Where each one leads
Porsche 928
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
Toyota Supra
- Against cars of the same year, the Toyota Supra comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 63% less often than average) than the Porsche 928 (fails 40% less often than average).
- Fewer Toyota Supra cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (35.6% against 40.3%).
- On Canada's official test the most frugal 1997 Toyota Supra uses 13.1 l/100 km, the 1995 Porsche 928 15.8.
Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare
At a glance
| Porsche 928 | Toyota Supra | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1981–1995 | 1982–2025 |
| New cars registered in Europe | — | 2,902 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 700 | 1,999 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 813 | 426 |
| In traffic in Finland | — | 158 |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Porsche 928 | Toyota Supra | |
|---|---|---|
| New York safety inspections failed | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| … against cars of the same year | −40% | −63% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 40.3% | 35.6% |
| US owner complaints | 3 | 100 |
| Most complaints about | Power train | Engine and engine cooling |
| Model year with most complaints | 1981 (1) | 2021 (20) |
| US recall campaigns | 7 | 14 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 1,084 | 633 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Porsche 928 | Toyota Supra | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 15.8 l/100 km (1995) | 13.1 l/100 km (1997) |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | — | 181 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | — | 229 kW (308 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | — | 1,543 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | — | €82,140 |
| Average odometer in Finland | — | 150,000 km |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).