Toyota car range - Australian TV commercial (1972)

[sargakos]

i love car ta 22 <3 <3 <3

no ta 22  no life

[rrshadow2]

I love how by the end of the commercial they've moved all the way up to the super Awesome Toyota Crown!

[MattTheSaiyan]

This kind of car styling is very underrated (yes, I realise I use the word "underrated" in too many YouTube comments).

[smeldogs]

Nice commercial !

[duffmac]

I remember that ad from my childhood - thanks for posting!

[650bigal]

Great ad. Thanks for posting. I'm amazed at the things YouTube contributors manage to find and post.

[dvb82]

my father made this commercial

[mamaduke16]

Shit I bought a new Toyota Corona in 1974. They were the only car that had a twin throat carbie. Nice to travel in as we drove from Townsville to Canberra and return then had four trips to Brisbane and return. Never ever had any trouble. Have a Toyo Landcruiser Today and just the sam,e so dependable.

[cartoonist1975]

MJ sang a simular song like this when he was small . Rest in Peace

[noeltheshemale]

wow. they make it sound as if 35 is over the hill.

[LRCProductionsUS]

wow, thank you for this VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mitch19636]

memories....

[zaarpoool]

This was a great advert then and would work again today, though have doubts that a Toyota Crown would ever again make it as a limousine.

[Mechknight73]

@zaarpoool The irony with the Crown, was that it was much better equipped than its GM and Ford rivals. It was their suspect handling and underpowered engine that were their main problems, closely followed by less interior room. They're a contradition of sorts; some of the ideas on it were brilliant others were shockers!

[zaarpoool]

@Mechknight73 You are right. My brother in law had the last Crown model sold in Oz and it was a beautifully comfortable car with all the bells and whistles. But people didn't think of Toyota, or really any Japanese car back then, for luxury models. It was only years later using the Lexus name thatToyota was able to convince people that they could make more than just family sedans and hatches.

[Mechknight73]

@zaarpoool Toyota just didn't get it that the Western world wants a Western sized luxury car. Had the Crown been about 30% bigger, and say used the 4.2 petrol engine from the Landcruiser (if they could get it to fit) they could have sold a lot more of them. Ironically now, the Crown seen in this ad, the MS65, is known to customisers; particularly those that make Shelby Cobra replicas. The lazy way to make a chassis for one was to shorten an MS65 chassis to fit, with possibly a Jaguar rear end

[avinabacca]

Super ad, quality concept! Never seen this before, thanks for sharing :)

[ppbbs88]

Great ad! How about a modern-day remake Toyota?

[Plews]

Celica very good looking. Never seen one in Britain.

Reliable yes... but that steel couldnt stand salt on the roads

[Mechknight73]

@Plews They were a shocker for rust in Australia too. Wildly underrated little machine. If you can get the twin cam version of the 18R 1.8 4 cylinder into one of these, they're a weapon. There was a Yamaha version of the head that ran twin cams and 4 Mikuni motorcycle carburettors. Was a bugger to tune, but was very fast

[Seattlecarnut]

I'd go for the Corona any day, or the Crown. Nice looking cars. And being Toyotas, that makes it even better.

[Mechknight73]

@Seattlecarnut The early Crowns are a surprising machine. There are flashes of technical brilliance in them, and others of inspired stupidity. They're the only vehicle to ever be banned from demolition derby in Australia because of the bumper to bumper chassis. A n early Crown lends itself well to customising; put the Lexus/Soarer coupe's 4.0 litre V8 into it, and it even sounds like a hotrod

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 Unless the vehicle is painfully slow, why would anyone put a bigger engine (4.0 litres) or bigger? There's a reason why the engine is powering the car instead of a smaller or bigger engine.

[Mechknight73]

@Seattlecarnut Because they ARE painfully slow! I know limousines aren't meant to be race cars, but they NEED more power

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 I've never driven a Toyota Crown, so I wouldn't know how fast or slow the vehicle is.

[Mechknight73]

@Seattlecarnut I figured that, the punctuation was for emphasis. Some diesel vehicles would be quicker off the line than a stock early model Toyota Crown

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 It's too bad the Crown was never a big seller in the United States. I would've loved to drive one, gas or diesel. I prefer the diesel for the fuel economy mainly.

[Mechknight73]

@Seattlecarnut A friend of mine owned one, a '76 model, the MS85. 2.6 litres was way too small for them. Ironically, the engine was a design they'd bought from Mercedes Benz. Over the years they increased the capacity to 3 litres. It powered the first Toyota Supras (6-cylinder Celicas) The Supra eventually split from the Celica and they became separate cars. Some of the Crown's oddities included "untensioned springs;" the springs could be removed without spring conpressors

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 Ok. What size engine do you think would've been best for the Crown? I'd go for 3 litres, 3.5 litres or 4 litre engine.

[Mechknight73]

@Seattlecarnut Their size is deceptive. They weigh in at about 3800 pounds. At least 3.5 litres, but a 4 litre would be better. Holden made a 4.2 litre V8, and they managed to pull decent fuel economy; 25 miles to the gallon was not unheard of

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 3800lbs? No way! I've never heard of a Toyota car weighing in at anything over 2500lbs. 2.5 litres is not even close to being enough for a car that heavy, unless it's turbocharged. I'd go for a 4.2 litre straight 6 engine, or even a 3.5 litre diesel engine.

[Mechknight73]

@Seattlecarnut You have to bear in mind that they had a full bumper to bumper chassis, coild springs all round, heavy seats, lots of padding. If you melted down all the wiring from one, you'd have enough copper to make a decent sized pot

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 Why they were never sold in the United States is beyond me, or at least they sold in such limited numbers. American cars at that time, were rather heavy cars, weighing anywhere from 3000lbs for compact cars to 5000lbs for larger cars. It just needed a bigger, more powerful engine to move the car at a more acceptable time frame.

[Mechknight73]

@Seattlecarnut It think it came down to the fact that for America, this was too small. The sort of market it was intended for, the American equivalent would be Lincolns, Cadillacs and upper end of Chevy/ Mercury markets; loaded to the eyeballs with features, with soft (ish) suspension. Mazda did something even crazier. They took the body dies from the HJ Holden Premier, stuck a 12B rotary in it and called it the Roadpacer. This was the deal for Holden to have some rotaries to experiement with

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 Why did Mazda use a Holden car for the engine? I would've either used a bigger rotary engine or a smaller body. That makes more sense. I've seen pictures of the Mazda Roadpacer. I didn't know (at the time) that it was a Holden body being driven by a rotary.

[Mechknight73]

@Seattlecarnut To this day, we still have no idea why Mazda did something quite so stupid. Without its engine or transmission, an HJ Premier would weigh just over a metric tonne. The early RX-7s weighed about the same in total. A Holden Red 6 cylinder tips the scales at about 100 kilos, an Trimatic transmission would weigh similar with oil in it. At the time, the biggest engine Mazda made would have been a diesel truck engine. Still if they fitted it with a turbo, it would have done ok.

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 Either that, or they could've used a Holden Torana, a smaller vehicle, to use for the engine.

[Mechknight73]

@Seattlecarnut They had ready access to the Torana body dies if they wanted them, although Holden were doing experiments with building a rotary Torana, but canned the project. They had at least one working prototype, which had the nickname "green Lizard." The most stunning Torana, especially if it had gone into production was the GTR-X. Fibreglass body, using the GTR XU1 mechanicals, it was a missile. Beancounters killed the project, citing alleged "competition" from cars like the Corvette.

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 A 2.5 litre six would've been perfect for the Celica and/or the Corona, since both cars are fairly light weight next to the Crown.

[Mechknight73]

@Seattlecarnut The irony was that Toyota had released a car, called the Corona Mk II in Australia, which was slightly bigger than a regular Corona for the day. They used the same 4M 6 cylinder as the Crown and Cressida, but they had a few drawbacks. Firstly the proportioning valve on the brakes wasn't good. This is meant to distribute brake bias front to rear. Hit the brakes on gravel, and you could be in a spin. A Celica was much better in everything except interior space

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 I've always preferred the 1970-72 Corona Mark II over the later Cressida.

[Seattlecarnut]

@Mechknight73 For some reason, the Toyota Crown was never sold in the USA. Or at least it was sold in such limited numbers that I've never seen any.

[porkpig350]

These ads were an omen..american manufacturers rever really listened

[idak12]

The 1st celica was and still is a fantastic looking car.

[chukatsung]

Like how the music and the progress through the Toyotas integrates together

[CH6P23]

same here I buzzed when i found this

I can remember it as a four year old I rember the tune

thanks

[sawbird]

OMG you've made my day. I've been wanting to see this for decades. The retro shows always pass it by. It's such a classy ad - great idea, nicely executed. Transfer looks (and sounds) great. Thanks a million.

[Conniptions886]

Consider it returning the favour - you made my day with those two Amoco ads...

[CrazyDrifter217]

kind of a cool oldskool commercial