We visit a Supra Specialist Shop and BUY a Supra Turbo Manual! Supra RZ | JDM Masters

JDM Masters add another JDM Sports car to their garage!

Join us as we take delivery of A80 Supra RZ. One of the legendary 90s JDM sports car. As a classic fan favourite, our editor Japonic had always wanted one in his collection. After searching for a long time, he manage to find a clean example with some minor tuning and equipped with the Ridox body kit. With prices of all 90s Japanese sports cars are on the rise, we discuss about the current market situation especially in Japan. How this affects the call prices in the future and whether it is worth it to get one or not. We also take a look at other examples of A80 super is in the use shop that we visit

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[thatsnothowyousaymyname]

Prices are going up because kids who watched fast and furious almost 20 years ago now has money

[witw]

The main reason for JDM cars costs raising is the lack of production of new sportish cars in the last 15 years.
The late 80s and early 2000s, maybe, the last affordable ICM cool cars in the market.
And the number of sufficiently preserved car is a decline from year to year.

[flightjam]

This guy makes me think of him as a japanese version of the guy from Engineering Explained.

[TurboFJ]

You can purchase a used RZ Supra on gran turismo 4 for about 10k.

[NjoyMoney]

"IS THAT A SUPRA" hahah lovely kid :D

[Atrophy]

the kid all stoked on the supra was awesome lol

[CobraCommanderX]

video idea: talk to a car exporter, go through the process of exporting a car, and see what cars japan is importing

[wafer]

had a chance to buy a 2002 r34 gtr Vspec 2 10yrs ago for $57k aud showroom condition but thought I could get a new car for that, now that car is worth $17k and the GTR $100K+++ massive regret

[devlad]

Imported my own Aristo (83000km, 4.5B) earlier this year. Turns out it was maintained and modified by Revolfe S.A. Could not be happier

[cwat]

As I see it, the prices of 90's JDM classics are skyrocketing due to two main factors, resulting in a "perfect storm" of heightened demand, so to speak:
1. An entire generation who grew up consuming media featuring these machines, dreaming about owning them are now coming of age, and some have the means to pursue them.
2. The US 25-year Classic Car Clause. As these vehicles become legal to import to the US, of course the demand is bound to increase, especially as it coincides perfectly with the former.

[NjoyMoney]

im pretty sure the price rising is just the US import law, those cars are getting 25 year old and ready for import, specially skylines wich they didnt get in the US :D

[zaidkidwai]

That Supra is clean af. I wish Japan made more cool sports cars like they used to.

[littlejohn-pikk]

Jdm masters has been raising 90s Japanese’s car prices since they started the channel! Raising awareness of the these cars to more people than ever.

[TrinomCZ]

The main reason of the price sky rocketing is US market's 25 year import law. There is a hunger for these cars and there are many wealthy enough car enthusiasts. This pulls the whole market up. And yes, Fast&Furious is one of the reason for this hunger.
If I compare the situation with Europe, there is way less car guys willing to drive a RHD cars, which keeps the price of JDM gems on lower level compared to USA, but the prices are rising slowly as well, since the market is like communicating vessels. LHD variants are pretty much tied to american prices.
And I'm worried, that this trend will continue, because of very strict emission regulations and corporate fuel economy standards. Many of the car manufacturers announced, that they will no longer import or produce sports cars for european market, because they are being punished for such move. Unfortunatelly, it's quite difficult to register such car as a historic vehicle, because it should be as close to stock as possible. Also there is 30 year boundary (set by FIVA), compared to 25 in the US. I also shouldn't forgot to mention, that car modification is very often forbiden in many cases in european countries and if you want to do that the right way, it's extremely expensive.

[Diggdigget]

Hardtops are more sought after in the US. Most USDM supra's are aerotop or targa as we called it. there is a hierarchy with supras to the LHD usdm owners.

[urbanizeddreams]

I think some more possible reasons for increasing prices is due to following:
1. Cars over time get wrecked from all sorts of reasons and we have less and less on the roads.
2. Many are poorly modified examples that will never be able to be reverted to original form or in horrible condition due to stance/widebody modifications.
Also, these 2 reasons alone help stock models increase even further.

You can even see prices staying very high on newer Japanese sports cars in places like Canada where we have winter. Example, my 2018 WRX STI (D-Type) the price of mine dropped $2, 000.00 since buying new which is amazing on a 3 year old car. (Try that with a BMW haha) Reason is most models are winter driven and have very high mileage and rust over time. Also lots of poorly modified examples.
So if you store it in the winter and keep it stock, your value basically stays the same as new and than after 10+ years begins to rise.

Another example, since I'm a Subaru 2007 a 2004 WRX STI cost on average $25, 000-30, 000 in Canada. In still costs the same on high mileage models with rust. If you have a low mileage, winter stored it's even higher now! 3 years ago a clean stock example sold for I bet it would even more.

So yeah, Japanese sports cars (especially in manual) overall will either keep there value, or keep rising. I think with the the possible ban of gasoline car sales in places like Europe, Japan & Canada in 2030(if it happens) will raise prices even more since you won't even be able to buy anything like this new anymore especially in manual!

Also, for those who read all this, some other interesting information regarding Canada and JDM cars. What I have noticed from all my years of monitoring the market, RHD drives here actually have a very low value compared to LHD models. Like WRX STI LHD would be $25, 000, but if it's a JDM model the value is only like $17, 000. The biggest reason for this is because insurance in Canada for RHD drives is extremely expensive and many companies don't even want to insure you!!!
The only RHD cars here that are expensive is basically the R34 GTR, Everything else is cheaper by a lot compared to a LHD model.

[BourneThisWay]

I bought my R32 with ~134, 000km almost two years ago and it was still pretty pricey compared to prices just a year or two before I bought it. Just three years ago, decently clean R32s were selling, locally in Japan, for about 10-15k.

[Ceffman]

I must say - it’s a bit of a shame prices are rising on 90s JDM cars. I say that because gone are the days of buying a S13 or Supra to throw around in the hills or track without having to worry too much about crashing.
Now we keep them in the garage or baby them about (there are exceptions) on the street. They were designed to be driven and hard, a lot of owners will be hesitant to do that when there’s so much money on the line.

[joeottsoulbikes]

There is a garage here in Seattle, Washington that opened two years ago that imports sports cars. The popularity of car tuning in general has grown in popularity. Everyone wants to be as different as possible and feeds the desire for rare imported cars. This garage brings in 4 to 6 cars a month from each country out of Japan, Austrailia and Europe (particularly Italy). It is a brisk business and the cars can sale for a great deal more here than they can in the home country. They have recently had R32 Nismo, V·Spec, and an Australian models. All sold for over $90, 000. They sale for an average price around $120, 000. Beyond R32 GTR cars they sale Autozam AZ-1, RX-7, Suzuki Alto Turbo RS, Lancer Evo, Subaru WRX and other JDM cars known for drifting or fun sports cars that were never sold in the US. They also sale European brands that have a rally racing heritage but were never sold in the US like, Ford RS200, Škoda 130LR Evo, Lancia Stratos and other rare cars that sale for $60, 000 and up. The most affordable I have seen from them was a Lancia Stratos with 160, 000km on it for $46, 000.

[blood_upon_the_rose]

I've owned a lot of 90's jdm cars but the joy in owning them was for under 5k landed you could drive something cool and different, now with prices as they are it completely defeats the purpose.