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Originally Posted by Bevsta007
They only got the Corolla badge in Australia I believe, plus a 1500cc carb engine.
Elsewhere the AE86 was a Levin or a Trueno (pop up lights) sporting the legendary 4AGE engine
kind of like comparing an XT to a GT Falcon
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Correct...everywhere else they were a Sprinter, with Levin and Trueno levels of spec. Here they were sold as a "Corolla Sprinter", instead of just plain Sprinter. Most of them sold here also had the 4A-CE engine, a carbed or EFI DOHC engine with one cam drive wheel for the timing belt, and the second cam driven off a gear on the driven cam. Great engine...just not a great as the 4AGE...
I missed out on a Levin back before I bought my Celica four years ago...factory air con, had a few kilometers on it, but the 4ACE engine was still sweet, five speed manual, faded red, great interior. Guy wanted $3000 for it. I rang, but he said it sold probably five minutes after the ad posted on Carsales.com and his phone had been ringing off the hook ever since...
A young guy at one of the mines out here has an import, a proper Sprinter Trueno, in the Panda paint job (white with black trim), the same as the one in the Initial D manga and TV show (and live-action movie, if you can find it!). His has the 4AGE and pop up lights. I think he paid $11,000 for it, which I thought was a pretty good deal. All it needs is a Fujiwara Tofu sticker along the drivers door and he'll be set...
