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It's the Prius we're speaking of, and that's got in every version all over the world PS - Faced an emoticon number problem when quoting

Sources for Wikipedia are usually verified, so not always questionable But even wiki states quite clearly that the new Sunny is just a rebadged Pulsar. And no, there wasn't much of a difference apart from the body, just like the Corolla and Sprinter duo, where the Sunny was marketed against the former while Pulsar went against the latter. And in the usual way of the SL market, the Pulsar and Sprinter go for a lower price though slightly more upmarket with more options than the other pair.

Was wondering the same thing, let us know of the outcome. According to rules, yes you should be able to source it from anywhere and used upto one year IF registered. It does mean we can get older, unregistered unsold models for a low price right?

Any sources which provide solid evidence for that? Cuz I couldn't find. The B series was used for the Sunny while the N series was used for the Pulsar, therefore giving the FB15 Sunny and FN15 Pulsar etc. And the Sunny stopped production in 2004 with the XxB15 series, and later we got N16 (look at the similarities of the frame code) which was a rebadged Pulsar which is made in Japan. Never have seen or even heard of a B16 or FB16, only info I found was there's such a forklift.

for being stuck here

Guess you sold it to another poor soul who's now continuing the hate for it?

Limit is 3.5 years afaik

Well I don't know what's the license for riders, but you can get 2 and 3 wheeler license by 16 years of age Guess you'd have to wait one more year to legally drive a 4 wheeled vehicle on the road or a track.

Price should be decent but not sure how many people would like to buy a car from that segment made in India. When settling with Maruti crap, not a concern but doubt other upmarket vehicles will hold 2nd hand value which most buyers are quite concerned about. I'd rather buy a 15 year old Euro/Jap car.

Ah they must have changed the regulations then Couldn't come to Col for a long time though was planning to apply for that, good to know updated info, thanks Chooti Putha!

Correct And as not many know the new sedan called Cruze exists, it normally means the old hatchback if someone speaks of it. Have you seen atleast a single new car?

@jd - The first gen hatchbacks were made in Japan. I've heard about the made in India bit, but haven't come across a single such car yet from the 1st gen. http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2001-10-22-cruze.htm http://www.autoweb.com.au/cms/newsarticle.html?&A=51747

That's how I remembered, now checked the form, it too says the same. Or have they changed the form/requirements and kept an old copy on their site? http://www.slas.lk/downloads/Competition%20License%20Application.pdf No what?

True that, when it comes to performance cars it really is important to consider all those things. But this has a mere 105hp and a viscous center differential, which means almost all the power is sent to the front wheels under normal conditions so I doubt there'd be a lot more wear and tear vs. 141 when, say compared to a Subaru Impreza AWD vs. FWD, where the mechanism is significantly different and power is equally distributed. This merely supplies power to the rear wheels only if they're turning slower than the front wheels, ie. they are slipping so it's used to improve handling to a certain extent and only when limited traction is there. Slow to react and it tries corrective measures only after you're in trouble so not the smartest system, but does the job anyway. But FC will be affected adversely nevertheless as more weight and drivetrain components increasing friction are there. As for the TG review, the Audi got serious understeering issues due to front being too heavy and too much power being sent to the front, while the BMW is easier to control, especially for JC, due to it's oversteering ability. But all this is from assuming the 144 is similar to 114, as they hardly seem to 'evolve'. As for the market, normal SL buyers would always reject 4WD cars IMO. And factory fuel claims for Japan in 10/15 mode is 19km/l for the 141 and 15km/l for the 144. So in SL conditions, I noted it's usually around 70% of that so estimating ~13km/l for 141 and ~10.5km/l for the 144.

http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/q_J_1999_TOYOTA_COROLLA_AE110.html

Btw, isn't aluminium polish like matte metallic silver colour? I've used the spray but it doesn't look shiny like chrome, so what else to be done to make it shine? Looks quite similar to how the hubcaps/wheel covers come though.

The D15B doesn't have a MAF sensor, it's got only a MAP sensor so you're correct. And IIRC, you're using an A*M intake right? As it's on the throttle body, could very well be dirty

I think he meant that reply for

Anymore news of the GT-R?

Yes it's no exotic, but just a rare version of a boring car, which might inturn give it the potential to be not so boring, and afaik there's good support from TRD for the 1NZ-FE, even a supercharger kit. And don't see such difficulty in maintaining a 4WD system. For people on flat roads, not much use but good for the hilly areas, so what I meant was better to buy and keep it as it is or buy a relevant vehicle, than spend another lot on converting etc. +1

Don't encourage people to buy and destroy hard to come by cars Why not convert it to rear wheel drive instead, if 2WD is necessary?

Was just wondering, is the JDM Prius and export version for US etc. built the same way to tolerate similar conditions? I do know it's not so for normal cars, with engines, gearbox, suspension being different while the exterior remains the same, so that it's suitable best for the marketed region.

Why people still prefer normal petrol cars over hybrids is easy enough to understand when you think of the big, heavy, expensive battery right?

It's a Toyota, there'd always be idiots who's eyes sparkle when they hear that I don't see SL escaping from that mentality for a long looong time...

Most are just due to SL myths, otherwise the 4WD car is slightly more expensive brand new so even cost to import would have been higher. The F/C would be slightly higher and power output around 5hp lower to the wheels, but you'd have better handling. And if you can find a dumb enough buyer when it's time to sell, you can even give at the price of a 141, we gave off an AE114 last year for 2M that way