Are you sure about this? We got three different Toyota vans here in Europe, the Hiace, the Liteace and the Model F. All three are ugly, but you'd have to shoot them to kill them. I believe the Van LE is what was called Model F (What a kooky name??) but it could have been badged the Liteace down under. Lets just drop these and return to VWs PerL 87 Syncro 112i Andrew Grebneff wrote: > This van is a Toyota Lightace, which was sold under the LE badge in North > America. Also badged in Japan as Lightace (basic van), Townace (Kombi > equivalent) and Masterace (Microbus), with the Townace Surf available with > full electrics, and high smoked glass roof. Like the Hiace Custom & Super > Custom, the Masterace had torsionbar rear suspension in place of the > cartsprings found in lesser models. > > The Lightace series is available with 2.0 gas engine or 2.0turbodiesel; > latest versions have 2.2 turbodiesel and must be real flyers. > > I have seen one very late Lightace with a US-style front-mounted engine and > longish nose, boy was it ugly. Must be FWD. Glad it hasn't replaced the > forward-control vehicle, which is still made. > > Andrew |
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