What We Learned After Testing a Toyota Supra Over 40,000 Miles | Car and Driver

Putting 40,000 miles on a Toyota Supra 3.0 was just as much fun as we expected. The car also proved to be reliable and fuel efficient. But it struggled in wintry conditions, and service was a challenge.

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00:00 Intro
01:31 First impressions, good stuff
04:08 Not so good stuff
06:00 Winter testing and tires
07:43 Reliability and service
10:30 Fuel economy
11:10 Final thoughts

[christiangarage]

Ive had mine for a month with 10k miles, I drove it from utah to Florida and then back again and I can honestly say it was a dream to drive. The adaptive cruise control works amazing, I stayed at 30mpg consistently and had enough room to store a large suitcase, 2 backpacks and my camera gear. Amaxing vehicle I am in love.

[singular]

One thing about the "reliability". Toyota said that they tested and revised the b58, sent it back to BMW saying that "its not good enough", and that is when BMW (they have said this on record) learned a lot from toyota about how far they are willing to go to get the engine to be reliable. When they sent it back to toyota, toyota ran it for an effective 1 million miles RPM wise, and it lasted. Toyota was happy. That is why the S58 and the B58 are so different and aren't interchangeable. Then when BMW put the b58 in to everything...they were making headlines for making "the best engine ever made".

[timothyhedrick]

@5:15 I have a 2021 3.0 Premium and agree the wind buffeting when windows down is one of the WORST flaws in this car, however, there are some aftermarket deflectors that completely fix this problem. The ones I chose were carbon fiber, attached just over the sideview mirrors. Honestly, you can't even tell they aren't an original part of the car's body and they completely eliminate the noise. You don't even see them when you are looking at the car. I'm surprised Toyota hasn't incorporated the deflector design into their side view mirror design to resolve this issue for good for future buyers.

[revaholic]

Great to see Carlos Lago join C&D. Treat him well and hopefully he can use his knowledge of performance cars in these videos

[ArmandoDomingos]

This is a great modern way to enjoy the Car and Driver content I’ve known for almost 30 years. Keep up the great work!

[petchris]

Carlos, glad to see you back! The wind buffeting can be addressed with aftermarket stick-on parts. You can find several videos on YT. There’s no excuse for Toyota not to have addressed this. The lack of a spare in a sports car: I’ve owned & driven plenty of sports cars w/o spare tires. Servicing: The lack of the necessary parts after calling ahead for service is inexcusable. Owners will have to build into their lexicon to have service verify they have parts on hand. 😎🏁👍

[off-roadingcars]

I’ve been reading C&D for 30 years and just loved this video. The format is great; I like that this was a discussion of a long term test with all the explanations. You guys did a great job with this. Please do more.

[HellWUtube]

The most useful Supra video I've come across so far. A minimum of 20% of every other video focuses on the fact that "it's basically a BMW". Thanks for not being obnoxious about it.

[PSDetails]

I love the long term tests. It helps me get an idea of what it is really like to own this car.

[gioluevano]

Carlos! Easily my favorite car video reviewer. Glad to you see you back, and hopefully for a long time. Congrats!

[MatthewGaither]

Great summary on a car I might be interested in one of these days. With news of the manual version not being too far off I am definitely keeping my options open. Thanks Carlos and C&D.

[xxCablexx]

I don't think anyone reviews driving dynamics better than Carlos, very knowledgeable and great to hear his thoughts

[larryh]

Hey Carlos, great review. Both you and Jason are my favorite reviewers and would watch pretty much anything you guys make. LOL! As for the lack of a spare tire, I have an ND Miata, and for $5 I bought a tire plug patch kit for emergencies.

[swanblake]

Carlos is my favorite. Great job on this long term wrap up!

[Stigs]

Great video and awesome to see Carlos largos on car and driver. Very useful information here

[spectech]

Just got a 2022 Supra. The wind buffeting is a simple fix and is a non issue. Spectacular car.

[BenMcNelly]

I picked mine up January of 2020, and only have 23k miles on it, and for solo road trips it is amazing. The tuning and mod ease has been a joy. Still a good sports car and I love to daily drive it.

[kid]

Love to see Carlos back in the car reviews!

[iorgostamatelos]

Great comments and overall great video. For winter tires, thanks for the Pirelli reference as I was struggling find in France the appropriate ones.

[timothytran]

Love the videos Carlos, You are the man! Keep up the amazing content! been watching for a while now. Miss the 240SS!