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Carina Sightings: Carina’s twin Brother

February 19, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

MyCub uploaded these two videos containing all Corona Twincam Turbo TT140 commercials featuring Roger Moore (when he was still 007). The Carina GT-TR TA63 had the puppy saving Sonny Chiba, its twin brother the Corona GT-TR TT140 had Roger Moore jumping out of a truck!

On one hand I prefer Roger Moore because he got a bit more class (and so does the Corona), but on the other hand the Carina is more a ordinary hero’s car.
I love the last commercial with the three trucks saying “Toyota”, “Twincam Turbo” and “New Corona GT”.

In this second video we see more James Bond in the ads: with the classy ladies, the miraculous escape and the good endings! Continue reading

Carina week: Carinas (and a Corona) at MSC

December 21, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

I already posted about the Corona/Carina/Carina trio competing in the MSC tandem drift almost a year ago. A few weeks back Killian O’Brien posted this promo video of the 2007 MSC DVD on the Banpei.net page featuring them as well:

If you watch closely you can see them drift by a couple of times! :)

Commerical time: Toyota Corona 2000GT DOHC

October 30, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

I wonder what would rock more, a Toyota Corona RT132 or a Toyota Carina RA45? In this commercial the Toyota Corona 2000GT is looking just as great as the Carina!

No wonder they merged them together in the next generation!

Direct link to video: 1979 TOYOTA CORONA Ad

Family Album Treasures: Corona TT140 chair

October 7, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

What spot would be the best to sit and enjoy the view on your Hoshino Impuls than on top of your Corona GT-TR 2 door coupe TT140?

Sit on your Corona TT140 coupe
And what else could you do on the streets at night in Japan in the late 80s?

WTF: Toyota Corona Super Roomy

June 12, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

After Yesterdays Lincoln Touge Car I remembered I came across something very different some time ago: a Corona T170 Super Roomy!

Toyota Corona super roomy limo
A what??

Well, basically it is a standard T170 Corona, but then lengthened in the middle:

Toyota Corona super roomy limo
And it still has got those cheap hubcaps on it… :(

Well, at least you can sit very comfortable on those velours seats with all that extra space:

Toyota Corona super roomy limo
Apparently from what I found was that Toyota introduced the Super Roomy to celebrate the sale of the 10 millionth Corona in 1990 and offered this 210mm stretched limo in a limited run of 500 cars.

I can’t imagine many people actually bought this Corona! The Corona wasn’t that big, luxurious and only the extra space may be a bit more comfortable… Looking at it it may have been good as a rental limo or a extra luxurious version of the Corona Taxi lineup, but for the “normal” people it would not have been an attractive car. However back in the early 90s Japanese were just buying anything that looked more luxurious than what the neighbour had on his driveway. As the source mentioned: The Corona was a limo that had the common touch, like the car was a symbol of the bubble period.

Carina sightings: two Carinas and a Corona drifting

February 24, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

More than two years ago I posted my wallpaper @ work:

Yes, two Carinas and a Corona doing a tandem drift!

Well, today you can see this exact picture in motion in this video:

The white Carina sedan is an AA63, the black Carina coupe is also an AA63 and the Corona is an AT142. That lovely sound is from the squealing the tires and those three 4AGEs screaming down that corner! I love it! :)

BTW: Currently I have a different wallpaper (to be precise: an orange Luxembourgh Levin), but I think this is a good reason to switch back to this one! ;)