What car sold in the 1990s that is a keeper?

**chuaed** · October 14th, 2009 10:33 PM

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**roberto_minosa** · October 14th, 2009 10:42 PM

My own list...

>>The Corolla small-body!!! It doesn't look as fat as the big-body. Ridiculously easy to dress up. Gimme one with a silvertop 4A-GE please...

>>The late 80's Galant!!! The coolest Galant ever. Looks mean as hell.

>>The EF and EG Civic hatches!!! EF hatches are quite rare nowadays, and the EG hatch still looks cool for me. Nothing beats a low-stance EG hatch with big wheels.

>>The SiR!!! An all-original example is the keeper.

>>The Celica GT-Four!!! The last of the real performance Toyotas. It'll be a classic soon...

**kha** · October 14th, 2009 11:33 PM

mitsubishi galant gti
mazda miata
honda civic sir

**rai711** · October 14th, 2009 11:40 PM

How about big body corolla with blacktop engine, 6 speed???
levin, sprinter or BZ touring look or kit

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**afrasay** · October 14th, 2009 11:47 PM

Toyota Land Cruiser 80 series, Nissan Patrol, Mercedes-Benz W124.

**badkuk** · October 14th, 2009 11:54 PM

corolla big body should be on that list...best selling corolla to date, something like 25million sold. Tiyak di mawawalan ng piyesa yan anytime soon B)

**OldSchoolHack** · October 15th, 2009 12:19 AM

Siyempre Mazdaspeed 323 Familia. Nice sleek looks and extremely nice to configure and upgrade. And still usable.

And the Honda Civic...Esi, Lxi...etc. Same reasons.

And of course the king of the taxi cars in the era...the Toyota Bigbody Corolla. Nothing has so much space and brings a comfortable ride as this car. Ordinary but extremely usable. You can still see a lot of taxi's of this kind running the streets.

**ssaloon** · October 15th, 2009 12:19 AM

Galant GTi, AE92, AE101, EK SiR.

**niky** · October 17th, 2009 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by badkuk

corolla big body should be on that list...best selling corolla to date, something like 25million sold. Tiyak di mawawalan ng piyesa yan anytime soon B)

For a car to be a "keeper"... it not only has to be reasonably easy to maintain... it has to have some indefinable quality that will make you want to keep it... whether it be the looks, the comfort, the power or the heritage.

A stock big body doesn't. It's not as much fun to drive as a Familia or a Civic, and not as "fully-loaded" as a Sentra... and it doesn't have a sporty heritage.

The older Corolla has a more timeless look, and with the FX-style headlights, is definitely a handsome car. The newer small-body has a rally heritage, a ton of cosmetic cusomizations available (two or three different kinds of Euro-headlight conversions) and is also more "classic" looking than the big-body.

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If you're only getting a car because it's easy to maintain or convenient... it's not a "keeper"... you're going to get rid of it as soon as you can afford a newer car. Big body... ESi... they're just sedans. They're nice... but the newer versions are nicer. There's nothing exceptional about their engines, suspensions or looks.

If you're getting it because it has some indefinable character that you can't find elsewhere... then you can keep it for another ten or twenty years or more... that's why I voted for the ECCS and older Corolla... they have the classic proportions you can't find on cars anymore... especially the rear hip point... (where the rear windshield meets the body over the rear wheel)... which is ridiculously thick on newer cars.

**basti08** · October 17th, 2009 11:54 AM

Cefiro GTS-R (A31)/1997 model (A32)
Civic EG ESi/Hatchback
Galant GTi
Civic SiR
Sentra B13
Familia/Lantis
Miata
94 Pajero
Starex
Vitara

oooopppsss...not a Toyota on my list