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Originally Posted by hotbox05
xanaduce. just so you know gm has not built any toyota's , but toyota has built many cars for gm
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Originally Posted by hotbox05
xanaduce. just so you know gm has not built any toyota's , but toyota has built many cars for gm
this is stuff I found out loooong after I ditched my cavalier. little did I know, I was driving what was secretly, and inversely, cool ... I just had to get some hip-cool toyota JDM cavalier badges
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Yeah... It was a one time thing that will never happen again. In fact, there are strong rumors of Toyota either buying out or abandoning the NUMMI plant, which would mean the end of joint venture GM/Toyota cars. Good riddance, I say! Nothing good has ever come out of that overpaid plant...
But let's not get off topic here...
But let's not get off topic here...
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Originally Posted by djct_watt
Originally Posted by hotbox05
xanaduce. just so you know gm has not built any toyota's , but toyota has built many cars for gm
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I'm not a huge fan of the new tacoma... But I've only owned one NUMMI built car and it was a POS, but I'll definitely admit that my opinion is unjustified.
But the JDM cavalier is definitele a Chevy cav rebadged. I'm 100 certain about this. Just do a search on google and you will find tons of info. I'm posting from my blackberry so it's kinds tough to post links.
But the JDM cavalier is definitele a Chevy cav rebadged. I'm 100 certain about this. Just do a search on google and you will find tons of info. I'm posting from my blackberry so it's kinds tough to post links.
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Originally Posted by hotbox05
xanaduce. just so you know gm has not built any toyota's , but toyota has built many cars for gm
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Originally Posted by emptystreets130
Originally Posted by djct_watt
Originally Posted by hotbox05
xanaduce. just so you know gm has not built any toyota's , but toyota has built many cars for gm
The Toyota Cavalier was 100% GM built with a GM motor in it, and AFAIK had nothing to do with NUMMI... And this is really getting off topic here.
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the new tacoma is awesome in all shapes and forms allthough i do dislike their headlights.
the mexico built tacoma's aren't nearly as well put together as the nummi ones are though I'll tell you that.
the mexico built tacoma's aren't nearly as well put together as the nummi ones are though I'll tell you that.
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The rumors are fly'n about
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Curtisey of Motor Authority through Autoblog...
A report in Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper states that Toyota and Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru's parent) are mulling over the possibility of jointly developing what many have been referring to as the successor to the classic AE86. The entry-level sports car would be branded as a Toyota but would feature a FHI-sourced boxer engine of 2.0 liters or less underhood. As far as pricing, the goal would be to keep the car at ¥2,000,000 or lower. Asahi says that the car would target a 2010 release (not 2008, as previously reported by Japan's Best Car magazine) and that talks between the two entities won't commence in earnest until this Fall.
The Asahi report comes in the wake of the aforementioned Best Car magazine story, which also said Fuji Heavy would factor into the equation, but that a price of ¥1,500,000 was the target. While the two outlets differ on some of the specifics, the basic stories match up, and you know the saying: "Where there's smoke..."
In other news, Asahi reports that Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu will begin supplying its Coo compact wagon (a.k.a. Toyota bB) to Fuji Heavy, and that a Subaru-branded version should go on sale in Japan next summer.
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%$@#! man, if this AE86 successor is gunna have a subie platform and a subie 2.0 boxer powerplant why not just make it a freak'n subie already. It definitely wouldn't be an AE86 nore even a freak'n toyota for that matter. Come on Toyota, your one of the biggest car makers in the world. Make your own damn car. Let us long suffering Toyota fans have something to be proud of.
The rumors are fly'n about
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Curtisey of Motor Authority through Autoblog...
A report in Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper states that Toyota and Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru's parent) are mulling over the possibility of jointly developing what many have been referring to as the successor to the classic AE86. The entry-level sports car would be branded as a Toyota but would feature a FHI-sourced boxer engine of 2.0 liters or less underhood. As far as pricing, the goal would be to keep the car at ¥2,000,000 or lower. Asahi says that the car would target a 2010 release (not 2008, as previously reported by Japan's Best Car magazine) and that talks between the two entities won't commence in earnest until this Fall.
The Asahi report comes in the wake of the aforementioned Best Car magazine story, which also said Fuji Heavy would factor into the equation, but that a price of ¥1,500,000 was the target. While the two outlets differ on some of the specifics, the basic stories match up, and you know the saying: "Where there's smoke..."
In other news, Asahi reports that Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu will begin supplying its Coo compact wagon (a.k.a. Toyota bB) to Fuji Heavy, and that a Subaru-branded version should go on sale in Japan next summer.
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%$@#! man, if this AE86 successor is gunna have a subie platform and a subie 2.0 boxer powerplant why not just make it a freak'n subie already. It definitely wouldn't be an AE86 nore even a freak'n toyota for that matter. Come on Toyota, your one of the biggest car makers in the world. Make your own damn car. Let us long suffering Toyota fans have something to be proud of.
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I hope they don't do that .
the only thing that should be switched back and forth between subaru and toyota is subaru's awd systems into toyota's and toyota's hybrid stuff into subaru's.
the only thing that should be switched back and forth between subaru and toyota is subaru's awd systems into toyota's and toyota's hybrid stuff into subaru's.
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Originally Posted by emptystreets130
Originally Posted by djct_watt
Originally Posted by hotbox05
xanaduce. just so you know gm has not built any toyota's , but toyota has built many cars for gm
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The pix shown is a voltz. They didnt change the front end when toyota launch it in japan. Toyota created a different logo with the Pontiac logo. I'll take a page from the Toyota books. http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/02/0820.html
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Originally Posted by DriverXa
?????? GM did build the Cavalier which toyota sold under its own name in Japan. But where the hell did u get a toyota voltz from a Vibe? The Pontiac Vibe is built by Toyota as the Matrix with different body panels on it. Toyota built the Chevy Nova/Pontiac LeMans of the 80s which was a rebadge Corolla as well as the Geo/Chevy Prisim which is again a Corolla. Toyota has also supplied Ford with its Hybrid software since day one on the Escape Hybrid.