Toyota Supra – The Carmax Unicorn Blog

What we have here is a “rare” 2022 Toyota Supra A91-CF Edition – rare in that only 600 were made, and all were allocated to North America. A bit of a unicorn. The CF stands for Carbon Fiber, and yes, much of the upgrade over a regular Supra A91 is really lots and lots of carbon fiber stuff – front splitter, rear spoiler, rocker panels, and side and rear canards. (Learned what “canards” were just for this car!) And black matte 19″ wheels with silver “Supra” calipers.

Toyota will tell you in their press release that all that carbon ain’t just window dressing, and that the splitter and duckbill spoiler and other carbon doodads actually increase downforce. Haven’t been able to find any reviews that support that, but Toyota wouldn’t make that up, would they?

The CF Edition also gets you a red and black Alcantara leather interior with “unique stitching details”, according to Toyota. And more carbon fiber trim. It’s as handsome of an interior as you’d find in any BMW Z car! This one has adaptive cruise control, Apple CarPlay, heated seats, and the upgraded JBL audio system.

The Carbon Fiber edition may or may not make the car go faster, and yet the 2022 Supra AF-91 is really, really fast. Like 3.8 seconds to 60 mph and a governed top end of 160. The Supra is powered by a 382 horsepower, 3.0 liter turbocharged inline six cylinder motor coupled with an eight-speed automatic, and is rear wheel drive. Yes, it’s (not so) secretly a BMW Z4 and was even built in Germany. With lots of carbon fiber.

The 2022 Toyota Supra A91-CF Edition was the most expensive Supra available at perhaps $68-70,000 MSRP last year, and significantly more than the four banger. Then again, there were only 600 made and that gives you some bragging rights. (The only other Supra I covered was this 1 of 1,500 2020 Supra Launch Editions, and that one was only $52,000.) At this time there are about a dozen A91-CF’s for sale on cars.com at about the same price point as this one. This one-owner, California coupe is selling for $65,998 here in Oxnard, California. It’s still under manufacturer warranty, and while I wouldn’t recommend MaxCare for too many Toyotas, keep in mind this is a BMW underneath and repairs will not be cheap in a few years. Enjoy.

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: