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Rare, completely original 1992 Toyota Supra MKIII, with turbo, automatic transmission, 92,000 miles, leather, and removable roof panel. This car has all options. The last year of this body style, the ’92 is the most sophisticated design and best of its run (according to car magazine reviews of the day). Teal blue paint is original and in excellent shape considering its 22 years in the So Cal sunshine. There is a barely noticeable ding or two in the door panel from a car door opening into it in a parking lot. And a barely noticeable abrasion mark about 6 inches long on the right front bumper that can probably be buffed out. The paint is also beginning to show signs of oxidation here and there in the clear-coat (that can also probably be buffed out). The oxidation can be seen mainly on the roof panel and rear bumper/spoiler area. The black trim around the rear lift-back glass and black paint on wiper arms shows some sun damage (see pics). Interior is very good (dash is perfect, no splits) but passenger seat (now covered) recently developed a crack and split open in the seat area. The previous owner shortened the driver floor mat, it apparently curled up and interfered with pedals but hasn’t while I’ve owned it. The rest of the interior is new car clean and all the controls/gadgets work as they should. The retractable cargo cover works and is in good shape except for some cosmetic peeling of the pigmented coating that covers a non-moving part of it. The factory CD/Tape/radio is installed (has never been out as far as I know) and everything associated with it works except the CD play head is slightly out of alignment causing one stereo channel to playback quietly relative to the other. The antenna raises and lowers as it should. The engine runs great and transmission shifts smoothly (many do not, I've heard). This car has been adult owned and driven, and has received regular maintenance since new. I have maintenance records back to year 2000. All maintenance was performed by the dealer that sold the car new until 2008 (Toyota of Cerritos, CA). All the maintenance I’ve done since then has been by either a local San Diego Toyota dealership or a long-time trusted mechanic who owns an established local repair shop. All rubber hoses and tubing replaced in 2010. Battery is about a year old. New tires around 10k miles ago. This car is reliable and tight. No rattles at all. No leaks. Drives and sounds like a new car but better because you seldom see another one on the road and it gets more compliments than any new car I’ve ever owned. I found this car in a small dealership near Los Angeles in 2008 after the original owner traded it in on a new Toyota from the dealer that sold him the Supra in 1992 (mileage was about 72,000). The dealer wholesaled it to Ray’s auto where I found it. I contacted the original owner and he told me the car’s history. The dealership that originally sold the car gave me a computer printout of the maintenance performed but their history only went back to year 2000.

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Toyota GT86, Scion FR-S sales disappointing worldwide?

Fri, 21 Feb 2014

Okay, folks - it appears we've got a problem. The Toyota GT86, Europe's counterpart to our own beloved Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S coupes, is apparently not selling too well. This, according to Toyota's European Vice President of Research and Development, Gerald Killman, is what's limiting plans for additional variants of the rear-drive coupe.
"A faster version of that car would be at the top of most people's wish lists, but like the cabriolet, it is hard to justify a business case to push either model into production based on the current sales," Killman told AutoExpress. "Personally, I think that engine could use a little bit more," he added.
More troubling is that slow sales aren't limited to the Euro-spec car, with Killman claiming that the GT86 have been missing sales targets in major markets around the globe. It may not be that the US is one of those major markets, though. Scion's Vice President, Doug Murtha, tells Autoblog that his brand is happy with the sales of its version of the GT86, the FR-S. 18,000 units were sold last year, which Murtha says is "generally in line with original expectations for the car."

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Toyota asking NHTSA for fuel cell car safety exemption regarding electric shocks

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Toyota is requesting an exemption from federal safety regulations that govern electric cars as it prepares to launch a small-scale hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle fleet.
The Japanese automaker is targeting Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 305, which covers the packaging of high-voltage parts in electric cars. According to Uncle Sam, these systems need to be isolated so that passengers and first responders aren't electrocuted in the event of a crash. That seems pretty smart, but it's become a problem for Toyota's upcoming production fuel cell vehicle, as the mechanism that prevents electric shocks in low-speed crashes will apparently simply keep Toyota's car from even functioning.
Instead of the federally approved system, Bloomberg reports that Toyota plans to insulate the high-voltage wires and cables in the car, along with shielding electrical components like the fuel cells, electric motor and batteries with (presumably non-conductive) metal barriers.

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