A Thing Rarely Seen

"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
08/28/2019 at 14:09 • Filed to: Toyota, Auris, Corolla

The 3-door Toyota Auris, parked right behind my 3-door Corolla E12.

DISCUSSION (10)

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > Hoccy
08/28/2019 at 14:42

What about the Dodge Caravan behind them? Or is that not a Routan?

Hoccy > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
08/28/2019 at 14:47

That’s a regular Touran, I see approximately 1 million of them every day.

Ash78, voting early and often > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
08/28/2019 at 14:52

Yep, the non-US Touran, which is an anagram of Routan because it saved a bunch of money on badging :)

Generic MPV almost everywhere in Europe. It used to have a Ford-branded twin called the Galaxy/Galaxie, IIRC.

Hoccy > Ash78, voting early and often
08/28/2019 at 14:57

The VW Sharan was the one that was badge-engineered into a Ford Galaxy and the Seat Alhambra. It was larger and worse than the Touran, which is based off the Golf platform.

Ash78, voting early and often > Hoccy
08/28/2019 at 15:16

Ahh, that’s right! It’s hard to keep all these non-US vehicles straight. The only MPV that VW has had here in the past 15 years is a weakly badgineered Chrysler Town & Country.

Actually, it wasn’t horrible. Just horribly marketed and serviced. VW doesn’t like to touch them and neither does Chrysler. Total orphan, I think it sold for 2 years.

Cash Rewards > Ash78, voting early and often
08/28/2019 at 15:17

Kinja'd!!!

dogisbadob > Hoccy
08/28/2019 at 15:18

Toyota make the best cars. Too bad we never got those two :(

Cé hé sin > Ash78, voting early and often
08/28/2019 at 15:32

Not quite.

Galaxy Mk1:

Kinja'd!!!

Sharan Mk1:

Kinja'd!!!

Both made in a joint VW/Ford plant in Portugal. For the subsequent models each company went their own way. VW bought the plant and made the Scirocco there.

Top trivia: each model got the VW 1.9 diesel, or a 2.3 Ford petrol or a 2.8 VW VR6.