It's just a Supra, it's not like it's some sort of supercar or something.
A - Who's going to drive that on the street?
B - What's the point of having 1000hp if you can't get it to the ground?
C - Is it purposely built for drag racing? If yes, then they didn't do a very good job, and read "B" again. If no, then why do you need 1000hp on the street?
I'd like to disagree with you on this one... Supra is not a supercar ONLY because of Japanese manufacturer's "gentelmen's agreement" about all the cars being less powerful than 280 bhp when they leave the factory...
it was intended to battle the likes of Ferrari and Porsche, but not many people who wanted a Porsche wanted to buy a Japanese car and tune it...so basically it's a half built supercar, just add a few hundred HP
P.S: I prefer the looks of TRD3000 supra if Im honest, aftermarket bodykits spoil it...
I very rarely see body mods on cars that look even remotely good. Some times changing the wheels can work, but more often then not the car fresh from the factory already looks it's best.
Supras aren't anything special, and I don't think they are that good looking (although most aren't ugly). Their main issue is the fact that ricers own all of them, and think they make them look better - the worst looking cars at any car show are bound to be either modified Supras or RX-7s. And that is a fact.
Just like the first example posted here it looks horrible, why the bodykit or enormous shiny wheels? It just looks silly.
I actually really like the standard Supra, I think it looks really attractive as a standard road car and think an RB4-esque RWD car with a 300bhp straight six, even a turbocharged one would be a lovely addition to the LRF class. Unfortunately the majority of Supras get bits of tat stuck onto them and are tuned to produce silly unusable amounts of power making a car that would be no fun to race on a track let alone drive on the road.
Special and price don't have a lot in common. They look a lot faster than they actually are, and they look like they'd go round corners better than they actually do. So they can charge a premium for it - especially as people continue to pay it.
A modified one is certainly not a supercar, but a bloated cruise machine, with a poorly tuned engine (mostly), heavy unaerodynamic bodykit, silly interior upgrades to weigh it down, idiot owner/drivers (generally - they must be to modify it)...