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Toyota Tercel TurboSport?

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And now it’s time for another winner from Honest Ted’s Good Used Cars. One of the models that helped establish Toyota in North America was the Toyota Tercel.

Introduced in 1980, the Tercel was a big hit in Canada, although for some reason it wasn’t received as well in the United States.

This 1980 SR5 is a good example of why Toyota has become almost synonymous with dependability. This particular car has over 85,000 kilometers on the clock and, according to its owners, has been completely trouble-free.

Its 1.5-liter overhead-cam four-cylinder engine, while not exactly a powerhouse, was surprisingly refined for its day and very good on gas. It wasn’t uncommon to get 5.5 liters per 100 kilometers — or about 50 miles per gallon — out of one of these engines, and this was before the days of multi-point fuel injection.

The SR5 designation, by the way, really only meant that the car had more equipment. These alloy wheels, a rear window wiper, and special paint were some of the things that separated an SR5 from the garden-variety Tercels.

Perhaps the strangest thing about the early models was these bulbous rear taillights — prime victims for smash-and-run parallel parkers.

The Tercel’s biggest enemy, unsurprisingly, was rust. Japan was just starting to get its act together with rust protection, and the Tercel — although better in this department than, let’s say, the Honda Civic — still tended to fall apart after a couple of winters, particularly in Eastern Canada.

Still, few used cars could match it when it came to resale value. Not exactly a classic, but definitely worth the time and money.

1980 Toyota Tercel SR5 & Tony's Viewpoint - Driver's Seat Retro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQcYYtan7as

Tercel on ihan huippu!