[MR2] A Toyota by any other name...

[Racing Strong Motorsports]

The Pontiac Vibe is the Toyota Corolla Matrix. The Geo/Chevy Prism is
a FWD Corolla sedan. And the Chevy Nova was a Toyota Sprinter.
The NUUMI plant also made the 5th gen Toyota Pickup for a bit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI

The Prism GSi and Nova came with the 4age large ports. late Prism
GSi's had small port 4age's installed with an even rarer option being
the VIN 5 model having had the D-Jetronic injection installed. I know
that Aaron shows no record of these. But I have personally seen two of
these. One at an auction in Baltimore Maryland that I lost out on, and
the other at a dealership I worked at in NW Pa.
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Bill Strong
Racing Strong Motorsports
The Toyota MR2 Owners Club
Phone (434)996-MR2-1
Arrington, Va USA

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On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:01 PM, William Brandt <wbrandt1 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Aaron I think the Prism was a rebadged (and skinned) Corolla made by the
> GM-Toyota plant at Fremont CA (NUUMI?)
>
> If you are in the know about what is what and looking for a used car if you
> want a RAV4 you can get a Pontiac Vibe for $1000s less, a Prizm instead of a
> Corolla...
>
> Ford as a similar thing with Mazda - Mazda had an equivalent Explorer,
> Escape...
>
> Bill
>
> ***
> Oh, wow, an Isuzu of all things.  I wonder how they supplied that.
> There are still a few people who are unaware that Toyota was not the
> only manufacturer working with GM under the Geo label; Toyota helped
> them with the Prizm, Suzuki on the Metro and Tracker, and Isuzu did the
> Storm and Spectrum.  If your supplier does not know the difference,
> simply read "Toyota 1.6 DOHC" in his book and went to the shelf for that
> Isuzu head, it might be time to look elsewhere - perhaps have your
> existing cylinder head freshened up by a reputable local machinist
> instead.
>
>
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