Toyota Supra for sale in Japan

Buying one from here

Turbo or naturally aspirated changes everything

A JZA80 RZ with the twin-turbo 2JZ-GTE and a six-speed is a different market from an SZ with the naturally aspirated 2JZ-GE. The price gap is large, the cars look the same, and the specification on the sheet is what settles it.

The MA70 has a known weakness

The earlier MA70’s 7M-GTE is famous for head gasket failure caused by under-torqued head bolts from the factory. Many have been fixed properly and plenty have not, and there is no way to test it from here — price the car as though the job is still to do unless there is documentation.

These are watched cars now

Supra prices have risen enough that condition and originality are scrutinised closely. An unmolested car with a clean sheet and a verified odometer is worth the premium; a cheap modified one rarely turns into the former.

What it costs to land one in the US

Ocean freight, customs duty, clearance and our sourcing fee sit on top of the Japanese price. The duty rate is 12.5% of the car's value — the figure JDM Imports works to, and the one the calculator uses; see tariffRate in js/services/calculator.js, which is the authority. Every line of that cost is set out here, and the 25-Year Rule is explained here. The landed cost calculator works the whole figure for any car on this page before you commit to it, and cars 2002 and older clear the 25-Year Rule.