Set them side-by-side and you’d struggle to see why you’d spend the extra moneyīut now onto the main event, 1993 saw the launch of the fourth generation Supra the A80 that packed that world famous 2JZ twin turbo engine the key to everything the modified community ever wanted in a car, a car and engine combo that changed the aftermarket mod forever! It meant you could get “over night parts from japan” for your car and the capabilities of the stock internals were endless, some say ‘bulletproof’ even. Well, when I say that they fitted I mean they sorta threw all the gubins in and closed the bonnet! Toyota love to over-engineer everything and the GT-Four was no exception, the bonnet vents and cuts are all ‘working’ additions, the infamous offset nostril that sits to the side of the top grill feeds cold air down to the cambelt because why not? In the under tray below the engine there’s a double vented pipe that feeds, again cold air to the alternator…never heard of an overheating alternator to be fair but hey, I guess it could happen? Maybe? Anyway unlike most turbo charged engines this also operates a charge cooler set up which means instead of a large front mounted intercooler to chill the compressed air from the turbo it feeds it through a more compact unit that sits on top of the engine and pumps coolant around the hot air to cool the temperature down! It might not have the want ability of a Supra but for me these are superb value for money and between £5000-£8000 will get you a decent example that wont need much work, compare that to say the Escort Cosworth RS that was a rival at the time of launch and that’ll set you back 3 times that. Moving up the ladder we arrive at the Celica now in its 6 th generation released in 1994 it, like the MR2 had different trim levels the ST,GT and even a cabriolet but, it was their now 3 rd attempt at making a rally car for the road, the GT-Four was back and with JDM WRC homologation models kicking out 255bhp 243ft.tq from the standard turbo charged 2.0 litre engine from the MR2 it had some serious power under the bonnet, they also fitted it with a high-rise rear spoiler, a bonnet mounted spoiler that sat behind the windscreen jets but more importantly they gave it anti-lag for that full rally style pops and bangs shizzle as you prepare to launch out of your nearest supermarket car park Mean come on, what more do you want from a two-seater sports car? £3500-£6000 for a good, low mileage example. Today you can pick one up from anywhere between Tame that ‘want for it to kill you’ It would leave a Porsche Boxster with a redįace at a fraction of the cost. MR2 meant you had to treat it with a certain amount of respect but if you could The MR2 Turbo that everyone sat up and paid attention! The 3S-GTE engine fitted would later go into the new Celica GT-Four, in the MR2 however it was mid mounted directly behind the drivers head to give a perfect 50/50 weight distribution and was good for 222bhp and 200 ft.tq they later released the Rev 3 which pushed the stock power to an impressive 241bhp and 224ft.tq which would bring it side by side with the Celica but with one massive ace up it’s sleeve…weight!Īt around 1260kg but the Celica with it’s four wheel drive system and largerĬabin would tip the scales at 1448kg granted the snatchy characteristics of the It all starts in 1989 when Toyota released their second generation MR2 the Rev 1 or SW20 for the Toyota geeks like me, they had several trim levels but it wasn’t until this one the Rev 2 MR2 GT-S aka. This is the story behind those three cars, cars that pushed the boundaries in each of their perspective categories this is the story of the supercar killer, the rally hero and the baby Ferrari Honda had the NSX, Nissan had the Skyline GTR and Mazda had their flag ship rotary powered RX-7 but Toyota didn’t just have one 90’s legend in the stable, oh no…As far as I’m concerned Toyota…they had three! Between 19 Toyota much like most of the Japanese automotive industry was on top form.
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