The Toyota Supra is a sports car/grand tourer that was produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of
the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and
wider.Starting in
mid-1986, the Supra (in its third generation, MKIII) became its own model and
was no longer based on the Celica. In turn, Toyota also stopped using the prefix Celica and began just calling the car Supra.Due to the
similarity and past of the Toyota Celica's name, it is frequently mistaken
for the Toyota Supra, and vice versa.
The Supra also traces much of its roots back to the Toyota 2000GT with the main instance being its
engine. The first three generations were offered with a direct descendant to the
2000GT's M engine.
All four generations of Supra produced have an inline 6-cylinder engine. Interior
aspects were also similar.
Along with this name and car Toyota also included its own logo for the Supra. It is derived from the original Celica
logo, being blue instead of orange. This logo was used until January 1986, when
the MKIII Supra was introduced. The new logo was similar in size, with orange
writing on a red background, but without the dragon design. That logo, in turn,
was on Supras until 1991 when Toyota switched to its current oval company
logo.
In 1999, Toyota ceased sales of the Supra in the United States and in 2002
Toyota officially stopped production of the Supra in Japan. As an iconic sports car, the Supra has appeared in numerous video games,
movies, music videos and TV shows. Some of the most notable appearances include
the Gran
Turismo, Need
for Speed, and Midnight Club series of video games and the
2001 film, The Fast and the
Furious
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