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Carina Sightings: 1994 Toyota Carina GT meeting

What would a Toyota Carina GT meeting look like in 1994? Well these photos were taken in 1994 at a Carina meeting somewhere in the Saitama Prefecture: All Carinas are GT models and all except one (RA45 18R-G) are 2T-G powered. How bizarre is that? I would say that’s pretty epic as the 2T-G versions…




Auto Holiday: Let’s have a ball!

The cover of the March 1983 issue of Auto Holiday magazine looks like a great deal of fun! The magazine for car and leasure for youngs in the early 80s is clearly promising their readers to have a ball. 😉 Especially if you look at the kaido racer contents on the inside:…




JCS2011: Super rare Carina hardtop coupe TA17!

This posting had a high Sonny Chiba feeling: this restored Carina hardtop coupe TA17 is exactly the same model as Sonny Chiba used in the famous commercial! Toyota Carina hardtop coupe TA17 @ JCS2011 The owner and his buddies came all the way from Finland to the Goodwood Festival of Speed and inbetween they stopped…




Familiy Album Treasures: Mad camber on a Carina TA17

I liked the Carina hardtop coupe TA17 in last treasure so much that I found another one: Hayashi Streets with mad camber Clearly a picture taken from someones 70s photo album: a nice Carina TA17 hardtop coupe sitting on a set of 13 inch Hayashi Streets with baloon tires and even the front wheels have…




Family Album Treasures: Kyusha style in the 90s!

Not only the Carina TA17 is entirely in kyusha style, its owner as well: Kyusha style Carina TA17 in the 90s Don’t be fooled by the 8 in the date: that most probably stands for the 8th year of the Heisei period. Found at [Pikawo]




Carina sightings: ninja Carina Coupe TA40

After the TA45 Coupe two weeks ago I’d thought it would be nice to post another Carina (TA40 Coupe My Road) from the second generation: I’m not sure how that Carina My Road can be compared with that bunch of ninjas? Is it supposed to be as fast and agile as we think of ninjas…