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Toyota Supra

Toyota Supra
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The Toyota Supra (Japanese: トヨタ・スープラ, Hepburn: Toyota Sūpura) is a sports car and grand tourer manufactured and developed by the Toyota Motor Corporation beginning in 1978. The name "supra" is taken from the Latin prefix meaning "above", "to surpass" or "go beyond". The initial four generations of the Supra were produced from 1978 to 2002. The fifth generation has been produced since March 2019 and later went on sale in May 2019. The styling of the original Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was longer. Starting in mid-1986, the A70 Supra became a separate model from the Celica. In turn, Toyota also stopped using the prefix Celica and named the car Supra. Owing to the similarity and past of the Celica's name, it is frequently mistaken for the Supra, and vice versa. The first, second and third generations of the Supra were assembled at the Tahara plant in Tahara, Aichi, while the fourth generation was assembled at the Motomachi plant in Toyota City. The 5th generation of the Supra is assembled alongside the G29 BMW Z4 in Graz, Austria by Magna Steyr. The Supra traces much of its roots back to the 2000GT owing to an inline-6 layout. The first three generations were offered with a direct descendant to the Crown's and 2000GT's M engine. Interior aspects were also similar, as was the chassis code "A". Along with this name, Toyota also included its own logo for the Supra. It was derived from the original Celica logo, being blue instead of orange. This logo was used until January 1986, when the A70 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. The dragon logo was a Celica logo regardless of what colour it was. It appeared on the first two generations of the Supra because they were officially Toyota Celicas. The dragon logo was used for the Celica line until it was also discontinued. In 1998, Toyota ceased sales of the fourth-generation Supra in the United States. Production of the fourth-generation Supra for worldwide markets ended in 2002. In January 2019, the fifth-generation Supra, which was co-developed with the G29 BMW Z4, was introduced. Production of the GR Supra ended in March 2026.

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UK certified builds152019–2024
Power (UK)187–335 hp
CO₂ (UK, WLTP/NEDC)188 g/km
Engine size1,998–2,998 cc
On UK roads4,7802025 Q4
US recalls12

UK fuel mix: —. Records from the VCA fuel & emissions archive.

Model years

202420232022202120202019

Generations & variants

Toyota Supra

Toyota Supra

1978–2026
Toyota Supra (J29/DB)

Toyota Supra (J29/DB)

2019–2026
Toyota Supra (A70)

Toyota Supra (A70)
Toyota Supra (A80)

Toyota Supra (A80)

Photos

Toyota Supra
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Toyota Supra
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Toyota Supra
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Toyota Supra
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Toyota Supra
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Toyota Supra
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Toyota Supra
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Toyota Supra
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UK vehicles on the road

2,002 licensed and 2,778 SORN (4,780 total) at 2025 Q4.

Year (latest quarter)Vehicles
20143,858
20153,856
20163,841
20173,871
20183,853
20193,999
20204,222
20214,460
20224,718
20234,881
20244,797
20254,780

DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.

US safety recalls

NHTSA recalls database (US government, public domain). Recalls apply to US-market vehicles; check the manufacturer for your country.

Sources

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