Category: Toyota
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Toyota Starlet KP61
The KP61 Toyota Starlet was never sold as a fire-breathing homologation special. Its appeal came from something simpler: a light hatchback body, a tough little engine and rear-wheel drive. Four decades later, that honest recipe has made good, unmodified examples remarkably difficult to find. Here are ten details that explain why this modest Toyota became…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Toyota Supra A80
The fourth-generation Toyota Supra is now so famous that the legend can obscure the real car. Launched in 1993, the A80 combined a sophisticated chassis, two versions of Toyota’s 3.0-litre 2JZ straight-six and an unusually broad choice of specifications—years before films, games and tuning culture turned it into a global icon. The A80’s rounded body…
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Toyota Soarer Z30: 1JZ, V8 History and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Toyota Soarer Z30 was a high-technology Japanese grand tourer that shared its basic architecture with the first Lexus SC. Launched in May 1991, it offered a 1JZ-GTE twin-turbo straight-six or a refined 1UZ-FE V8, sophisticated suspension and a cabin packed with electronics. In Britain it remains an unusual Japanese import…
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Toyota Celica Supra A60: Mk2 History, Specifications and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Toyota Celica Supra A60 was the car that turned the Supra from a long-nose Celica derivative into a serious performance grand tourer. Launched in Japan as the second-generation Celica XX in July 1981, it combined sharp wedge styling, pop-up headlamps, rear-wheel drive and six-cylinder power. Export cars wore the Celica…