Toyota Supra: Here's Why You Should Buy The Classic

I remember back in '84 when I was a Marine, my buddy had one of these, he sold, and then regretted it so much so he looked for and bought another, they were quite the stuff , back then!

The second generation is my favorite. I was a young man when they came out.

I started working part time for Avis in early 1985. By September, they had added over 150 Toyota Supra's to their fleet, just in Boston alone. When I saw the 7 car carriers with them in the Fleet parking lot, I thought they were lost. Nope. 70% of them had 5 speed manuals. Yep, in 1985 you could have rented a stick from Avis still, at least in Boston. Got to drive over 50 of those Supra's, because of course I knew how to drive a manual, and they ended storing them for a bit at the local dog race track, Wonderland. We stashed maybe 120 of them at the race track over a day or so. We never did that with any other cars during my 10 years there. Lots of fun shooting up Route 1A towards the race track. haha.

The early Celica Supra's were such good cars. Fast, fun & reliable while also being comfortable.

01:35 that car (a 5-speed in white with those alloy wheels but with a blue vinyl interior and a hand-crank sunroof) is identical to the Celtics Supra my dad bought new from (Pittsburgh) Airport Toyota in October 1979. I learned to drive in that car, took my test in it, and by 1983 when I was a senior in high school I convinced my dad to sell it to me. I loved that car. Eventually it succumbed to the Pennsylvania rust monster. But a lot of great memories in and on it - I still miss her.

I had five second gen Celica Supras they are one of the most amazingly bulletproof and reliable cars I've ever owned! My favorite one was my third, an '85 and it was the exact same color combo and options as Dan Gurney is driving in the commercial. I still remember the VIN number for that car 😊 Best car ever!

I want this car. Outside of the weakness forced upon the automobile industry in the 80's I love the cars of the decade. They have such a unique look to them just like the decade itself

My mom bought a Supra brand new in 1985. Such a fun car to drive while I was in high school. My brother and I would do donuts in the Supra behind the local bowling alley near our house. My senior year in high school I raced a 1969 Dodge Charger and beat it in my mom’s ‘85 Supra.

Great video. My dad had a 1979 Toyota Celica Supra (that is what they were called at first). He had the door handles shaved, windows very dark tinted, and painted maroon metallic. Very slick and fast car.

This was the car to have back then ❤️

My friend from college had a Celica and it was a truly amazing car...I learned how to drive a stick shift... on that car, and it was a total pleasure!

In 87 or 88, I raced a new Supra with my very worn out 65 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup. My old Chevy had a 350 V8 with a 3 speed manual. I was on Beach Blvd in Huntington Beach, CA. I was in the slow lane and some Asian guy was in the fast lane. We were at a red light and he was revving his Supra. I hit my gas a couple of times to let him know that “the race was on”. When the light turned green I stomped my foot to the floor as hard as I could, as did he. My rear tires began to lay the rubber down. We were running together. When we hit about 45mph, I up shifted into 2nd gear and my rear tires broke traction again. Out of my peripheral visionI could see him going through his gears. We were running neck and neck. When we hit 70mph, I shifted into 3rd gear and my rear tires “chirped” and that’s when I quickly pulled in front of him. The next light was red so we had to stop. I had dual exhaust and blue smoke bellowed out of both tail pipes. The young Asian guy wouldn’t even look at me in the eye. I did notice that he glanced over at me and when he did, I patted the old metal dashboard. There was so much blue smoke coming out from my tailpipes that he rolled up his windows. When the light turned green, he drove away in shame 😂. I pulled into the next gas station to add oil. At that time my pickup had 340K miles. Every 200 - 300 miles I had to add a quart of “Honey” oil, because like I said, it was flat out wore out. That Supra didn’t even have license plates yet, as it was brand new and a turbo to boot (at least it had a turbo badge on the rear). I finally sold it with 343K miles & bought an 82 Ford Escort to get me through college. I must admit that I was shocked that that wore out Chevy beat the Supra. I’m quite sure he too was shocked and humiliated. Boo hoo for him LMAO for Me 🤣🤣🤣

I had an 84 Supra. My favorite car I've ever owned. Also, my favorite looking of all.

I really liked the Mark II Supra

I had a 82 supra 5 speed with the digital dash. It was a beast. Used it in winter to tow a couple of snowmobiles 😆. Brings back the fun memories of that car. 👍

Great video!!! The Toyota Supra was a very popular sports car through the eighties!!! 👍👍🙂

I started with a 1980 Celica, then moved up to a 1981 Supra. God, I loved that car. Back then, I knew nothing about repairing cars, so when the head gasket let go, I sold it to the "yard" for peanuts. What I wouldn't give to have that car back.

❤ that you guys never disappoint!

a friend of my dad's had a Gen 1 Supra back in the day

In 1992 I bought my first car-an '83 Supra. Red with black interior. Much like the one you show at five minutes, but with a black interior. Fender flares, the cool Italian style door handles, the hand pump to fill up air pockets in the seat-it was the best first car I could've had. Quick, comfy, lsd, rear wheel drive, smooth straight six, handled perfectly, but not so fast I'd get in big trouble. I have too many cars as is, but i'd love to have one again.