The Supra originated as the Celica Supra, a version of the 4 cylinder Celica which had a longer nose and an inline-6. Eventually the Supra was spun off into its own nameplate. The point being, all the first two generations of Supra were celicas with an I6, so a Supra with a 4-banger would practically be a Celica.

“Giant butt bilge” was my nickname in high school :(

That the car had been sitting for years, letting dex-cool eat up every rubber gasket until they all failed at once months after I bought it.

Something something coriolis effect

Forced induction. Supercharged, turbocharged, etc.

My parents had a 2WD JDM liteace when we lived in Japan 15 years ago, and it was amazing as far as I can remember. They’re damn near impossible to find in the states though.

Honestly those taillights are pretty damn cool. They remind me of the pulsar, maybe with a touch of CRX. I wish more automakers would get creative with their lights, since LEDs give them so much more freedom these days.

Featuring neither rack and pinion nor recirculating ball steering, but dedicated torque steering! Might as well put it to good use!

That would be amazing, but also so damn heavy. I both want to own a mk2 and want to do a battery electric swap on a vehicle someday, but there’s something so fun about chucking a light car through turns that makes me uneasy about battery packs.

Cold Lunch pales in comparison to the Cosby Sweater. Be informed!

mk2 supra had the best wheels, hands down.

Alright, you win. I had no idea about these, and I’m glad someone with more research to back them up came along to provide more historical context. Although I do think that the Mako Shark I is basically the C2 with some minor tweaks.

The mk1 supra is DEFINITELY not shooting up in value here in southern california, they keep popping up for <$4000, usually closer to $2000, and their sleek looks keep tempting me.

I disagree, I think the Mako Shark looks more like a cross between the C2 and the Banshee, whereas the C3 loses nearly every styling cue leftover from the C2 except the vents behind the front wheels. The Banshee is missing every styling cue from the C2 that the Mako Shark still has.

Excellent. They’re creating a void of split grilles. A void to be filled by... THE SURPRISE COMEBACK OF PONTIAC?! THERE CAN BE NO OTHER RESULT

One I can’t move past no matter how hard I try: you can’t give a car a name without a story to back it up.

I bought a car identical (except in color) to my first car, a 98 firebird. The original died due to fouled fuel injectors, and the new one had pretty much every rubber gasket fail at once from being left to sit with dex-cool in it, but that’s beside the point.

That chevrolet straight-up cannibalized the 1964 Pontiac Banshee concept for the 65 Corvette Mako Shark concept, and the eventual c3 Corvette.

64 banshee:

The same was true of basically every sporty Pontiac concept, including the original Firebird. GM stifled Pontiac’s creativity every chance it got for fear of displacing the Corvette.