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As such, it may be beneficial to import a later model Phase III to avoid this third-party work.Īny vehicle over 15 years old can be legally imported to Canada under federal law, so even the newest Seras are now eligible. In Australia, most Seras will be required to have three-point seatbelts and side impact beams to be fitted for compliance. However, major alterations may be necessary before the Sera is legal for general use in, or even importation, into other states and countries.

This makes the vehicle readily importable into countries with similar standards and requires only minimal changes for ones such as the United Kingdom (where the vehicles are also right-hand drive but the instruments are in imperial units). The space-saving spare tire and changing kit are contained in a small compartment below the boot floor.Īs the Sera was only released in the Japanese domestic market, all vehicles are right-hand drive and the speedometer and odometer units are metric. As such the Toyota Sera has a large amount of available storage space for its size. In addition the rear seats fold down and both the parcel shelf and the rear divider panel (usually in place behind the back seats) can be completely removed, in essence turning the entire rear half of the car into a cargo area. However the boot (trunk) is relatively deep and spacious. In its normal interior configuration (with the back seats up and the parcel shelf in place) the rear cargo area does have a noticeably small opening (52 cm by 82 cm) and an elevated lip necessitating the lifting of luggage quite high before it can be placed inside. The rear bench seat features a fixed central arm rest and either two or three point seatbelts. To deal with its high solar load, air-conditioning and twin removable interior roof panels are standard.įront bucket seats feature three point seatbelts and can tilt and slide forward to give access to the rear. This, in combination with a steeply sloping front windscreen and glass upper-door/roof panels (a total of six separate glass pieces overall), gives the Sera its distinctive canopy and provides expansive visibility, although the thick B-pillar create a significant blind spot, especially on the driver's side. The rear hatch is constructed of a single piece of glass without a supporting steel frame. Mechanically the car is related to both the Paseo and the Starlet, sharing similar floorpans, suspension, steering and brakes. The brakes were vented discs at the front and drums at the rear, unless fitted with the optional Anti-Lock Braking system which had vented discs all round.

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All versions came with power assisted rack and pinion steering and either the Toyota A242L 4-speed automatic or the Toyota C155 5-speed manual transmission. This was installed in a front-mount, front wheel drive transverse configuration with electronic fuel injection.

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The Sera came with the 1.5 L (1496 cc) inline 4 5E-FHE unleaded petrol engine, the largest capacity version of Toyota's E series of engines included in the Paseo and the Starlet. 30 pre-production cars were used for development purposes. Toyota marketed three trim versions, marketed as Phases, over its production and marketed the Sera exclusively in Japanese Toyota retail sales channels Toyota Corolla Store - as an alternative to the Toyota MR2, which was exclusive to Toyota Vista Store.Ī total of 15,941 were built between February 1990 and December 1995.

Released in a single engine configuration and body style, the Sera featured optional configurations for its transmission, brakes, cold climate and sound-system. The available range of eye-catching metallic body colours was unusual at the time.