Date:         Mon, 30 May 2005 09:49:39 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Toyota Hiace images
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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/What is the deal that the HiAce or seome version of it is not to be
sold in the USA.

Looks like a good replacement for the V-gons as they wear out and
disappear.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Andrew Grebneff wrote:

> Images of some WAY-OUT (butchered!) Hiaces in Japan...
> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/798965
>
>
> Website for the Australian range of the new Hiace
> http://hiace.toyota.com.au/TWR/vehicle/homepage/0,4218,986_342,00.html
> Looks like they don't get the 3.0 turbosiesel there, but at least the
> 2.5 they do get is DOHC 16V common-rail direct-injection.
>
> The German Hiace page shows that they don't get the Hiace there; it's
> the front-engined Regius with Hiace badges:
> http://www.toyota.de/showroom/hiace/
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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>
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