Here's an interesting sight. It's a Toyota Starlet GT Turbo. The second generation of the Starlet, which was still rear-wheel drive, was sold over here from '81-'84, when gas was expensive* and its 39 City/54 Highway MPG rating made it popular.
The one in the pics, as you may surmise from the location of the wheel, is a Japanese market Starlet. It's a fourth generation car, by which time the Starlet platform had become front-wheel drive. As a '90-'91 GT Turbo model, it has a 1.3L intercooled turbo inline 4-cylinder making 135hp, which must feel sporty in a car weighing only 1,962 pounds.
*In 1981 the average gas price in the US was $1.35/gal, which works out to $4.78/gal in current dollars.
