16/10/2008 13:54. This first generation Supra shared the same front panels and doors as the Toyota Celica however the rear quarters were stretched by 129.5 mm. The biggest change was in the engine "swap," replacing the Celica's four-cylinder powerplant with that of an inline six. The folks at Toyota must have been hoping for a competitive alternative to the Datsun Z cars being produced by Nissan at the time.

The first generation Supras were anything but "high performance" oriented, producing a mere 110 horsepower - extremely underpowered by today's standards, especially when powering a 1270 kg (2800 lb) vehicle. The engine, a 2563-cc 12-valve SOHC (single overhead cam) inline six-cylinder, was the very first produced by Toyota equipped with... // CanadianDriver