#a70supra

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1/64 Scale MINICAR SERIES 【KYOSHO 64 COLLECTION / 入荷のご案内】　各1,320円(税込) K07113A/B TOYOTA CELICA 1600GT (Blue/Yellow) K07113C/D TOYOTA SUPRA A70 (Black/Dark Green) K07113E/F TOYOTA SUPRA A80 (Silver/White) K07113J TOYOTA CENTURY (Silver) 皆様から多くのご要望を頂いておりました「KYOSHO 64 COLLECTION」7車種が入荷＆販売開始しました。 買いそびれてしまった方、また実際に手に取ってご覧になりたい方はこの機会をお見逃し無く、皆様のご来店をお待ちしています。

rear tire to front tire ratio is how you can tell you will get gapped.

And you’re probably wondering... somewhere deep in Japan where no Westerners are allowed access... ok I’m joking but just as remote and desolate that it may as well be. #supraowners #a70supra #A70Supra #vintageCarsInJapan #CustomCars #Convertibles #Ragtop #MadeInJapan #車好きと繋がりたい #ToyotaSupra #Celica #Supra #MA70 #GA70 (at North Pole, Alaska) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv1NyLsnqpb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zzf12drdwv7f

The first two generations of #ToyotaSupra were closely tied to the Celica - essentially stretched versions of Toyota’s original coupe with six-cylinder engines. But a major philosophical change happened as the A60 Supra (July 1981-Dec. 1985) was coming online. The next Celica would be a front-driver, which meant changing the formula, and that’s what happened when the next Supra, the #A70, was launched in early 1986. - Now a stand-alone model free of the Celica’s architecture, the new car was now a purpose-built GT rather than an enlarged Ford Capri-style car, having more in common with the Porsche 928 than the Celica. For economies of scale, the #A70Supra shared a platform with the JDM Z20 Toyota Soarer, Toyota’s “Personal Luxury Car” in Japan and the car would eventually become the Lexus SC. - In the U.S., the A70 was powered by the 4-valve-per-cylinder 7M-GE 3-liter six and it’s Turbo variant, the 7M-GTE. Calling out the 4V configuration seems silly today, but this was a sophisticated engine in those days and one with real punch - 232hp in turbo form, more than a 5.0 Mustang, king of “cheap speed” at that time. The A70 sold well initially, with more than 30,000 built in 1986.  - The cars also bristled with technology new to that era - ABS and the Toyota Electronic Modulated Suspension (TEMS) system in particular. They were big GTs, and correspondingly heavy - almost 3,800 lbs. in Turbo Automatic form, which blunted performance. Part of that heft came from sharing architecture with the slightly larger Soarer. But the manual Turbo A70 was still a hot car. In Japan there were 2-liter engines and the spectacular Turbo-A homologation version, the very rare 88 spec A. - The A70 was freshened in 1989 with new front and rear treatments and a new "White" package typical of monochrome schemes popular at the time (including color-matched wheels). - As it aged, the A70, like several other Japanese sports cars, got progressively more expensive as sports car sales slowed overall. 1989 was a decent year (~14,500 sold in the U.S.), but the next three (recessionary) years ground to a crawl, with just 1,200 leaving the showroom in 1992, as the A80 Supra waited in the wings. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs56NPmFtg3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vnzk0cwzm6fa