Toyota Supra mk4

This is the one. When most people picture a Supra, they picture the Mk4, the A80: the curvy, big-winged fourth generation built from 1993 to 2002, the car that turned a Toyota into a cultural event. Credit goes mostly to the engine. The 2JZ-GTE, a 3.0-liter sequential twin-turbo straight-six, made a quoted 320 horsepower (Japan politely claimed 276 under the era's gentleman's agreement), but its real party trick is sheer strength. The 2JZ will happily run 600 to 800 horsepower on its factory internals, which is the stuff of tuner folklore and the reason built cars reach four figures.

The desirable spec is well settled: the RZ twin-turbo car with the Getrag V160 six-speed manual. Toyota also kept it fairly light, using an aluminum hood among other measures, so it handled a bit better than its big-coupe shape suggested.

Then... there's the fame. The orange 1994 car from the first Fast & Furious sealed the A80's place in pop culture, and it sits on Japan's performance Mount Rushmore next to the FD RX-7, the NSX, and the R34 GT-R. Add a 25-year import clock and a finite supply of clean manual cars, and you get the outcome everyone knows about: values went vertical. The A80 is a blue-chip Japanese sports car, and while it might not drive as nicely as its rivals, it has unmatched AURA... "is that a SUPRA?!?!?"