Re: Zajímavé inzeráty - ironicky i vážně, díl II.
Napsal: úte 22.01.2019, 17:33
Jaký je rozdíl mezi G6 a G6R. Já už na tohle označení jednou narazil, ale ne tady v ČR
Aha
The year is 1998. Carlos Sainz is driving the Corolla WRC in the WRC championship and it looks like he has a shot to win it. Ultimatly he didn’t, but it was close. Toyota decides that this near win has to be celebrated with a special edition of the E11. They made The G6R.
To make this car they took a Corolla G6 1.6 and slapped on some extra goodies.
The differences between the normal G6 and G6R aren’t that big, but for the enthousiast, they’re enough. Here’s what they did:
They decided the car would only be made in one of 2 colors: Satin Black and Sunburst Red
They replaced the steel hood for an aluminum one (because weight reduction, bro)
They put some sideskirts on the car. Many people think these sideskirts are a G6R-only item, but actually Toyota took them of the Toyota Sprinter Carib (Japan-only)
They gave the Corolla some red seatbelts.
The bumper lip is painted in body color.
The 14’ inch wheels were replaced by 15’ alloys with 195/55R15 tyres.
springs that dropped the car 20mm
disc-brakes all around (some E11 allready had these as an option)
19 mm stabilizers (This extra isn’t descripted in any folders, but it was the case anyway)
limited edition plaque (in some countries)
it’s own badge (2 diffrent badges, depending on the country)
diffrent carpets (in some countries)
Some goodies the G6 allready had, but are worth mentioning are:
6-speed gearbox
aircon (2/3 of all the G6R have it)
electric windows
sunroof (only a handfull of G6R have it)
4AFE engine good for 109 bhp (missed opportunity. They could have gone for the 4AGE 20V engine)
strutbar
The G6R was only distributed in a couple of countries. The Netherlands, Germany and the U.K. being some of them. In each of these countries about 200 were released. In the U.K. it was about 400.
Aha
The year is 1998. Carlos Sainz is driving the Corolla WRC in the WRC championship and it looks like he has a shot to win it. Ultimatly he didn’t, but it was close. Toyota decides that this near win has to be celebrated with a special edition of the E11. They made The G6R.
To make this car they took a Corolla G6 1.6 and slapped on some extra goodies.
The differences between the normal G6 and G6R aren’t that big, but for the enthousiast, they’re enough. Here’s what they did:
They decided the car would only be made in one of 2 colors: Satin Black and Sunburst Red
They replaced the steel hood for an aluminum one (because weight reduction, bro)
They put some sideskirts on the car. Many people think these sideskirts are a G6R-only item, but actually Toyota took them of the Toyota Sprinter Carib (Japan-only)
They gave the Corolla some red seatbelts.
The bumper lip is painted in body color.
The 14’ inch wheels were replaced by 15’ alloys with 195/55R15 tyres.
springs that dropped the car 20mm
disc-brakes all around (some E11 allready had these as an option)
19 mm stabilizers (This extra isn’t descripted in any folders, but it was the case anyway)
limited edition plaque (in some countries)
it’s own badge (2 diffrent badges, depending on the country)
diffrent carpets (in some countries)
Some goodies the G6 allready had, but are worth mentioning are:
6-speed gearbox
aircon (2/3 of all the G6R have it)
electric windows
sunroof (only a handfull of G6R have it)
4AFE engine good for 109 bhp (missed opportunity. They could have gone for the 4AGE 20V engine)
strutbar
The G6R was only distributed in a couple of countries. The Netherlands, Germany and the U.K. being some of them. In each of these countries about 200 were released. In the U.K. it was about 400.