Toyota Supra MK4

Toyota built the MK4 as its halo sports car, using a stiff, purpose-built chassis and the now-legendary 2JZ-GTE, and it quickly became a fixture of drag racing, time attack, and street tuning scenes worldwide, later amplified massively by its starring role in the original Fast & Furious.

Its over-built iron-block 2JZ-GTE became folklore in tuning circles for surviving enormous boost and power increases on largely stock internals, and Paul Walker's orange MK4 in the first Fast & Furious cemented it in pop culture forever.

• 2JZ-GTE is famously over-engineered and can reliably handle huge power increases
• Stiff, well-balanced RWD chassis with genuine supercar-slaying potential
• Six-speed Getrag manual is a durable, desirable gearbox
• Massive cultural cachet from motorsport, tuning, and film history

• Values have skyrocketed, pricing many enthusiasts out of clean examples
• Popularity has led to a large number of abused, wrecked, or cloned cars on the market
• Interior feels dated and utilitarian for a flagship sports coupe
• Twin-sequential turbo setup is complex and can be costly to service

• Deteriorating factory turbo hoses and vacuum lines with age
• Rear main seal and valve cover gasket oil leaks on higher-mileage engines
• Aftermarket tuning shortcuts (poor wiring, mismatched parts) on modified examples
• Widespread cloning of lower trims to look like the desirable twin-turbo six-speed

About as high as it gets in the tuning world — the 2JZ-GTE reliably handles 500–600 whp on stock internals with turbo and fuel upgrades, and built examples have exceeded 1,500–2,000 hp in drag racing.

Verify VIN, engine, and transmission numbers match factory records given rampant cloning of lesser trims, get a compression and boost leak-down test, and budget significantly more than a decade ago — MK4 Supra prices have risen dramatically.

One of the most famous and valuable JDM cars in the world, driven by an unmatched combination of engineering reputation and pop-culture fame.

• The 2JZ-GTE's iron block and forged internals are legendary for surviving extreme power increases with minimal internal upgrades
• Paul Walker's orange MK4 Supra from the original Fast & Furious remains one of the most recognizable movie cars ever
• Toyota fitted the top trim with sequential twin turbos, where a small turbo spools first for low-end response before the second turbo joins in