Whats In The Box Toyota Starlet EP71 TurboS

[martinfan5]

One of Hasegawa's new tools for 2019, and first of a few variations , its the Toyota Starlet EP71 TurboS (3dr) Late Type

 

Edited July 6, 2019 by martinfan5

[1972coronet]

Looks like a nice kit ! Must be the domestic version of the FX-16 that we had in the U.S. in the 80's , no ?  The Starlet in U.S. marketing was originally a rear-wheel-drive arrangement , IIRC .

[niteowl7710]

2 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

Looks like a nice kit ! Must be the domestic version of the FX-16 that we had in the U.S. in the 80's , no ?  The Starlet in U.S. marketing was originally a rear-wheel-drive arrangement , IIRC .

No the FX-16 was a Corolla, that's a completely different (albeit similarly shaped) platform than the Starlet.  The only Starlet we got in the U.S. was the prior generation (KP61) from 1981-1984.  The E80 generation Corolla, of which the FX-16 is one of, along with the famous AE86 is what replaced it in the U.S.  But the Starlet continued on as a sub-compact in Japan and elsewhere until 1999 when it replaced globally with the Yaris.

Edited July 7, 2019 by niteowl7710