GTP Cool Wall: 1997-2002 Toyota Caldina GT-T

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1997-2002 Toyota Caldina GT-T

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1997-2002 Toyota Caldina GT-T nominated by @Rage Racer
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Engines: 2.0L Turbo I4 (3S-GTE)
Power: 260 hp
Torque: 239 lb-ft.
Weight: 1470 kg
Transmission: 5-speed manual, 4-speed automatic
Drivetrain: Front engine, four wheel drive
Body Styles: 5-door wagon
Additional Info: "a hot wagon sharing the same engine and drivetrain as the Celica GT-Four. Also was one of my favourite cars in Gran Turismo 2... :rolleyes: I loved it in black & gray two-tone color."​
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I like the two-tone trim. But no performance drivetrain can change the fact that it's basically an Avensis estate on the outside.

Uncool.
 
A fast wagon is cool. A tacky body kit in it isn't. On the upside it's far from uncool as the Stagea. It's not beige meh, so I'll have to give it a very low cool.
 
In the inside it's a Celica GT-Four estate. On the outside it's an Avensis with a stupid bodykit. Seriously uncool.
 
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I read Caldina and began to think "Oh, that thing looks sharp and stylish. It makes wagons look cool...and packs a whallop...yeah, that's really cool". I was thinking about the third generation Caldina.

Then I googled "Caldina" to remember how the third gen Caldina looked. And it was a 'Meh' at least...this looks even dorkier. Almost seriously uncool...
 
Cool, it looks interesting.
 
Oh look: an Avensis with some horrible trim attached. Power and performance are irrelevant here. Seriously uncool.
 
It's like a WRX wagon! Except it isn't actually, and instead just looks like a knockoff of one.
 
Most wagons are uncool. This gets a meh. Cars of that era are generally horrid.
 
Great drivetrain, bad styling. Sure, it's an impressive wagon for a Toyota, but your friends will point at you and say:

"Oh look, there's a desolate human being, driving his gawdy looking two-tone Avensis..."

And despite not being called an Avensis, it's just not cool being associated with the pulse-stopping (not in a good way) Avensis. The Celica underpinning save it from a SU rating, but I can't give it a cool, so it gets an meh. Sorry, Rage.
 
It's the Stagea all over again.

Except that it's milder this time
 
We don't have these here, though we've got a few Caldinas. While there are desirable turbocharged "JDM yo" wagons out there (Legnum, for one... uh... Legnum, for another... and perhaps the Legnum*), the Caldina isn't one of them.


The Fozzie is available outside Japan, so it doesn't really count.
 
Something about this just doesn't work. Meh.

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Has a bodykit. Uncool.
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All I see is a hood scoop and some kind of attachment on the front that judging by the pictures seems to be an option.
 
Uncool.

Looks awful and is essentially an old Avensis estate with 4WD and Celica drivetrain and engine.

The Celica parts save it from SU.
 
Are those those things which are useful? No idea.
 
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This, irrespective of drivetrain. Uncool, but not seriously so as passers-by won't actively dislike it - they just won't notice it.
 
It's not pretty, and it's not awful either.

Meh.
 
It looks boring and insignificant. Uncool
 
Wagons are usually cool in my book, but no amount of 3S-GTE goodness will save this abomination from my judgement, which is: uncool, bro!
 
Horrid looking and even being a wagon fan cannot save it. IIRC this is related the to US market Scion TC minus the cool drivetrain.
 
I believe it was the newer Avensis that shared the platform with the tC.
 
I like the front. Gave it a cool.
 
A jacked up Avensis estate with ugly extra body trim.

Uncool.
 
One without any of the body kit and add ons would be a meh. As soon as even one skidplate or spoiler is added, uncool.
 
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