GT5 Transcripts/Toyota CALDINA GT-FOUR '02

The third generation Caldina appeared on the scene in September 2002. Originally, the Caldina was a utility wagon based on the four-door Corona sedan, but the third generation completely broke out of its mold. Its concept was "The Touring Machine", a sports specialty wagon that combines performance, design, and utility.
The body mounted on the platform shared with the Premio and Orion FF sedans took on an extreme bullet shaped design, and the sharp headlights and long narrow taillights were reminiscent of an Alfa Romeo. The size is standard for a car of its class with a total length of 177.5 inches, width of 68.5 inches and height of 56.8 inches, and the engines powering the car are a 2.0-litre DOHC inline-4 turbo producing 256 BHP, a 2.0-litre direct injection DOHC inline-4 with VVT-i producing 150 BHP, and a 1.8-litre DOHC inline-4 sharing the same mechanism which produces 130 BHP.
The GT-FOUR is the grade model mounted with the most powerful 256 BHP engine. As can be guessed by its name inherited from the Celica rally base car, the drive mechanism is a full time four wheel drive, and this is a sports wagon that has a distinctly different flavor than the Subaru Legacy Sports Wagon.
There is also a grade model that is positioned at the top of the GT-FOUR series, and that is the N edition, which received the "N" designation from the Nürburgring. Equipped standard with a sporty sequential shiftmatic gearbox, a Torsen LSD, performance rods with coil springs, and Recaro seats, with inverted shocks in the front and monotubes shocks in the rear, it drives so well that it is almost a shame it is a wagon.
The Caldina was driven and tested on the Nürburgring extensively, which was unusual for a Toyota at the time. This was a hardcore wagon that would affect the handling of many Toyota cars to come after it.
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