Why Supras gone pricier over the last year in Japan?

I noticed Supra TT6 is gone higher in price in the Japanese auctions!!

Ive imported my own supra and my few last cars in the past, when I was in the Jap market for a supra a Grade 4 was about 1,200,000 JPY and now a high milage grade 3.5 costs well over 1,400,000?!!!

any idea why ?

Less of them over there ? I guess the older they get the harder it becomes to find 'mint' examples and so the price will go up.

The way the question was phrased led me to believe that you were going to propose the answer......

Supras getting rarer,

Yens getting stronger,

Theres two good reasons for

getting less Supra for your wonga.

At this rate my Kyosho Supra will be worth more than my real one!

I had noticed this too tbh - it seems to me the ones being offered to us as imports are more expensive than what's already over here.

It used to be that importing was a great way to save cash, but imo that's not the case anymore. There's so many Sup's over here now that their value is coming down fast.

Again imo, I don't see any real gain in importing a car for yourself anymore.

supras are cheaper to buy in the uk now, i have seen some supras bpu 1995 for 2 million yen

Good news is that the Yen is around 236 - £. (last year I got 194!)

so we didnt lose out this time with spending all our money buying a car (supra)

I brought mine from Japan myself last year and cost me 1,150,000 JPY (£5700 at the time when exchanged) Grade 4 and 50K miles and nearly full Jap service history.

was checking the prices and noticed if I was going to buy something like mine now would cost me well over 1.5m JPY!!!

and if yous dont belive me have a look here 96 tt 6 speed in white ....£10,300 just to buy the car without de-reg and docking it in japan..

but these are low miles and top quality

and if yous dont belive me have a look here 96 tt 6 speed in white ....£10,300 just to buy the car without de-reg and docking it in japan..

 

but these are low miles and top quality

Jurgen, it doesnt seem has effected the RX7 prices though?!!! or the S14,15's?!!

their prices not much different really!

Jurgen, it doesnt seem has effected the RX7 prices though?!!! or the S14,15's?!!

their prices not much different really!

tbh mate rx7 are expensive if you buy good ones this is a modded one for well ove 4 mill and also attached few standard ones 1.3 mill plus .

auctions are a bit cheaper, tbh you get what you pay for japans prices have maybe gone up a lot for supras and the modded rx7 have shot up.,, with the standard cars hovering about 8k to uk but this is for really top examples of rx7 in standard ish spec..

the s14 prices are the same as always and the s15 is dropping in price a little due to not many people bringing them in as most are modded and its hard to import very clean standard ones to pass esva, but once they are 10 year old i can see the prices on s15 being the same as they are now

I should wait abit longer then if I want a good drift toy

They've sent all the crap they don't want over now so only have the good ones left

They've sent all the crap they don't want over now so only have the good ones left

Still, better than us being lumped with all those lardy UK specs

Still, better than us being lumped with all those lardy UK specs

I had noticed this too tbh - it seems to me the ones being offered to us as imports are more expensive than what's already over here.

 

It used to be that importing was a great way to save cash, but imo that's not the case anymore. There's so many Sup's over here now that their value is coming down fast.

 

Again imo, I don't see any real gain in importing a car for yourself anymore.

So many Supra's here made tacky with awful bodykits, badly fitted and serviced, hard to find nice ones. Street image has gone down to bottom end with so many dogs on the road. It's sad.

In the last year Supra values have died so badly, which means a load of dissapointed owners when trying to sell.

Some patiently wait for vvt-i 98 to import, but when the time comes, the price may too high.

maz if u want me to hunt you a cheap rx7 for drift AT YOUR RISK i can do it but i tend to avoid them but if u want to give me a budget i can show you what is available for your monies

i can do it but i tend to avoid them but

A wise man

nicks vvti car on the forum the other week for sale was a bargain i was going to buy that

maz if u want me to hunt you a cheap rx7 for drift AT YOUR RISK i can do it but i tend to avoid them but if u want to give me a budget i can show you what is available for your monies

cheers Jurgen

I rother wait and come with more money so I get a clean enough RX as I know how they alike when they not healthy

might be looking for a 98ish soon, I let you know when Im ready mate

or what do you think about the V8 conversion for RX7's?

cheers Jurgen

I rother wait and come with more money so I get a clean enough RX as I know how they alike when they not healthy

 

might be looking for a 98ish soon, I let you know when Im ready mate

 

or what do you think about the V8 conversion for RX7's?

ok mate there is some good threads on mrc about v8 conversions a local guy up here we sourced him an rx7 shell for 2k and he is doing a conversion right now engine was around 4500k to import from america, be nice to see it when he is finished

Sorry but why spoil a fine handling well balanced car like an RX7 by sticking a lardy V8 in:blink:

Info on V8 swap.

http://members.tripod.com/~grannys/3LS12.html

Sorry but why spoil a fine handling well balanced car like an RX7 by sticking a lardy V8 in:blink:

I think there an all alloy V8 and pretty light.