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Rare Rides: The 1996 Toyota Classic, Truck-based Throwback

Today’s Rare Ride is brought to you by a Tweet that featured today’s subject and was the exact moment your author became aware of its existence. Released in the Nineties prior to the American retro styling craze, the Classic was a limited edition sedan sold only to Japanese customers. Curious yet?

Corey Lewis Aug 02, 2022

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SCE to AUX I wouldn't take it for free; you could spend as much in the first year's repairs.
Master Baiter "One of the most significant selling points for Tesla vehicles is its advanced driver assistance tech" I would disagree. Even their basic camera-based adaptive cruise control is prone to false braking. My cars' radar-based cruise control systems work better, from my experience.
SCE to AUX I'd rather have turn signal stalks.
EBFlex It had a good run. But personally I wouldn’t want a truck that dates back to 2009ish when it was introduced. Still better than a new Ford though
Arthur Dailey Still prefer the 59's. Auto styling as mentioned was in the 50's derivative of military aircraft styling, and the 'space age'. The '59 Caddies 'nailed this' in an in your face manner. If you are going to put fins on a car, why use small, vestigial, almost apologetic fins, like M-B did with their 110? I did have an appreciation for Dagmars, but the front end/grille of the '59 is so much cleaner and more modern than the '58.As for the back/trunk of these vehicles the '58 appears to me to be clunky and cluttered. Corey what about a column on the Eldorado Biarritz Convertible from 1959? I need to see if my memories are correct or have been tainted over time.

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