Toyota Supra

The first Supra, launched in 1978, was sold as the Celica Supra: a stretched Celica with a six-cylinder engine in place of the original four-cylinder, built to compete with imported sports cars in the United States. Only in the third generation, in 1986, did the Supra name stand on its own, without Celica attached.

The fourth generation, the A80 (1993 to 2002), is the most remembered to this day. The 2JZ-GTE engine, a twin-turbo inline-six, became a tuning legend for handling power far beyond factory numbers with virtually no internal engine modifications. Global fame returned in the 2000s, driven by the Fast and Furious franchise and the Gran Turismo game series.

Toyota stopped building the Supra in 2002 and went 17 years without a successor, until announcing the A90 in 2019, developed in partnership with BMW and built on the same platform as the BMW Z4, engine included. Suspension tuning and steering feel, however, were calibrated separately by each brand so both cars would keep their own personality.

• The A80's 2JZ-GTE is one of the most respected engines in tuning worldwide, famous for handling very high power levels with no internal modification.
• The A90 (2019) was born from a partnership with BMW: it shares platform, engine and gearbox with the Z4, but suspension tuning is Toyota's own.
• Between 2002 and 2019 the Supra sat out of production entirely, the longest gap in the nameplate's history.
• The name comes from Latin, roughly meaning "above" or "beyond," underscoring the idea of an evolution from the original Celica.