A Toyota Supra Sold For $121,000 And The World's Gone Mad

This Supra may have exceptionally low-mileage, but an auction result knocking on the door of £100,000 seems utterly absurd

Matt Robinson

04 Jan 2019

A Toyota Supra Sold For $121,000 And The World's Gone Mad

A clean, unmodified A80 Toyota Supra with a manual gearbox and two turbos is a coveted thing. That’s reflected on the used market - you can pick up a tidy automatic Supra for a very reasonable £12,000 or so, but you’ll need far more than that to secure one with stick-shift.

And yet, we’re flabbergasted to learn that a manual 1994 twin-turbo Supra was auctioned on Bring a Trailer for $121,000, which is nearly £100,000. If that sounds utterly bonkers, that’s because it is.

This Supra does, admittedly, have quite a bit going for it. Primarily the mileage: in its 24 years on Planet Earth, it’s clocked a mere 7111 miles. Although it’s always hard to tell in photos (it’s worth heading over to Bring a Trailer for the full gallery of close-ups), the car looks to be in superb condition. Extra kudos must be given for the Supra-branded floor mats.

The Car Fax report hasn’t flagged up any accidents, and it doesn’t look like a single thing has been modified on the car. No badly-fitting body kits, no tacky wheels - this A80 is the real deal.

Regardless, we’re still struggling to get our heads around this. With someone recently splashing out $64,000 on a barely used Honda Integra Type R, it seems it’ll only be a matter of time before we’ll be reporting on the next Japanese icon to go for a preposterous amount of money.

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

wow nice car

Imagine you paid 120.000 dollars for a stock supra, and it has the ugly white interior option + not matching white leather seats…

Just swap the seats out for the factory black ones

Imagine if you paid 120,000 dollars for that but you found out it was an automatic

I was looking for a profitable investment.

I honestly can’t see this as being a good purchase

Ever.

I really hope this stupid 90s car bubble bursts.
120k for a Supra?
180k for a 993 Turbo?
30k for a Civic?

This honestly needs to stop

Agreed.

I think you mean “I honestly can’t see this…”

… the new Supra will retail close to 100k, the current 911 (because there is no 993 equal atm) is near abouts 100k starting, and the new Civic Type R nudges 50k with options. This is a good thing. Asset investment can be highly lucrative and if you’re a petrolhead you get to enjoy your asset as it appreciates in value. You may rethink your statement when they are worth a quarter million.

Also… inflation is a thing… and specifically the $50,000 1996 Supra because for whatever reason Toyota decided that was how much it was gunna cost… in 1996… thankfully they came to their senses and lowered the cost for the final years but $50,000 in 1996 is equivalent to $82,000 in today’s money. Sooo $120,000 is well within the mark in terms of appreciation value over inflation…

Rant over

I too am on board with the impliment that 121k for a MKVI Supra is a ridiculous purchase… unless you’re a multi-millionaire JDM fanboiiii/Enthusiest.

Although…This is the only acception that a car is an investment. Maybe let it appreciate more and sell it for 150k or more, just saying.

Is it just me, or does the 3rd pic look straight out of FH3s Forzavista?

Even the lighting is spot on the same

Only if it’s on pc

You’ve cracked the code, it was actually a Forza auction and that’s a horizon edition

The Japanese asset price bubble may have burst a long time ago but the Japanese car price bubble sure as sh it hasn’t. $121K for a Supra? Who has this much money and little sense? Is it the same moron who paid 64K for a DC2?

If you had a car collection, say if you were some dubai or Monaco based multi millionaire who was really into cars and this came up would you even hesitate? First it’s going to be on a lot of people’s bucket lists if you grew up anywhere near the 90s. 100k is nothing to a lot of people in this world. Secondly it’s in perfect condition. It’s an appreciating asset. So moron? More like shrewd investor.