12th June 2007

The Legendary Japanese Sports Cars (pt. 2): Toyota Supra MKIV

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The Toyota Supra Mark IV (pronounced Mark Four) is the fourth generation of the Supra.  The new Supra was completely redesigned, with rounded body styling partly based on the Ferrari F40 and featured two new engines: a n/a 2JZ-GE 220 hp @5800 rpm (164 kW) and 210 ft·lbf @4800 rpm (285 N·m) of torque and a twin turbocharged 2JZ-GTE making 276 bhp (239 kW) and 260 ft·lbf (352 N·m) of torque for the Japanese version. For the export model (America/European versions) Toyota upgraded the Supra turbo’s engine (larger turbochargers, bigger fuel injectors, etc.). This increased the power output to 320 hp @5600 rpm and 315 lb.ft @4000 rpm. The turbocharged version reached 0–60 mph in just 4.6 seconds and could run the 1/4 mile (402 m) in 13.1 seconds at 109 mph [2]. The turbo version was tested to reach over 289 km/h (180 mph) all-stock, but the cars are restricted to just 180 km/h in Japan and 250 elsewhere.

Sales to Canada were stopped in 1995, and ceased being imported into the US in 1998. Production continued in Japan until August 2002 due to restrictive emission standards to be adhered to by 2003.

There are rumors that the Toyota Supra will be once again revived. You can read more about this here: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/toyota/toyota-supra-ar6872.html

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Source: Wikipedia

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