Carina Sightings: awful Toyota Carina Coupe TA60 in Norway
April 7, 2009 in carina sightings
I found this awful Carina Coupe on Flickr. The owner (Long Gone Silver) put some really awful 16 inch bling rims under the coupe, some vinyl flame decal, double antennas, taxi blocks stripe and the most hideous chin and boot spoiler!
Awful Carina Coupe with the most hideous chin spoiler
Awful Carina Coupe with the most hideous boot spoiler and double antenna
Funny thing is that I didn’t know some of the TA60 Coupes actually were delivered with independent rear suspension (IRS):
Carina Coupe with independent rear suspension
And, if I’m correct, there is a Carina station van in the background. 
It is sad to see such a waste… But then again, this car is in itself already a parody of itself.
That is not Finnish registration plates…just wanted to let you know
Thanks for the correction!
I looked it up and they are Norwegian plates, so I’m very sorry for the mixup!
You are welcome
,Very nice pictures here on your blog,keep up the good work! And yeah i am a Carina TA60 owner too 
Cheers.
It looks a lot like Subaru Leone. I want to see closeup photos.
Maybe this helps?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32437582@N02/3032147109/sizes/l/
The hubcaps suck, The front and rear spoilers I’m kinda nuetral on and I like the twin antenae, never know it could have a CB radio. But my question is are these things the equivilant to Cressidas or AE86 Carollas?
Depends on how you see it: if you compare it to an AE86 Corolla the Carina TA60 and TA62 with solid axle sure share almost the same suspension, have the same weight (40kg heavier) but lack the engine of the AE86. If you compare the AA63 to an AE86 it does have a better suspension (IRS) but the downside is the extra weight (about 120kg heavier).
Comparing a Carina to a Cressida is the same as comparing the AE86 with the KP61 Starlet: the Cressida is in a whole different segment of the market. It is bigger, more luxurious, heavier (about 200kg heavier than the AA63!) and it also features an inline 6 instead of the inline 4.