very few 4x4 versions, mainly GT-T's.Caldinas are only the JDM version of the ST191 Coronas that were sold here.
intrade,
May 9, 3:18pm
carib is what you myght think they come in more 4x4s
ambo11,
May 9, 3:24pm
cheers, thanks for that.
richard198,
May 9, 9:08pm
Went to a dealer advertising a 4wd Caldina. Had a badge on it saying 4wd. I look under the back axle and guess what! No drive shafts! As i walked off the dealers car lot I could hear him making lame excuses!
xacoon,
May 9, 9:11pm
if possible steer clear of the 4wd ones. 4wd doesnt do much good to the transmission.
r15,
May 9, 10:28pm
the huge amount of high km GTT caldina 4wd's would tend to indicate they are fairly durable
xacoon,
May 10, 6:46am
try pricing a secomnd hand trans, or pricing a rebuild, even better try doing a trans swap and see if you can do it in a day. my shout if you can do it. auto trans guys in timaru said they are notorious for turning to custard on the 4wd. 2wd fine. did they come out in manual!
_peas,
May 10, 10:03am
Caldinas must have only started life about 93 I would have thought!There are a lot of 4WD versions.Most of the manual ones in any guise are 4WD including all the GT-T's and the GT's.Many of the next version down the G are also 4WD that I have seen.If Toyota made more 2WD ones then I would say that the importers favour the 4WDs cos there are a lot over here.
sw20,
May 10, 10:41am
Never heard of a Caldina's gearbox packing it in unless its being abused.
Your point is moot, since they very very rarely break who cares if it costs moonbeams!
ema1,
May 10, 1:40pm
The later ones 1998 on are ST210 bodies in the same family as the Corona Premio's.
ema1,
May 10, 1:41pm
Manual ones were available.
blayke-m,
May 10, 2:17pm
usually its only the gtt caldinas that are 4wd majourity of caldinas like the gt and the g are front wheel drive
_peas,
May 10, 2:19pm
Wrong.
vtecintegra,
May 10, 2:21pm
The GTs were all almost 4wd, as were a large proportion of the Gs.Just do a quick search and see if you can find more than a couple of 2wd GTs, I'd be surprised.
_peas,
May 10, 2:37pm
Show me a 2WD GT!I have never seen one. not a genuine GT with a Beams GE in it.I'd love one if I could find one but as far as I know Toyota never made them in 2WD.I've owned one before and are waiting to get another one oncesellers realise that they aren't worth 7k.
_peas,
May 10, 3:02pm
I stand corrected. though I am skeptical if that blue one is 2WD. Its amazing how little people know about their own cars and even more so what some dealers advertise in print!
ryanm2,
May 10, 3:05pm
Caldina sellers are dreamers, i bought my GTT for 5600 about 3 years ago, and sold it for that a year later, but some people want huge amounts of money for their, its nuts.
phillip.weston,
May 10, 3:09pm
^^ I wouldn't say that's just Caldina owners, I would say that's just about all Toyota owners. Pay a premium for a car because it's 'reliable' despite having nothing else going for it.
_peas,
May 10, 3:13pm
The $1 reserves have been hitting between $4k and $4.8k over the last couple of months but have either been too far away or a little rough round the edges.I'm in no hurry anyway, the s#itbox is still going strong.Well they might wake up one day.When that happens I will buy one :D
sw20,
May 10, 4:33pm
That one listed is 4wd contrary to the sellers knowledge. The 2wd GT's have a ST210 chassis number. The one listed has a ST215 chassis number.
_peas,
May 10, 5:18pm
Haha!Did NZ even get any of the 2WD ones!
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