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TOYOTA SUPRA TURBO

Vehicle type: Front engine, rear wheel drive, 2+2 passenger, 3 door coupe
Price as tested: $17,250.00
Price per pound: $5.17

Options on test car: Targa top, leather interior, automatic transmission,arrest-me-red paint
Standard accessories: Driver ball blower/nut cooler
Sound system: Cassette system, not a CD player, sigh!

Engine
Type: Toyota 7M-GTE 3.0 Liter dual overhead cam 4 valve per cylinder inline 6 cylinder air to air intercooled turbocharer with Toyota TCCS port fuel injection system, etc.
Displacement: A lot smaller than 403 cu. in.
Redline: 7000 RPM
Emissions controls: See attached diagram

Dimensions and Capacities
Wheelbase.... 102.2 inches
Track, F/R.... 0.028516 acres
Length........ 0.00000000163 parsecs
Width......... 27 Ohms
Height........ .75 Roberts
Curb weight.. 1739336 milligrams, US RDA
Fuel capacity. 140 pints

Interior
Front seats... Dual buckets
Rear seats.... Iron maiden
Rearrear seats Not!
Seat adjusts.. 4 way adjustable headrests, power lumbar, 6 way power fore and aft, up and down, side to side, unidirectional angular tilt seats

Gen. comfort. poor fair good excellent
Fore&aft supt poor fair good excellent
Lateral suppt. poor fair good excellent

Suspension
Front.......... Firm
Rear........... Lets you whip that tail out at will

Wheels and tires
Wheels........ 3 warped rims, 2 curb shots, peeling chrome finish. Oh, What a Feeling!
Tires.......... Really big, expensive, and sticky P225/50VR16

TEST RESULTS
Acceleration
0-30........... 2.4
0-60........... 7.1
0-90........... 16.0
0-110......... 13.9
Top speed.... Cruise control may or may not set at 132mph on I-15

Braking
70-0 mph..... Thanks to the airbag, you never have to worry about "braking"
Fade........... Yeah, we're getting a bit tired

Handling
Roadholding (300ft skidpad)
................ No! The tread has to hold out another 10,000 miles!
Turning circle At least in this car, measured in feet, not miles

Fuel economy
EPA city...... 18
EPA highway. 24
AutoXS obsvd 58

Interior sound level, 80mph ................ just turn up the... cassette player... waaaaaaaaah!


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