A Timeless Triumph of Design and Engineering
The legend has been spreading far and wide since 1993, in import circles and beyond them, of the Supra: Toyota's over-engineered supercar in sheep's clothing. Originally designed to meet and exceed the performance benchmarks of Japanese competitors such as the Nissan Z cars and GT-R Skylines, the fourth-generation Supra placed bogeys such as Ferrari and Porsche in its sights, capable of 181-mph speeds in bone-stock form.
"Bone-stock" is a state in which few tuners left their Supras, once they discovered the potential for building up these cars to truly ridiculous levels. YouTube videos abound of Supras boosted to 1000-plus horsepower pulling well into the territory north of 220 mph. To this day, the Supra is a car that immediately wins respect among import enthusiasts—an increasingly rare car, its legend growing with its rarity.
We at PRI have committed to introducing discerning drivers to the Supra by offering this professionally tuned and customized example. Rather than the sequential twin turbos of the stock engine, we have added a single (but very large) quick-spooling turbo that means acceleration like a kick in the butt as soon as you top 4000 rpm. Toyota Racing Development stability improvements, such as front and rear sway bars and strut braces, and Tein racing dampers turn this car into a matchless handler around quick corners. Under the super-lightweight black SSR wheels lurk cross-drilled and slotted Rotora brakes. In-house tuning brings our Supra's power output to 650 hp, enough to make a believer out of anybody who witnesses it.
A few of the features that make our Supra particularly legendary:
- 67mm Big Horkin' Turbo™
- Intercooler bigger than most cars' radiators
- Tein race coilovers
- TRD sway/strut bars
- Rotora brakes
- Full JL Audio entertainment system w/ iPod support
- Integrated GPS navigation
- Carbon fiber acoustic subwoofer enclosure
- Racelogic traction control
- Sparco race seats
Note: While the Supra does, technically, seat four, the rear seats are only suitable for the exceptionally small.
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Supra Turbo at 7,000 rpm Run time: 00:26
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