1996 Toyota Supra RZ Coupe 'TCP-Magic Demo Car'

• A proper JDM demo car from well-known Japanese tuner TCP-Magic
• Significant Supra built with style, speed and functionality
• Exceedingly low mileage example, showing fewer than 12,600 kilometers
• Well cared for, long term enthusiast owned featuring 598 wheel horsepower
• Featured as the company's display car at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon

Few Japanese performance cars have achieved the legendary status of Toyota's fourth generation Supra. Yet beyond the celebrated factory specification of the JZA80 lies another chapter in the model's history: the extraordinary tuning culture that developed around Japan's most capable performance cars during the 1990s and 2000s. Among the companies that helped define that movement was Japanese tuning house TCP-Magic, founded by Taisuke Kawato in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
Offered here is a particularly significant example: a 1996 Toyota Supra RZ that was acquired and constructed by TCP-Magic Japan as its own demonstrator car, subsequently becoming the company's principal display car at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon. The car was built between 2006 and 2007 to what TCP-Magic described as its maximum-speed demonstrator specification, representing the tuning house's own engineering and aesthetic vision rather than a customer commission.
The provenance is unusually well documented and, importantly, has been authenticated directly by the car's creator. In 2021, Taisuke Kawato confirmed the car's history to its owner through TCP-Magic's official correspondence and subsequently publicly identified it as his former demonstrator. In a private communication, Kawato-san also confirmed that he made the parts fitted to the car.
The Supra was extensively re-engineered by TCP-Magic. At the heart of the build is Toyota's legendary 2JZ-GTE 3.0-liter inline-six, converted from its original twin-turbo arrangement to a GReddy T88H-34D single-turbocharger, with Trust/GReddy exhaust manifold and wastegate, SARD fuel rail, FIC 1,000cc injectors, Aeromotive fuel-pressure regulator and Walbro 485 fuel pump. A GReddy front-mount intercooler, Trust air cleaner and GReddy oil cooler complement the installation, while engine management is handled by a modern Link G4+ SupraLink ECU with AEM wideband instrumentation and Bosch knock sensing.
The result is considerable performance. Independent testing by 2JZ marque specialists SRD Tuning recorded 598 wheel horsepower and 534 ft-lb of torque at 6,170 rpm on Map 3. The car retains its Getrag V160 six-speed manual transmission, coupled to an Xtreme twin-plate clutch, and exhaust gases exit through a Trust titanium full exhaust system.
Visually, the TCP-Magic treatment is equally comprehensive. With its dark gray exterior, the car wears a Ridox full wide-body conversion, Orido front bumper, lip and canards, carbon side panels and rear diffusers, carbon mirrors, a Trial rear bumper and a Kevlar GT wing. Particularly noteworthy is the TCP-Magic carbon-Kevlar bonnet, which was fitted to the car and photographed open during its Tokyo Auto Salon appearance. Eighteen-inch Volk Racing TE37 wheels, Racing Gear coilovers and Mine's strut-tower brace complete the chassis specification, while Alcon brakes are fitted front and rear. Inside, the Supra features a full roll cage, matched Trial Recaro seats, TRD steering wheel, GREX shift knob and a carbon dashboard incorporating SARD instrumentation. The unmistakable "TOTAL CAR PRODUCE magic" house livery was applied directly to the bodywork and formed part of the car's original demonstrator presentation.
Perhaps equally compelling to the specification is the car's remarkably low mileage. The odometer currently reads less than 12,600 kilometers and documents an unusually complete chain of mileage records stretching from its Tokyo Auto Salon appearance through its subsequent Japanese storage and eventual export to the United Kingdom. Period exhibition photography from January 2007 records just 5,891 kilometers; Japanese records subsequently show 5,900 kilometers in 2013 and 7,600 kilometers in 2016. The first UK MOT in February 2020 recorded 8,361 kilometers, with successive MOT examinations documenting the mileage through 12,447 kilometers in June 2026.
Following its arrival in Britain, the car was acquired by its current owner and entrusted to SRD Tuning, a specialist in Toyota's 2JZ platform. SRD has subsequently maintained the car and independently verified its powertrain specification. Its condition was assessed as "like new," and the car has passed six consecutive UK MOT examinations without failure.
The car's documentation extends beyond its mechanical specification and mileage. Supporting evidence includes period Tokyo Auto Salon photographs, contemporary JDM-Option coverage, TCP-Magic's official demonstrator gallery, Japanese government inspection records, UK MOT records, workshop invoices, dyno documentation, and direct correspondence with Taisuke Kawato himself. It should also be noted that the gullwing/scissor door conversion visible in the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon photographs was subsequently removed prior to the car's importation into the United Kingdom.
For the collector of significant Japanese performance cars, the opportunity to acquire an authenticated TCP-Magic demonstrator with contemporaneous Tokyo Auto Salon history and an exceptionally well-documented provenance is an unusually compelling one. This is the car as TCP-Magic intended it to be seen: its own Supra, built to showcase the company's vision, engineering, and craftsmanship on one of the world's most important stages for Japanese performance automobiles.