That's not true at all, the prices on the cars came down from mid to upper
50,000 down to just below 40,000 before taxes, fees, etc. There were
absolutely no differences in the cars and I'm talking about the twin-turbo
models. Toyota feared they would kill the Supra by overpricing it, which
they did, but it at least bought them some time.
Mick, Supra fanatic
91T Supra
88NA Supra
83 Supra
At 07:45 AM 12/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
>They "de-contented" those cars, i.e. remove extras. I believe it was
>on non-turbo Supras.
>
>Matt Murray
>
>mattm@optonline.net
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Buddy Ahlers <buddy_ahlers@yahoo.com>
>To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
>Date: Friday, December 10, 1999 1:21 AM
>Subject: Re: MR-S SF Car Show
>
>
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>>"Matt Murray" <mattm@optonline.net> wrote:
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>>> > Prices go down? Toyota? Har, har , har...
>>> >
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>>Isn't this what they did with the Supras like three or
>>four years ago? I can remember when I was working at
>>the Toyota dealership in '97, a lot of Supra owners
>>were really pissed that the new cars coming out then
>>were so much cheaper, because it killed the resale
>>value of their earlier cars.
>>
>>I know it doesn't happen often, but it can.
>>
>>Buddy
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