The Toyota Supra, also known as the Toyota Supra in Hepburn and Japanese, is a sports automobile and grand tourer that Toyota Motor Corporation has been producing since 1978. The Latin prefix supra, which means "above," "to transcend," or "go beyond," is the source of the name "supra." [3]
The first four Supra models were built between 1978 and 2002. Since March 2019, the fifth generation has been produced, and it debuted in May 2019. [4] The original Supra's style was based on the Toyota Celina, but it was also wider and longer. [5] Beginning in the middle of 1986, the A70 Supra split off from the Celina as a standalone model. Toyota, in turn, discontinued using the prefix Celina and changed the name of the vehicle to Supra. [6] Due to the name of the Celina's predecessor and similarities, Due to an inline-6 architecture, the Supra also owes a lot of its DNA to the 2000GT. The M engine from the Crown and 2000GT was made available for the first three generations. Additionally comparable were interior design features and the chassis code "A".
Toyota gave the Supra its logo in addition to the moniker. It was based on the original Celina logo, except that blue was used in place of orange. Before the A70 Supra was unveiled in January 1986, this logo was in use. The new logo was the same size, but it did not have the dragon motif. It had orange letters on a red background. Up until 1991, when Toyota moved to its current oval business emblem, that logo was affixed to Supra. The dragon symbol's Toyota Celina liftback served as the foundation for the first version of the Supra, which was 129.5 mm longer (5.10 in). The front panels were lengthened to provide room for the Inline-6 engine rather than the 4-cylinder engine found in the Celina, although the doors and back part were shared with the Celina. The Supra was initially intended by Toyota to be a rival to the wildly popular Datsun (now Nissan) Z-car.
1978
Toyota started producing the Supra in Japan as the Celina XX in April 1978 and offered it alongside the Celina through dealership sales channels known as Toyota Corolla Stores in Japan.
A 2.0 L 12-valve SOHO inline-six engine with 125 PS (92 kW; 123 horsepower) was available for the Supra (M-EU, chassis code MA45) The vehicle had two gearbox choices: a standard 5-speed manual transmission (W50) or an optional 4-speed automatic transmission (A40D). An overdrive gear was present in both gearboxes. The automatic transmission had an overdrive gear that would engage at speeds over 56 km/h, whereas the highest gear in the 5-speed transmission was its overdrive gear (35 mph). Except for the bigger F series (and optional Limited Slip Differential) in the MA46 and MA47 versions, the Supra's drivetrain was unchanged from the Celina's T series solid rear axle arrangement. The vehicle also had a four-link rear suspension with coil springs, a lateral track bar, and a stabilizer bar, as well as standard 4-wheel disc brakes. A stabilizer bar and MacPherson struts made up the front suspension.
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