$300k For A ’93 Toyota Supra? This Has Got Out Of Hand

Cast your mind back to the summer and you might recall we ran a story on a pristine 1995 Toyota Supra that sold for what we then called “an absurd” $201,000.

Well, that car could soon be reclassified as a bargain if one Illinois dealership gets its way and persuades somebody to part with $299,800 for this one. A 1993 “Sport Roof” car with the removable top but no rear spoiler, it looks stunning in its anthracite paint, and its 321 hp 2JZ turbocharged straight-six is mated to the hugely desirable six-speed manual transmission.

The 9,638 miles (15,511 km) on the odometer means it’s seen a little more action than the $201k car, which had only covered 6,571 miles (10,575 km), and has one previous owner whereas the red car had zero previous registered owners. But that mileage still ranks as an extremely low, and it can be one of only a handful of MkIV Supras around with less than 10k miles.

Which is obviously why the seller, Diamond Motor Works of Lisle, Illinois, thinks it can afford to get punchy with the price tag. To my mind this Supra’s color makes it more desirable than the red one, but I reckon the higher miles would more than offset that. But that’s just my opinion.

Here’s another one: I’m guessing the dealer isn’t really expecting to get $300k for the car and has just stuck a crazy number on the advert to generate some publicity. And since I’m writing about it and you’re reading it, it’s clearly worked. Incidentally, the shop looks like it has a bunch of other very interesting cars in stock, including at least two more MkIV Supras.

So is this MkIV Supra really worth nearly a third of a million dollars? Well something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, and if someone feels happy to part with $300,000 for this one, then we guess it is “worth it”, to the buyer, at least. But don’t forget that even Paul Walker’s orange The Fast and the Furious Supra “only” sold for $550,000.

We can’t help wondering what that buyer will do with it when they do get the keys. You wouldn’t tune this car, and with the mileage so close to 10,000 you probably couldn’t even use it much either for fear of the odometer rolling over into five figures and damaging your investment. But it would be a real shame for such a great car to spend the rest of life caged up in a garage. What do you think? Is any MkIV Supra worth $300k?