Fording rivers halfway up the windscreen is impressive in any vehicle. This road kills heaps of cars each year.

I didn’t know that the difference between Mk1 and Mk2 was that much so thanks for filling me in. My partner nixed my idea of her buying a Lexus CT200h (prius mech) recently to buy a Golf which has been a mechanical nightmare.

as off road as I’ve seen anyone driving a prius

I can’t beat actual experience as I’ve only used a Gen 2 which fixed those issues you discussed. I guess the best you can say it the Gen 1 was a test bed for the Gen 2.

How was it garbage? It looked terrible and was slow but proved stout enough.

Anyone that has owned a Tercel 4wd Wagon vehemently disagrees

Not the worse car though. six seats in a tiny envelope and at least its not boring. To me thats the worse crime.

Fantastic, I tried reading the TTAC site a few times but the highly partisan comments section made this Australian think I’d traveled back in to an alternate USA.

Time to bring back Murilee from cold storage in Colorado somewhere. DOTS for lyfe.

The Australian VW Vanagon factory Camper (Trakka) has a hotplate that rotates outside so you have the best of both worlds,

I have a 1990 VW Vanagon Factory Camper and that layout is pretty familiar and works well. Great to have a small footprint and 4 seat belst if you also have to use the van as a car in the city.
I like the looks of the Staria and the 4wd diesel is available here in Australia but what is missing is a PHEV with the…

I suggest this rendering of a Corolla GR Wagon

I can only imagine how long it would take to transform a massive company like Toyota.

Also we got these beautys. 100kw being quite substantial in 1988 especially in a light body that weighs around a tonne.

The rare, turbocharged 7afte engine!

If only they got that trucoat finish would have bumped it over the $50k!

The reason the rear looks the same as the regular Corolla is that Yaris GR is from the regular Corolla so it doesn’t need to be any wider back there!

I hope they manage to keep the weight down on it. Pity it won’t be a three door. Saying that the Wagon version they teased earlier looks even better for us longroof…

My optioned up Corolla All-trac Wagon SR5 in 1988 cost $30,000 Aus. Making it about $64,000 in todays money. with the exchange rate of $1.00 AU to .75c US makes it $48,117 when new - so close!

Are you in Europe? VW seem to be more reliable there. I’ve had a MK1 and Mk4 that were just OK at best. A Mk5 diesel manual that is a trooper. (Misc minor Electrics and interior not included). Now a MK6 tsi Manual that is a constant problem and swallows oil, timing chains and compressors. My 2nd hand Volvos for…

The only thing I know about Minnetonka is that Prince used to sing about Lake Minnetonka therefore your car should be in honour of the purple one.