Beater or Sleeper? COTW! Week 70: Supra!! (Toyota Supra A80)

[Obelisk]

I sincerely apologize for the massive delay today. A lot has happened, some terrible news has been received and this just fell by the wayside.

This week's car is the Colorado ZR2, at any cross country course you desire.

 

[Vic Reign93]

I sincerely apologize for the massive delay today. A lot has happened, some terrible news has been received and this just fell by the wayside.

This week's car is the Colorado ZR2, at any cross country course you desire.

Hope all is well Obe.

From Las Dunas Cross Country Rivals.

The Chevy Colorado ZR2, while the name is a nice callback to FH1’s festival location, it’s set up to conquer more than just the odd dirt road around the first ever Horizon festival.

The ZR2 trim level builds on the Z/71 trim level Colorado with a load of extra off-road parts, including raised suspension, wider track, bigger off road tyres, skid plates, locking differentials, a high angle approach front bumper, Multimatic Shock Absorbers to name a few of them.

There’s no factory V8 option, just a couple of 4 & 6 bangers, both diesel and petrol and we’ve got the 308hp, 3.6 litre V6.

Power goes to all 4 corners via an 8 speed Automatic, but unless you’re yeeting down the side of a Volcano, you’ll probably only use 5 of those gears for the most part.

It handled the off road sections just fine, but the long gearing did make the 308hp V6 feel a bit anaemic, not helped by it sounding pretty uninspiring in stock form.

It does wake up when you add some performance parts and boost to it though, over 730hp maxed out with twin turbos.

But if you can’t live without your V8 Pick-up, fear not as the 3 engine swaps are all V8’s, the Chevy 6.2, the Racing 7.2 and the Funco 7.4TT.

You can add some extra off road visuals to the Colorado, both by Chevy and the regular Forza Off-road parts.

Now in FH4, this was one of the first ‘Hard To Find’ cars in Series 1, but in FH5, you can pick one up for 46k at the Autoshow, or as low as 13k at auction buyouts.

Overall, while it didn’t exactly light a fire in me, it is an alright off-roader and a good base for more potent builds. 👍

Verdict: Neutral 🙂

 

[Obelisk]

All is well. I'm having schedule slippage as of late, I am truly sorry.

This week, keeping with the offroad themes, is the 1975 Bronco at any Cross Country or Dirt event.

 

[Vic Reign93]

Decided on the Baja Circuit to test the Bronco this week, given the theme of the upcoming Rally Adventure Expansion dropping on Wednesday.

So the 1975 Bronco, The original, Not the later ‘OJ’ version.

Packing the biggest engine you could get for it, the 4.9 litre 205hp V8, it sent that power and 300ft-lbs of torque to all 4 corners via a 3 speed manual gearbox.

The long 3rd gear did make that 205hp feel a bit weak, but around the Baja circuit, it wasn’t too much of an issue.

You can grab a factory fresh Bronco for 38k or a second hand one at Auction for 16k and you do get a healthy amount of upgrades to pick from.

Now while it’s max tyre width is only 245’s, it can still be a decent C or B class off-roader with the right parts.

You can add a bull bar and rally lights upfront and you can take the roof off completely for over 100lbs of weight savings.

Engine swaps? most of the usual suspects are here, Chevy V8, Powerstroke V8, Viper V10, Lambo V12, Racing V8 7.2 and Funco 7.4 TT V8.

But there IS an outliner here, the 5.8 Supercharged V8 from the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 with 662hp.

Overall, while the new Bronco is one of the cover cars and getting all the press(both good and bad.), it’s nice to drive the car that started it all.

BUT, just don’t get one in white.

Verdict: Sleeper 😉👍