1998 Toyota Supra Reviews, Pricing & Specs

Every fourth-generation Supra is powered by a Toyota 2JZ-GTE inline-six, either normally aspirated or fed by twin turbos. In normally aspirated form, the engine turns out a healthy 220 horsepower and 209 pound-feet of torque. With the twin turbos, that number leaps off the chart with 325 hp, and 325 lb-ft of torque, and with rear-wheel drive (RWD), these cars are an absolute blast to haul around a track.

With or without turbochargers, these 2JZ engines are absurdly over-engineered and virtually bombproof. A few bolt-on Internet orders can easily bring that horsepower number to 550, and from there you’re just getting started. Either engine meshes with the V160 six-speed manual, or the A340E four-speed automatic transmission. The suspension specs show a front and rear double-wishbone setup, rigid in stock form. Twin lower lateral links and angled trailing links helped the stock Supra to turn a 0.98g on the skidpad, not far off of cars like the McLaren 650S Spider, running tires about twice the size.

Fuel economy was decent at 19 mpg city/24 mpg highway for the base car, and 17 mpg city/24 mpg highway for the twin turbo. The Mk4 Supra started out as an expensive car, and it gets wildly more expensive as the Yen fluctuates. The base MSRP for a naturally-aspirated Supra without a Sport Roof is $29,122. Select the Turbo with a Sport Roof and that price climbs to $40,508, within striking distance of a Porsche Boxster, and four grand more than a Corvette. It was still cheaper than the Nissan 300ZX Turbo, which rung in at about $43,000.

No matter how expensive it was then, it’s a bargain now. The Fast and the Furious franchise has imprinted this car on generations of car fans, and their value has grown commensurately. In 2019 at Barrett-Jackson’s Northeast event, an immaculate Supra Turbo with over 69,000 miles sold for a chest-clutching $176,000. It’s an anomaly, but these cars are not cheap. You're now into BMW E30 M3 and even Ferrari territory.