Toyota's 2010s Sports Cars: From Quirky to Legendary

For the longest time, Toyota was the car company your accountant would recommend. Reliable? Absolutely. Exciting? About as thrilling as watching paint dry. Then something weird happened in the 2010s—they suddenly remembered that cars could actually be fun.

Here are all the sports cars they churned out that decade, from weakest to strongest. Spoiler alert: some of these are genuinely awesome.

6. Daihatsu Copen - 63 Horsepower

This thing looks like someone put a regular convertible in the dryer and it shrunk. The Copen is a Japanese kei car, which means it's legally required to be tiny and have the power of a decent lawnmower.

But honestly? It's kind of adorable. It's got a little retractable hardtop and weighs about as much as a golf cart. You're not impressing anyone at a stoplight, but you'll probably be grinning like an idiot every time you drive it. Sometimes that's enough.

5. Toyota 86/Scion FR-S - Around 200 Horsepower

Remember when Toyota teamed up with Subaru to make something that wasn't boring? The 86 was their love child, and it's probably the most fun you can have going slow.

This car has just enough power to not embarrass you, but it's all about the handling. Perfect weight balance, rear-wheel drive, and a manual transmission that actually feels good to use. It's like they designed it specifically for empty parking lots and mountain roads at 2 AM.

The best part? You can actually afford one without selling a kidney.

4. Toyota GR Supra - 335 Horsepower (Wink Wink)

The Supra came back after Toyota basically borrowed BMW's homework and made it better. People were upset about the German connection, but who cares? It's fast, it sounds great, and it looks like nothing else on the road.

Toyota claimed 335 horsepower, but everyone knew they were being modest. This thing was putting down way more power than advertised from day one. Classic Toyota move—underpromise and overdeliver.

The styling is... divisive. You either think it looks like a spaceship or a melted sneaker. There's no middle ground.

3. Lexus RC F - 470 Horsepower

While everyone else was going turbo-everything, Lexus said "nah" and stuffed a massive naturally aspirated V8 into a coupe. The RC F is basically Toyota's middle finger to efficiency standards.

It's heavy, it's thirsty, and it sounds like Thor clearing his throat. It's not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to handling, but sometimes you just want something that makes a lot of noise and goes really fast in a straight line.

2. Lexus LC 500 - 471 Horsepower

The LC 500 is what happens when Toyota decides to build a car for people who have made it in life. It's gorgeous, comfortable, and has that same glorious V8 as the RC F.

This isn't a track car—it's for cruising along the coast with the windows down, looking like you own a yacht. The kind of car that makes other drivers wonder what you do for a living.

Used ones are starting to show up for somewhat reasonable money, and they're going to be worth stupid amounts in 20 years.

1. Lexus LFA - 552 Horsepower

And then there's the LFA, which is basically Toyota showing off. When it came out in 2010, people thought they'd lost their minds charging $400,000 for what was essentially a fancy Toyota.

Those people feel pretty stupid now that these cars are selling for over a million bucks.

The LFA has a Yamaha-tuned V10 that revs to 9,000 rpm and sounds like angels singing death metal. They had to use a digital tachometer because regular ones couldn't keep up with how fast the engine spins.

It's got a carbon fiber everything, perfect weight distribution, and the kind of obsessive Japanese engineering that borders on insanity. Only 500 were ever made, and now everyone realizes it's one of the greatest supercars ever built.

The LFA proved Toyota could play with the big boys when they wanted to. Too bad it took them so long to figure that out.