Carina sightings
I came across this very nice tuned and lowered Carina Surf:
I must say it is not overdone and these rims fit the car very well!
The Surf is the public version of he Carina Van and came standard with a 1S 1800cc engine and had a solid rear axle (like my TA60). Basically it is the same as the Van, but it is more luxurious.
This car has been tuned with a 20v 4AGE blacktop:
But it still got the originial gauge cluster. Why isn't there a aftermarket revmeter? Perhaps the owner doesn't stress the car??
The car has also a bed in it. Must be really comfortable for all those meetings the owner is attending. ;)
And it is not the only nicely tuned Carina Surf/Van around:
Next to it you can see the famous very lowered Carina Firevan!
Also a strange thing: I can't find the owner of the Carina Firevan. I can only find it in pictures of other people attending meetings. Did anyone else find the owner yet?
Source:
トヨタ カリーナサーフ
Speedhunters has an article about the Ebisu Spring Drift Festival in which I recognized a A6 Carina. Most probably it will be a AA63 or TA63 Carina.
This is the image I'm referring to:
I've posted a comment in the article, so perhaps we can get some more pics later on! :)
I'm going to add another section: Carina Sightings.
This section will contain sightings in films, magazines and other references and will be updated regularly.
Today I have Gwok chaan Ling Ling Chat (From Bejing with love) which is a Chinese action movie. I really like the description of the plot by IMDB: An incompetent 007-wannabe is sent to locate a stolen dinosaur skull
One of the agents tries to escape with a Carina (I suspect SG by looking at he trim so type would be SA60 or AA60) and the man she just assassinated steps in (bulletproof vest) and joins her. Some Jaws lookalike cyborg guy stops the car by lifting it while they try to overrun him full throttle and doing a burnout. After they shoot him he lets go and they manage to finally overrun him.
The carina features from 3:55 till 5:30 in this Youtube clip:
I don't really have the idea that I really should have seen this movie and I feel kind of disappointed now... Lucky enough I really like the wannabe 007 and his enternal cigarette so that makes up for it. ;)
Source: IMCDb.org
