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Old 04-24-2002, 05:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I know this is a real newbie question but, what's with this "gen" stuff?

I tried searching but couldn't find anything that related gen to year.

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Old 04-24-2002, 05:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm not sure about Generation 1 and Gen 2, but
Gen 3 is 92 - 96
Gen 4 is 97 - 01
Gen 5 is 02 -
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Old 04-24-2002, 05:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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gen 1: 83-86
gen 2: 87-91
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Old 04-24-2002, 06:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Also note that there are differences between early gen3's ('92 & '93) and the later gen3's

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Old 04-24-2002, 06:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
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The difference between the Gen 2 and 3 are the lights... You can always tell..
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Old 04-25-2002, 12:08 AM   #6 (permalink)
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On 2002-04-24 19:52, kgasso wrote:
1983-1986 = Gen 1
1987-1991 = Gen 2
1992-1996 = Gen 3
1997-2001 = Gen 4
2002-2006 = Gen 5

Well, not sure about the 2006 part, but usually Toyota goes for 5 model years between major redesign.

More info here:

http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/generations/articles/46002/article.html

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Old 04-26-2002, 04:05 PM   #7 (permalink)
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On 2002-04-24 18:42, V6LE wrote:
The difference between the Gen 2 and 3 are the lights... You can always tell..
Different between Gen2 and Gen3 are the lights?
No, I don't think so! They are totaly different!

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Old 04-26-2002, 04:22 PM   #8 (permalink)
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maybe he ment the 92-94 and the 95-96 gen 3 lights?
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Old 04-26-2002, 04:31 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Then not only the lights. The grill and the interior and the tail also different.

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