The Toyota Supra is a unbelievable automobile, however it appears you cowards on the market have all hung it out to dry. Final yr you deserted it, letting its gross sales stoop, and this yr you have all apparently determined that the Dodge Charger EV is the recent new factor you all need — as soon as once more leaving the Supra to rot. As Motor1 first identified, you all purchased practically 5 instances as many Chargers as Suprae, which is what we within the enterprise name a “travesty.” Toyota moved 421 Supras within the first quarter of 2025, versus Dodge promoting 1,947 of the electrical Charger. Inform me, truthfully: Why?
What does the Charger supply that the Supra does not? Positive, EV energy is cool as all hell, however Dodge’s implementation is a lumbering beast that is sufficiently big to qualify as a heavy truck for tax functions. Is that why you all purchased Chargers over Supras? Are you utilizing the automobile as a tax dodge? Truthfully, that is likely to be the one rationalization that might make any sense to me.
Why have you ever all executed this?
The Supra is gentle, lithe, and little. It is an agile and exact sports activities automobile that is nonetheless snug sufficient to tour with. The Charger weighs 5,838 kilos — greater than the 5,680 of a base Chevy Suburban — and sits over 34 inches longer than the Toyota. For all of you who purchased a coupe this yr, why did you purchase that one? Aren’t you those complaining about fashionable automobiles being too large and heavy? Why did you get the massive, heavy automobile?
Toyota’s flagship sports activities automobile is not lengthy for this world anyway, given the reveal of a Remaining Version in Japan on the finish of final yr and studies of its platform-mate BMW Z4 being discontinued subsequent spring, so it appears inevitable that the Charger would scoop up coupe patrons with time. The Charger can be a model new providing, whereas the Supra has been on sale since 2019. It is disappointing, although, to see a masterpiece of a contemporary sports activities coupe eschewed for such a hulking brute. Why, coupe patrons? Why have you ever executed this? What did the Supra ever do to you?