Toyota Supra

The Toyota Supra was a sports car produced by Toyota. Production began in 1979. The Supra was built and designed on the legacy of Toyota's former super sports car, the 2000GT. It bore the common chassis code of "A".

Toyota Celica Supra Mk I (1979-1981)

The first generation Supra was based largely upon the Toyota Celica liftback, but was longer by 5.1 inches (doors and rear section same length as celica but rear panels differ). Most importantly, the Celica's 4-cylinder engine was replaced by an inline 6. Toyota's original plan for the Supra at this time was to make it a competitor to the very popular Datsun (now Nissan) 240Z; it, in some degree, succeeded.

The 1979 (1978 Japan market) Mk 1 was originally equipped with a 110hp (82kW) single overhead cam inline-6 motor, the 2.6L 4M-E (MA46 chassis code) (which was the first Toyota engine with electronic fuel injection). In 1981, the Supra received the 2.8L 5M-E, (MA47 Chassis code) making 116hp (87kW) and 145ft·lbf (197N·m) of torque. It was also available in Japan with the 2.0L M-EU engine MA45 chassis code) and possibly the M-TEU turbo.