'82 Toyota Supra

Then and Now  Card #190/250  Silver/Black - 2026 Hot Wheels Mainline. The first-generation Toyota Celica Supra, sold in Japan through 1982, laid the groundwork for what would eventually become one of the most celebrated performance nameplates to come out of Japan. Long before the twin-turbo 2JZ-powered Mk4 became a tuner-culture icon, this boxier, inline-six-powered original established Toyota's credentials in the grand-touring segment, competing directly against contemporary Datsun Z-cars. Its inclusion in the Then and Now series invites a direct comparison to Supra generations that followed, tracing a lineage from understated '80s GT coupe to modern turbocharged icon. The silver body with a black targa-style roof panel captures the two-tone treatment common on Japanese sport coupes of the period. For Toyota historians, this casting fills in a chapter of Supra history that's far less mythologized than the Mk4 but arguably just as important to how the nameplate earned its reputation.