JeremyR - What you’re referring to is an OBD II port, which of course the Toyotas would have as well. But this data recording facility is not part of the OBD system.
NulloModo - Point 2 has some merit, but the way you state it isn’t entirely correct. Interest payments on leases work differently from buying (financing)...
Paul Niedermeyer - ‘Dude, have you ever considered where the exploding masses of Japanese car buyers came from in the seventies? Thin air? A large portion...
LectroByte - Those 60s-era taillights over that monstrosity bumper… just wrong. They seemed pretty popular, I can remember a lot of friends and neighbors...