Someone Bought The First 2020 Toyota Supra For $2.1 Million

The very first production GR Supra has been auctioned off for over $2 million, with proceeds going to charity

21 Jan 2019

Someone Bought The First 2020 Toyota Supra For $2.1 Million

As we discussed in our GR Supra numbers comparison last week, the £52,695 starting price for the ‘A90’ seems bang on the money considering where the car’s rivals sit. It’s not like you’ll be able to inflate that price by much, either: the fully-loaded A90 Edition is £56,945.

The Toyota GR Supra you see here, however, went for a little more than that. It’s the very first Supra off the production line, and it went under the hammer at the 48th Annual Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction of for $2.1 million, or 38 times the usual price of a ‘Launch Edition’ Supra in the USA.

Now THIS is one super Supra! It was an incredible Barrett-Jackson moment when a winning bid of $2.1 MILLION brought the gavel down on the rights to the very first 2020 @Toyota Supra, VIN 20201, to benefit the @American_Heart Association and @Stand4Heroes. pic.twitter.com/cgUbpMdUqv
— Barrett-Jackson (@Barrett_Jackson) January 20, 2019

It’s for a good cause, too. Proceeds will be going to the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which “Funds and shape programs benefitting post-9/11 impacted veterans and their families,” plus the American Heart Association.

Spec-wise, this GR Supra is unique. It has the red mirror caps, black wheels, red leather interior and carbonfibre cabin inserts of the US Launch Edition, matched to the matte Storm Grey exterior finish of the A90 Edition cars.

The engine bay is signed by Akio Toyoda himself, and the car comes complete with the flameproof overalls, gloves, and shoes plus the helmet worn during the Supra’s final test before being signed off for production. The auction winner will also get to drive the pace car at the Toyota Owners 400 Nascar Cup race in April.

The GR Supra in question is referred to as ‘Global #1’ and wears the VIN 20201.

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

Damn it. It ain’t even out yet and it’s overpriced on the used market

To be fair, there is only one first car.

And it is mainly for charity lel

Pretty dumb financial decision on the buyer’s part but at least the money is going to a good cause

Is it, really? If they can afford to spend $2.1m on an auction then $2.1m is probably a drop in the ocean for them, and they get the collectable value and bragging right of the very first car.

Consider me dumb, but imo, if I had 2.1m to donate to a charity, I’d totally do it in a way that also gives me a car in exchange

TAX WRITE OFF TAX WRITE OFF

Shows just how much you think you know about financial decisions…

It shows how much fanboys will go to have the first Supra

These huge money Barrett-Jackson sales always seem so misleading. In all reality, it’s less of “Someone paid $2.1 mil for the first Supra”, and more “Someone donated $2.1 mil to charity, and got a car as a reward”

Well I donated my change to a charity box at a supermarket

Where’s my Supra as a gift??

first the gt500 and now this. I wonder how much GT500 with VIn number 500 on it would sell for.

2020 Toyota Supra™ is very cool! It reminds me of 2019 Camry V6™, with its rapid acceleration, and pleasant styling. It makes sense that it would sell for 2.1 million US dollars, but it seems like 2019 Camry V6™ would sell for 2.1 million US dollars first :-)