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Car of the Day : April 13, 2013; Matchbox Premiere '94 Toyota Supra
Topic Started: Apr 12 2013, 10:08 PM (736 Views)
craftymore
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The Matchbox 1994 Toyota Supra from craftymore is the car for today.

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The Toyota Supra is a sports car/grand tourer that was produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider. Starting in mid-1986, the Supra (in its third generation, Mark III) became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica. In turn, Toyota also stopped using the prefix Celica and began just calling the car Supra. Due to the similarity and past of the Celica's name, it is frequently mistaken for the Toyota Supra, and vice versa.

The Supra also traces much of its roots back to the Toyota 2000GT with the main instance being its engine. The first three generations were offered with a direct descendant to the Toyota Crown's and 2000GT's M engine. All four generations of Supra produced have an inline 6-cylinder engine. Interior aspects were also similar, as was the chassis code "A".

Along with this name and car Toyota also included its own logo for the Supra. It is derived from the original Celica logo, being blue instead of orange. This logo was used until January 1986, when the Mark III Supra was introduced. The new logo was similar in size, with orange writing on a red background, but without the dragon design. That logo, in turn, was on Supras until 1991 when Toyota switched to its current oval company logo. (the dragon logo was a Celica logo regardless of what color it was. It appeared on the first two generations of the Supra because they were officially Toyota Celicas. The dragon logo was used for the Celica line until it too was discontinued.)

In 1998, Toyota ceased sales of the Supra in the United States and in 2002 Toyota officially stopped production of the Supra in Japan.

As an iconic sports car, the Supra has appeared in numerous video games, movies, music videos and TV shows. Some of the most notable appearances include the Gran Turismo, Forza Motorsport, Need for Speed, and Midnight Club series of video games and the 2001 film, The Fast and the Furious.


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Check out Wikipedia.com to learn more on the Supra.

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Scored this at a local flea market. This was issued in '94 or '95 in the Premier line which added extra tampo strikes and rubber tires.

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Stampede
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Team Canada
Is it me, or do the tires jut out a bit too much? Aside from that, it's a great casting!
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Billy Kingsley
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The Mad Documenter!
Not just you, they only had one size tire for the Premier Line, which was extra-wide. Most of the time it didn't matter, here though it looks funky.

I always loved the Premier line (even with the sometimes funky tires) and though I don't have this one, it's certainly a fine replica.
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Dean-o-mite
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This gray one was my first Premiere Supra, purchased new, and I was instantly in love. Sure, one has to get past the wide rubber they used on everything, but this was "collector quality" diecast back in the day. Heh-heh. How times have changed. This one still holds a special place in my collection though.
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mbx64
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It is unfortunate that the premier tires are so wide. I have the RX-7 and Mitsubishi Spyder and both look a little ridiculous.

Too bad, as they have such great detail! I especially love the silver Supra here!
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Stampede
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If only the 60th line was something like this.
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Tires and wheels seem to always mess up a good casting. Why don't the makers notice this before a release????
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
Supra! :wub:
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