JDM Toyota “GT” car fans assemble!

[fiat fan]

As the title suggests, my cousin is trying to get a GT car from Toyota.

The contenders are

Marino/Ceres GT (4age engined atleast)

Carina GT 

Starlet GT (looks based plus hot hatch)

Sera (are they even available anymore? Wait so one on the vehicle sevana for 7.8m) no thanks

Any other suggestions guys?

[iRage]

  On 2/25/2025 at 9:41 PM, fiat fan said:

Marino/Ceres GT

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That would be the G Type...depending on the year they will come with either a silver top or a black top (where the black top is concerned between 1995/96 to early 1997 it had the 5MT after 1997 had the 6MT).

  On 2/25/2025 at 9:41 PM, fiat fan said:

Sera

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Not really a GT car. Just a coupe based on the Starlet/Tercel platform. Not fast..not the best handling...but looks funky.

As with most of these cars finding a good one is easier said and done. I would stay away from conversions. Most conversions are a mad-hatter's palaa malla. So if things go wrong fixing it is a pain. Also..a lot of dodgy work also maybe involved. So go for a stock version. The Starlet and Carina would be the most common.

You also get the Corolla/Sprinter GT (AE111).

Sadly for Toyota GT cars that will be your list in SL..there used to be a few Caldinas as well but no idea what happened to those.

You also get :

Vitz RS <get the actual RS with the rear brake disks, not the trim level of the later models which was just a standard Vitz with a body kit and had rear drum brakes)

Vitz Turbo RS

There is a Vitz GR Sport (Hybrid)..not sure if it is for sale. Yes it is a Hybrid Vitz but it actually rides and handles quite well.

I would suggest Mark IIs, Chasers and Crestas but those are ridiculously pricey now.

Does it have to be a Toyota ? If not there are a few VZR Sunny and Pulsar sedans and Lucino hatchbacks.

What exactly is the expectation out of this GT car ? There is also the option of buying like a 240 series Allion and then doing some mods to improve the handling and throttle response. Even the humble old Axio....you can get one and do the TRD coversion on it.

Edited February 26 by iRage

[Ruslan]

There's Axio 141 GT which has a 1NZ-FE Turboed engine. not sure how many ended up in SL.

[iRage]

  On 2/27/2025 at 10:09 AM, Ruslan said:

There's Axio 141 GT which has a 1NZ-FE Turboed engine. not sure how many ended up in SL.

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Just that with the full kit...there is another one with just the body kit and suspension..quite a few normal 141 Axios with just the body kit.

I doubt the legit one and half legit one is for sale. Which is why I suggested that they could get a 141 Axio and do the build themselves.

[matroska]

  On 2/25/2025 at 9:41 PM, fiat fan said:

As the title suggests, my cousin is trying to get a GT car from Toyota.

The contenders are

Marino/Ceres GT (4age engined atleast)

Carina GT 

Starlet GT (looks based plus hot hatch)

Sera (are they even available anymore? Wait so one on the vehicle sevana for 7.8m) no thanks

Any other suggestions guys?

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Carina GT will be easiest to source ... a few neat specimens were around in the car groups. 

Starlet GT - most of em are converts, that too not properly done. 

  On 2/26/2025 at 5:56 AM, iRage said:

Vitz RS

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There was a 2001 XP13 up for sale recently , the owner was asking close to 5M for that which to me seemed ridiculous.  

[iRage]

  On 2/28/2025 at 6:42 AM, matroska said:

which to me seemed ridiculous.  

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Is there any car that is NOT ridiculously priced in SL ?

Edited February 28 by iRage

[matroska]

  On 2/28/2025 at 1:45 PM, iRage said:

Is there any car that is NOT ridiculously priced in SL ?

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Ridiculous by SL standards  

[iRage]

  On 3/3/2025 at 6:26 AM, matroska said:

Ridiculous by SL standards  

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So ridiculous squared or cubed...(i.e. Ridiculous to the Nth power)

[Hyaenidae]

  On 2/28/2025 at 1:45 PM, iRage said:

Is there any car that is NOT ridiculously priced in SL ?

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Yeppers, Geely Emgrand EC7 gets quite fairly priced for what it is because nobody wants it

But I'd pick a manual one if I were in the market tbh. Way better VFM than a 90s Jap abused to hell and back by local baiyas

Edited March 3 by Hyaenidae

[matroska]

  On 3/3/2025 at 9:39 AM, Hyaenidae said:

Yeppers, Geely Emgrand EC7 gets quite fairly priced for what it is because nobody wants it

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That's kind of true for all the Geely's - the MX7's and to a lesser extent the Pandas. 

[Hyaenidae]

  On 3/3/2025 at 11:32 AM, matroska said:

That's kind of true for all the Geely's - the MX7's and to a lesser extent the Pandas. 

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Ehhh but the Emgrand is as comfy as a Premio, pulls hard and its clutch is well balanced unlike those two

There's also a CVT but Sri Lankans and CVTs don't mix well

[iRage]

  On 3/3/2025 at 11:42 AM, Hyaenidae said:

pulls hard and its clutch is well balanced

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Aren't these (engine + transmission) straight out from Mitsubishi?

 

 

Edited March 3 by iRage

[iRage]

  On 3/3/2025 at 9:39 AM, Hyaenidae said:

But I'd pick a manual one if I were in the market tbh. Way better VFM than a 90s Jap abused t

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  On 3/3/2025 at 11:42 AM, Hyaenidae said:

Ehhh but the Emgrand is as comfy as a Premio, pulls hard and its clutch is well balanced unlike those two

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Well done ! You might have signle handedly just artificially inflated Emgrand prices. Pretty soon we will be seeing Emgrands with gold badges getting sold for 5x the current price

[Hyaenidae]

  On 3/3/2025 at 4:10 PM, iRage said:

Aren't these (engine + transmission) straight out from Mitsubishi?

 

 

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Nope, Toyota. The engine code is Mitsubishi though 😂 The 1.8L engine used in the Emgrand EC7 (G-Power JL-4G18) is a licensed clone of the Toyota 1ZZ-FE engine

 

  On 3/3/2025 at 4:12 PM, iRage said:

 

Well done ! You might have signle handedly just artificially inflated Emgrand prices. Pretty soon we will be seeing Emgrands with gold badges getting sold for 5x the current price

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🥺

Edited March 3 by Hyaenidae

[john cooper]

Since other suggestions are there, any chance to hunt a Hyundai Coupe or Mitzi FTO
 

I don't know about the SL market but they are usually cheap around where I live and no many faults

BTW I can see one of the Yellow Hyundai on another sale site below 5 Mil for sale

Edited March 4 by john cooper

[iRage]

  On 3/3/2025 at 4:27 PM, Hyaenidae said:

Nope, Toyota. The engine code is Mitsubishi though 😂

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That is not confusing at all. Makes perfect sense.