Australian sales brochure

jamiec · Post by **jamiec** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:17 am

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i think this brochure would be very rare.
does any one else have any sales brochures to show?

Post by **Mattel** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:25 am

Never seen that one before. I have an '83 and '87 brochure. I've seen the same as mine offered on aussie ebay quite a bit, usually $5-$8 each and a cool read. I allways notice all the hardcore photo retouching they would have done in the pre photoshop days.

Post by **Mattel** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:36 am

Here's one right now for a fiver.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOYOTA-TERCEL-4W ... dZViewItem

jamiec · Post by **jamiec** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:44 am

Thanks for that Mattel i will try
to buy that one.

GTSSportCoupe · Post by **GTSSportCoupe** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:18 am

Sweet, thanks for sharing.

takza · Post by **takza** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:29 am

I have a dumb question...with right hand drive....are the pedals arranged the same as left hand? I sort of hope so if I ever had to drive one.

They hit on all the good points of the car...except maybe to exaggerate about all that power?

Iain · Post by **Iain** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:37 am

takza wrote:They hit on all the good points of the car...except maybe to exaggerate about all that power?

LOL I was thinking the same thing...

jammin1911 · Post by **jammin1911** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:56 am

takza wrote:I have a dumb question...with right hand drive....are the pedals arranged the same as left hand? I sort of hope so if I ever had to drive one.

Yea the pedal arrangement is the same... clutch on left, etc.

dcn · Post by **dcn** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:28 am

Lol my brochure ('87) calls the engine 'peppy'. I guess that's a better sales pitch than 'just adequate'.

Also, what's with the 'SR' series engine? Internal Toyota thing or is it an Aussie thing?

Post by **ARCHINSTL** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:34 pm

Note the rear seat shoulder belts. I wish they were still available here. The first couple of times the gkids got in the back, I had to explain why Goldie was not equipped with them - they looked at me as though I was giving them sharp knives and scissors to play with...
Of course, I also had to explain what the window winders were, and also why I kept moving that big rod that stuck up out the floor - ever try to explain a gearbox to a 7 year-old?
Tom M.

keith · Post by **keith** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:44 pm

I had a RHD when I lived in Japan. The pedals are the same, shift pattern same but you use your left hand. I found it easier to get used to driving on the left side of the road than I did switching back to the right.

Gasoline Fumes · Post by **Gasoline Fumes** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:52 pm

dcn wrote:Also, what's with the 'SR' series engine? Internal Toyota thing or is it an Aussie thing?

I think Toyota was hiding the real engine codes from the public. I have an old ad for the AE86, they refer to the 4A-GE as the TC-16.

Post by **Mattel** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:18 am

SR = SUPER RESPONSIVE in australia marketing slang!

SR5 = SUPER RESPONSIVE 5? (5 gears? doors? dunno)

dcn · Post by **dcn** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:02 pm

Hmm, maybe it should be Seriously Resilient or something Responsive? Nahh not so much.

Post by **ARCHINSTL** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:06 pm

I always thought it was an Asian reverse piggyback on the German designation of really hot cars as " RS, " for "RennSport," or "Racing."
Other side of the International Date Line, perhaps?

Tom M.