Toyota Caldina

The Toyota Caldina was a station and was produced by Toyota from 1992 to 2007 for the Japanese market. It replaced the Carina Surf.

The Caldina has never been officially exported by Toyota, but because of its all-wheel drive and its large load capacity, he is popular for the dusty roads of Bolivia or in eastern Russia as Used in rural South America and Russia. These vehicles have been converted to left hand drive.

Model history

1st Generation (1992-1997)

Toyota Caldina TZ -G ( 1992)

The original Toyota Caldina was the 5- door station wagon and 5-door panel van of the Japanese Corona. The combination was individually suspended on shock absorbers rear wheels, while the van had a suspended solid axle on leaf springs.

2nd Generation (1997-2002 )

Toyota Caldina 2.0 G ( 1997)

Since 1997 was the Caldina, who shared its chassis with the models of Toyota Allion and Toyota Premio, the Japanese station wagon version of the Avensis.

The models with four-wheel drive had the internal code ST215 and were offered as Active Sports GT with the 3S -GE engine. The top model GT- T had the turbocharged 3S- GTE engine, the fourth generation and an all-wheel drive system similar to the Celica GT -Four. The GT- T was also available with electronic stability control (VSC ). As he weighed only 1470 kg, he offered the same performance as the Subaru Impreza WRX combi and reached 100 km / h from a standing start in 7.0 s A small facelift gave the Caldina 2000 new bumpers and lighting equipment, as well as a new interior.

The motors for the cheaper models were the 1.8 -liter R4- 7A -FE engine, the 2.0 -liter engine 3S -FE - R4 and the 2.2 l R4 turbo diesel engine 3C -TE.

3rd Generation (2002-2007)

Toyota Caldina ZT ( 2002)

The all- new Caldina of September 2002 was a pure sports wagon, the body no longer has anything with the models Allion, Premio Avensis or more common.

The engines for the new Caldina was the 1.8 -liter R4, type 1ZZ -FE, the 2.0-liter R4, type 1AZ -FSE and the 2.0-liter R4 turbo, type 3S- GTE. The trim levels were called 1.8 X, 1.8 Z, 2.0 Z, 2.0 ZT, and 2.0 GT -Four. In the years 2005 to 2007 there was again a revised model with minor changes. All models had standard automatic transmission and the GT -Four is only available with Tiptronic. All have a foot -operated parking brake.

After setting the Celica the Caldina was one of sportiest Toyota models in Japan.

Production of the 3rd generation Caldina ended in 2007. Too, the 3S -GTE engine and the name GT -Four fell from the model program. The Caldina GT -Four, there are still as revised gray market in Malaysia. The only model in Europe is approved in the registration district of Trier.