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Old 11-01-2004, 05:43 AM
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SVX Style Windows in A toyota?

I was walking down a street in bangkok looking for some food and I came across a Toyota, i think it was a Sora? Its deffinately some JDM freak of nature that we dont have in the USA, it looked as if it might have Gull Wing Doors and SVX side windows, I didnt have my camera on me, and I dont have a digital with me anymore, but someone can track it down, it has a short name, and the last letter was a triangle so im guessing its an A...
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Old 11-01-2004, 05:54 AM
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That was a Toyota Sera.

Very neat design, in a hairdresser sort of way.

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Old 11-01-2004, 07:31 AM
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Interesting looking car.

http://omicron.uk.com/gallery/view_p...90&id=sera_ac1

http://omicron.uk.com/gallery/view_a...Name=brochures
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Old 11-01-2004, 08:28 AM
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Sera would be a smaller sister of SVX. I'd love to own one. They are all LHD though
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It is nice for sure. It's very hard not to like this car. It is really small and low, and cute looking, like the original Lotus Elan was, and the Mazda Miata/MX5.

It is a tiny tiny motor car. Must be about 3/4 the size of a Miata. You notice this if you look at the photos with girls standing beside it.

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Old 11-01-2004, 08:32 AM
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Sera would be a smaller sister of SVX. I'd love to own one. They are all LHD though
You mean RHD Lwin?

They were only JDM far as I know, but maybe they made Oz or NZ.
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Old 11-01-2004, 08:35 AM
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The car kindof reminds me of the concept SVX alittle, it would be pretty cool if it were rwd, or awd.
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Old 11-01-2004, 08:49 AM
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You mean RHD Lwin?

They were only JDM far as I know, but maybe they made Oz or NZ.

Yeah. Just woke up.

Uh... I thought there were some in Ozland. They have a big website/forum from all over the world too. I posted it once. Members from England, Japan, and Malaysia
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The Sera club was at the Auto show where we had our annual meet. Nice little cars but not particularly fast.

One owner had swapped the standard 1.5L(?) engine for a turbocharged engine from another Toyota model. Made a nice job of it too.
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Old 11-01-2004, 10:34 AM
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The Sera club was at the Auto show where we had our annual meet. Nice little cars but not particularly fast.

One owner had swapped the standard 1.5L(?) engine for a turbocharged engine from another Toyota model. Made a nice job of it too.

Yepp. I read the how-to that he did. Sounds nice.
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Old 11-01-2004, 11:20 AM
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Those cars definitely look unique. Too bad Toyota doesn't offer any TRD upgrades like they do for the USDM Scion Tc. A nice S/C would upgrade the performance to make it very respectable.

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Old 11-01-2004, 02:47 PM
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throw that on the list of cars that'd be interesting to have, but I just can't see a FWD car :\
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Old 11-01-2004, 03:43 PM
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I always thought my sister Sarah should get a Sera - then our cars would sorta match.
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Old 11-01-2004, 03:55 PM
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You mean RHD Lwin?

They were only JDM far as I know, but maybe they made Oz or NZ.
No they did not make it down here. Those doors look like they would be just as hard to open in a packed car park, as the SVX is.

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Old 11-01-2004, 04:41 PM
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I like Sera too. Gullwing door was the big thing for that car. I still see some Seras in Japan.
I heard it's like hell in summer since you are always under lovely sunshine...
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