michael Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Taken from the "Classic Toyota" section of the UK site, they probably stole it from someone else but at least they still know the Supra exists... http://www.toyota.co.uk/cgi-bin/toyota/bv/generic_editorial.jsp?navRoot=toyota_1024_root&CampaignID=TOY0230&edname=Heritage_Supra_Main&catname=%2ftoyota_1024_root%2fmain_nav%2fused_cars&menuid=90372&zone=Zone+Supra&id=Heritage_Supra_Main When Toyota decided to build a car around the engine from the Toyota 2000GT, commonly acknowledged to be the first Japanese supercar, they were clearly not thinking of designing a quiet family run-around. The Celica Supra was styled on, you guessed it, the Celica, whose name prefixed it until the third model generation came along in 1986 when the car got its own identity and simply became known as the Supra. The UK didn't get an official import until the fourth generation. The twin-turbo was very high spec with a leather interior, cruise control and active spoiler. It also had a large air intake in the middle of the bonnet and headlamp washers which helped distinguish it from imports. This Supra was the brainchild of Isao Tsuzuki, the man behind the first two generations of Toyota MR2. British cars could do 0-60mph in just 5.8 seconds and went on to hit the engine limiter at 155mph. With the limiter removed, the car showed more like 170mph. A true Supra car no less. The MR2 has a brochure download in it's section but we don't get that (it's uploaded here anyway but that's not the point). The "I love my Toyota" section still doesn't have many Supras, mine didn't get accepted, must have been too sexy for them http://www.toyota.co.uk/cgi-bin/toyota/bv/generic_editorial.jsp?navRoot=toyota_1024_root&CampaignID=TOY0230&nodiv=TRUE&edname=iLove&id=iLove&catname=%2ftoyota_1024_root%2fmain_nav%2fowners_new&zone=Zone+Ownership&menuid=89055&sr=Mall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 They didn't accept mine either it seems, I remember submitting it. LHD facelift I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I just submitted mine, and it was accepted. It must've been the stunning Sussex scenery behind it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjavon Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I've done one of mine for my own desktop Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I've just noticed that the Sera has been omitted from the car options. Surely this must've been a mistake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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