1994 Classic Cars for Sale

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Toyota Supra MKIV twin-turbo hits US streets, Dodge Viper GTS-R dominates Le Mans class, Honda NSX gets revised suspension

1994 is the year the Toyota Supra MKIV hit its stride. The 2JZ-GTE twin-turbo produced 320 horsepower stock, which everyone knew was a deliberately conservative number. The factory was running at roughly 500 horsepower with minimal modification, and tuners figured that out almost immediately. At $39,900 base, it was not cheap, but it was a bargain against what it could become.

For European import buyers, the BMW E36 M3 was in full production with the S50 inline-six making 286 horsepower in US spec. Not the European car's 321 horsepower, which irritated a lot of people, but still a properly sorted sport sedan that aged extremely well. The Porsche 993 debuted this year as the last air-cooled 911, though most buyers did not realize at the time they were buying the end of an era.

The Mazda RX-7 FD was still available new in the US for 1994, its final full year of eligibility, and the twin-rotor 13B-REW was making 255 horsepower through a sequential twin-turbo setup that was genuinely exotic engineering. It was also genuinely fussy. Buyers who wanted it to stay reliable needed to learn what it wanted. That has not changed for collectors today.

Notable 1994s: Toyota Supra MKIV Twin Turbo Targa Mazda RX-7 FD Twin Turbo BMW E36 M3 Sedan Porsche 993 Carrera Coupe Dodge Viper RT/10 Roadster Honda NSX Coupe Ford Mustang Cobra SVT
1994 in automotive history
  • Toyota launched the A80 Supra in the US with the 2JZ-GTE producing 320 hp, beginning one of the most tunable platforms in import history
  • Porsche introduced the 993 generation 911, the last model to use an air-cooled flat-six, with production running through 1998
  • Dodge won the GTS class at Le Mans with the Viper, establishing it as a serious performance car beyond American muscle posturing

Market: Clean Supra MKIV twins trade between $80,000 and $150,000 depending on mileage and modification history, with unmolested low-mileage examples pushing higher. RX-7 FDs in honest original condition run $35,000 to $65,000, but any deferred maintenance or rotary neglect collapses that number fast.

Buyer's note: For the Supra MKIV, verify the factory twin-turbo system has not been replaced by a single-turbo conversion, which is common and generally irreversible without documentation of the original parts.