "

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ChicaneShooterChicaneShooter - 4/15/2008 9:39:01 AM
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what intrigues me, is that toyota will FINALLY be using their v12 from the Century in a way to challenge the german (and even italian?) v12s.

one would've thought they'd do this in a lexus. maybe the intent is to show the TOYOTA brand is fully competitive with ALL comers across the planet. (they were in asia and japan before Lexus started being marketed there.)



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ChicaneShooterChicaneShooter - 4/15/2008 10:02:00 AM
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whoops. on closer reading, i see it is NOT toyota backing this project. still, they OUGHT TO.
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