CarMax has a knack for poaching limited edition, low production, and ultra low mileage cars, and it looks like the accumulation of scarfed up first run Supras is no accident. CarMax currently has five of them – two for sale and three on hold or being transferred. Five of the 10 Supras CarMax has overall are Launch Editions. The first 1,500 Toyota Supras offered when the iconic model was reintroduced in 2020 were tagged as “Launch Editions”. The cars got a carbon fiber panel with the numeric designation on the dash, but other than some unique visual changes insie and out the car is the same as all of the other Supras. The first Launch Edition off the line, obviously #1 of 1,500, auctioned for $1.2 million as a charity donation. Toyota sold less than 6,000 2020 Supras of all kinds, so not a lotta them out there anyway.
The Toyota Supra Launch Editions in red and white exteriors have red interiors you can’t get in other Supras (thank God!) and the black models come with black interiors. All five of the Launch Edition models CarMax snagged have the optional adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, parking sensors, and rear-collision warning – an additional $1,195 over the $56,180 purchase price per Car and Driver – bringing the original sales price of these models to $57,373. The five CarMax models are selling from $52-54k, not much off of the original price. They also have less than 1,000 miles on the Serramonte, California, to just under 8,000 miles in Richmond, Virginia. Damned near new. No need for MaxCare!
Collectibles? Maybe. Maybe not. The Toyota-BMW partnership, and the availability of a higher horsepower BMW Z4 M40i for about the same price (used, from CarMax) dilutes, to me, the specialness of the new Supra. But if you liked the original classic and want a second chance at being one of the first to buy a 2020 Supra – and want a plaque on the dash that says so, perhaps you’ll appreciate these. FWIW – in 3 1/2 years this is the first Toyota unicorn I’ve blogged about!
The Toyota Supra, of course, is powered by the BMW 3.0 liter inline six good for 335 hp – 20hp more than the last generation Supra, mated to an eight-speed transmission, that pushes the 3,300 lb sports car to a 3.9 second 0-60 mph run. That’s about the same as a base Porsche 911 costing twice as much.
The cars. If you have better eyes than me, or can zoom in better, you might have a better take on the limited edition numbers. I also have the prices because all of them were saved to my profile when available. On any given day availability changes – the Harrisonburg, Virginia car became showed up again as available while I was writing this (it’s been on and off the market for awhile). Here’s what I got:
Stock Number: 19181452
Price/Mileage: $51,998 / Less than 6,000 miles.
Possible Number: 708 of 1,500
Current Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Link: https://www.carmax.com/car/19181452
Stock Number: 20355149
Price/Mileage: $52,998 / Less than 8,000 miles.
Possible Number: 452 of 1,500 (or 652?)
Current Location: West Broad (Richmond), Virginia
Link: https://www.carmax.com/car/20355149
Stock Number: 19978108
Price/Mileage: $52,998 / Less than 1,000 miles.
Number: 1,489 of 1,500
Current Location: Serramonte, California
Link: https://www.carmax.com/car/19978108
Stock Number: 20088576
Price/Mileage: $51,998 / Less than 1,000 miles.
Number: 276 of 1,500 (who the hell knows?)
Current Location: Torrence, California
Link: https://www.carmax.com/car/20088576
Stock Number: 20156712
Price/Mileage: $53,998 / Less than 3,000 miles.
Number: 454 of 1,500
Current Location: Augusta, Georgia.
Link: https://www.carmax.com/car/20156712
If you hung in there all the way here – thanks for reading!