peru

Some time ago I already blogged about a Carina GT-R in Peru. I probably now found the sales adverts for it:
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.pe/MPE-4685754-vendo-gtr1985-_JM
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.pe/MPE-4685639-vendo-toyota-carina-gtr-_JM

This is how the car looked:

It states that the Carina GT-R was located in Lima and that it only drove 9000 and 10000 kilometers. Looking at the engine, diff, interior and the state of the car I doubt that the last fact could be true. Should rather be 190000 and 200000 kilometers. ;)

As you can see the diff housing is leaking:

And the engine is quite used and dirty:

And the steering wheel looks shabby, so it is quite used

According to the translation of this advertisement it is supposed to be owned by the 80 year old grandpa of the seller. Yeah right... ;)

Anyway, they asked 3999 (I assume Peru Nuevos Soles) for it which is roughly 1000 euros. Not bad! I would have bought it for that price!!

I found this recent video of a dragrace on 24th of august 2008 with a final between a Volkswagen Polo (called Gol here) and a Toyota Carina AA63 in Peru.

17 seconds Final Round August 24 2008 CADEPOR
Spoiler: unfortunately the Carina AA63 does not win this race (0.6 seconds) but I think it is very nice to see that the AA63 actually made it to other countries than Japan!

As you can see in the picture below it is a LHD car, so it is not imported from Japan:

The side of the car has the "Twincam 16" writings on it, it has 15 inch Celica Supra rims and the rear lights look kouki to me. In other words: this a genuine left hand drive AA63 outside Japan. :)