JDMMA70
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I was around in the 90s and remember the MK4 very vividly. I also remember the MK3 of the 80s being compared by Road & Track and Car and Driver to the Porsche 944 and 928. People like to forget that for some reason. What people tend to forget is that the Supra wasn't the only car trying to compete with the more expensive European cars. The Z32, 3000GT VR4, and RX-7 were as well. However people dont remember them as well as they do the Supra. Not because they werent good cars, but the aftermarket support for them in the US couldnt compare to what the Supra was achieving. So once again if you were to throw away the aftermarket support, and the big power builds, not many would remember this car execept for those that truly appreciated it for what it was.
As for your last question, its simple for a number of reasons, the Eclipse at the time wasn't making ridiculous amounts of power with the aftermarket with as much ease as it was with the Supras. It wasnt the car the youth remember, it wasnt the car people ran to because it didn't beat a Ferrari on screen, it wasn't the car that defeated a drag prepped Charger, it wasnt the car taking down heavily modified domestics with just a bolt on turbo kit, it wasnt the car that they watched on Best Motoring taking down an F40 or a McLaren F1. As far as value is concerned clean stock GSX and GS-Ts have gone up in value or at least held their value. The youth didnt care it was almost as fast as a 355 at the time. They cared about it beating that Aventador, they care about that 1600hp dyno. The youth and those that grew up in that era today dont care about a stock MK4 or what it was capable of 25yrs ago.
As for your last question, its simple for a number of reasons, the Eclipse at the time wasn't making ridiculous amounts of power with the aftermarket with as much ease as it was with the Supras. It wasnt the car the youth remember, it wasnt the car people ran to because it didn't beat a Ferrari on screen, it wasn't the car that defeated a drag prepped Charger, it wasnt the car taking down heavily modified domestics with just a bolt on turbo kit, it wasnt the car that they watched on Best Motoring taking down an F40 or a McLaren F1. As far as value is concerned clean stock GSX and GS-Ts have gone up in value or at least held their value. The youth didnt care it was almost as fast as a 355 at the time. They cared about it beating that Aventador, they care about that 1600hp dyno. The youth and those that grew up in that era today dont care about a stock MK4 or what it was capable of 25yrs ago.
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