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I poped my GF's friends car on her chevy prism 2001 and i was amazed to see VVTI and what looked like a corolla/celica motor~~~~~ WHAT IS UP~

Thats been going on for awhile. My 97 corolla had a prizm counterpart. Don't know how long ago thats been going on.

derrrrr, you ever heard of a toyota cavilier?

pretty much what it is, both gm, and toyota buy the same engines.... an for the most part, thats why i dont understand why most of yuo rag out gm's well... american cars.

yeah- sold in japan for awhile (toyota calaviers)... nobody bought em, lol... yeah prizm's have been corolla clones since they came out in 1990(?)... ususally they had the body bits of japaese toyota sprinter sedans... my dad company swears by them for delivery cars- theve had at least 15 of em, most get 150,000 miles out of them before they sell em off, and they have never had anything major go wrong with any of em. But yeah same motor as the corolla family (celica gt, matrix, ect..)

This post has been edited by saleeka: Feb 23, 2004 - 3:16 PM

& the ae92 prizm gsi was a pretty cool car... the only 4a-ge that was map based was a prizm... go figure

also, the 80's chevy nova's were also corollas.....

Heres something crazy, the new lotus has a 7th gen GTS celica motor in it and is gonna sell for 40 grand!

Toyota sells engines to GM, thats it, toyota sold the design for the stylish Cavelier to GM, also sold them the vibe design, I dont think GM technology touches Toyota cars, with the acception of the Toyota Cavalier which is made by GM and shipped to Japan. Thats why GMs are still lacking quality, and Toyota are Top quality. My info could be flauded but this is what Ive read over the years.

This topic makes me laugh... considering who it's coming from...

The chevy Prism and toyota corolla are exactly the same except for some exterior differences. I think all of the prisms use toyota engines (4age, 4afe, etc...). There are others also...

agreed, but lets be friendly

yeah, i think you yuo are right on the dot with that, I like gm, i dont like there low end, only there high end, i hate cavilers, i would any day drive my car then even a new caviler with anything done..... but i love the corvette an impala an such

The Corolla IS a Prism, same as a Matrix IS a Vibe, same as a RAV4 is a Chevy Tracker.

General motors no longer is in the business of designing cars, they broke their pencils long ago and lost the sharpener...

Look at the new GTO, the Saab 9-2, ANY Saturn is actually an Opell, The Solstice <sp?> is made from Subaru parts,

GM can EAT MY ASS

lol, but I do like the new gto, when do those go on sale?

you mean the monero? that is so far from a GTO its sad.

Actually, the Chevy Tracker is a Suzuki, just like the Metros were back in the day. GM doesn't buy Toyota engines, they rebadge toyota cars as their own. It's called Platform sharing. A lot of companies do it. Dodge/Mitsubishi have been and are still doing it (Talon/Eclipse/Laser). Now Daimler/Chrysler is designing the new Chryslers on their Benz's. The Crossfire is a Benz hatchback. Ford/Mazda do the same thing. Those little Mazda trucks are Ford Rangers. They say the new Taurus may be based on the Mazda6 and the new Focus may be the Mazda3. GM still designs their own cars, they just suck. i.e. the last Cavalier.

the only saturn i know of having ANY relation to an opel is the L-series, and it only uses some suspention and possibly chassis pieces taken from the last generation vectra... the ions were SUPPOSED to be based on the new astra platform, but that was scrapped due to the fact that GM europe said the car wasnt up to european auto consumer standards. the vue is its own platform, and the coming relay is based of the old chevy venture platform. However, i think the solstice is based on gm's new global kappa platform...

yeah... but it's a lotus.... and they've engineered new parts into it as well.....

It was a suzuki but now its a Rav4.

i was actually thinking of giving this guys webpage a shot and getting a strut bar or CAI...

but, then i read this post.

and, after this post...i looked in the readers rides section of his website, and saw that a car in there had a turbo timer and something else turbo-related...but, no turbo.

in his defense.. i just finished a 3SGTE harness for his car.......