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NEWS photos Cindy Goodman

Toyota Supra Turbo

Doesn’t compromise luxury for performance

Supra Turbo, a car with more
luxury features than a typical
Cadillac plus the kind of perfur-

1 DON'T know whether it was
Donald Trump or Liberace who
first coined the expression, ‘I

44 Despite its considerable power and
performance, the Supra is easy to drive, easy to
get in and out of, and well-mannered in city
driving, somewhai akin to a very powerful
computer with user-friendly software. ¥9

mance and handling to rival mans
SPOrts ets,
The current

wantit aly bowantit all, f want it
all, and Powantit mow.’ But that

Just about sums up the Toyota styling,

Supra’s

Fhe current Supra has a tradi-
onal front enginesrear wheel
drive drivetrain layout which of-
fers inherently better weight
distribution and handling as well
as less drivetrain vibration than
front-wheel-drive setups. At idle,
there ix sartually no vibration in
the passenger compartment, and
this eneine is almost too quiet for
a perforniimee Coupe,

fhe Supraiis a relatively heavy
car (P6532 key but despite its
Weight. performance is impressive,
The standard 23200 horsepower,
turbochareed, owin vam 2.0) titre
Mhne SA ovbnder engine provides

which dates back to 1986, is
almost a cliche of the typical 2 +2
sports coupe. Its low nase, pop-up
headlights, wrap-around front air
dam, steeply raked front wind-
sercen, thick B-pillar and large
fear window area are typical ele-
ments of a styling trend started by
Potsche’s 924 madel more than a
decade ago.

Fo be fair. the styling stil looks
sentemporary and would probably
hast for another ten sears. How-
even. the new oserion af the
Supra, expested in P992 of leyt,
will Likely he more radical in
desnst. but move pseate in price
and prestive.

Check out Toyota's (op-of-the-
tine 2+2  iuxury/performance
coupe, the Supra Turbo, at Jim
Pattison Toyota, 1765 Marine
Dr., North Vancouver.

Price as tested: + i>
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