Hey all, I was wondering where I could find production numbers for 1987 Supras. Some time back, I came across a figure of 180,000 TOTAL units for 1986-2002. I have no idea where I got that number. Just curious as to different configurations, options, etc. Thanks!
Rhetttech
Production numbers
Nice plot of production numbers from 1979 to 1998 in this thread.
I can't verify the numbers shown here but I do remember the 1982's popularity especially among the kids I went to high school with and the 1986.5 just blew us all away. They did not stay in show rooms long.
MK2 and MK3 by far were the most produced and sold. Those two sports cars were a hot commodity back in the day. It was not uncommon for us to drive by a dealership at lunch just to drool over one in the show room.
Also partly why MK4 prices are so high today, not manufactured in large numbers. Back then sheet metal sold cars and the MK4 just did not connect with most people like the earlier Supras did. I knew the goodness that was under the hood of the MK4 from sampling SC300's but the exterior design took a very long time to grow on me. The demise of the concealed headlights bothered me with this model and I passed up several opportunities to buy one in the late 90's when nobody wanted them 😩. By the time I could cope with the bulbous headlamp styling, it was not easy to find a used one since the car really flopped in the show room. If ever a movie sold a car this was it. Too bad the movie did not come out in 1994.
I can't verify the numbers shown here but I do remember the 1982's popularity especially among the kids I went to high school with and the 1986.5 just blew us all away. They did not stay in show rooms long.
MK2 and MK3 by far were the most produced and sold. Those two sports cars were a hot commodity back in the day. It was not uncommon for us to drive by a dealership at lunch just to drool over one in the show room.
Also partly why MK4 prices are so high today, not manufactured in large numbers. Back then sheet metal sold cars and the MK4 just did not connect with most people like the earlier Supras did. I knew the goodness that was under the hood of the MK4 from sampling SC300's but the exterior design took a very long time to grow on me. The demise of the concealed headlights bothered me with this model and I passed up several opportunities to buy one in the late 90's when nobody wanted them 😩. By the time I could cope with the bulbous headlamp styling, it was not easy to find a used one since the car really flopped in the show room. If ever a movie sold a car this was it. Too bad the movie did not come out in 1994.
According to Hagerty 29,907 units produced in 1987. Same as the graph BonestockNA referenced. I suppose that's worldwide. I don't know how many were imported to the US. Here's a link to the Hagerty history page with some tasty photos to look at. Click here to go there.
When the first Celica Supra appeared in 79 I think there must have been quite a few Celica fans who created a high take rate for the Celica Supra because of the new EFI I6 availability. I owned one of these cars for a while, a 1980 and it was sort of a let down. The 4M did not really make much more power than the 20R and the 20R did not weigh as much as the 4M. Factor in the Celica Supra's longer wheelbase and extra weight of the longer body and you don't really have a car that performs any better for the extra loot although the port fuel injection was nice. By 1980 word is out to just get a Celica GT. I owned both and the Celica GT was in my opinion a better sporty car. It always felt livelier and quicker. The MKII introduced in 1982 was a far better Celica Supra version and the 5M was a far better engine. When you paid the extra money to get that car with the styling and the power, you felt like you actually got something more than a Celica GTS.
That Supra Registry is pretty much useless for the MK3! The color charts are for the MK4, no MK3 color charts. Here's my car and there's nothing I didn't already know:
thesupraregistry.com
Frame #0161672 – The Supra Registry
Providing the most accurate and up-to-date information regarding production and options for the 1993-2002 MKIV supra.
thesupraregistry.com
The slide in sales was exactly due to these issues. The 1st Gen Celica Supra was outperformed by every competitor that it was built to beat. The Road & Track review that I have in my binder I put out with the car at shows was particularly brutal in honesty. I love my Mk1, but Lord is it a pig....
Anthony doesn't give a shit about Supras beyond the MkIV and GR (and now he's into GT-Rs). His Mk3 database only goes as early as 1990, and doesn't include any 1J or 1G cars. The one prop I'll give him is that the limited data he was able to get about the MkIIIs includes the full 1992 production and proves that 1193 built number for the U.S. that has been thrown around for 20+ years is false. Filter the database to 8/91 - 12/92 build dates and USA only and I think the number is like 884. I have it written down somewhere. Add in the 200+ for Canada, and you still end up with less than 1193 for 1992 for all of North America.That Supra Registry is pretty much useless for the MK3! The color charts are for the MK4, no MK3 color charts. Here's my car and there's nothing I didn't already know:
Frame #0161672 – The Supra Registry
Providing the most accurate and up-to-date information regarding production and options for the 1993-2002 MKIV supra.
Because your car/paint code is pre-1990. Like I said, he doesn't care to do the work required to fill out the MkIII database like he did with the MkIV, and I doubt this 'big update' will have any benefit to those beyond the MkIV or GR Supra communitySO, I went to the Supra Registry and entering all the numbers @ the pull down for color doesn't offer 8D8. ? I've lived a long time to feel so dumb!
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