The Toyota Classic is a limited-production model produced by

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in 1996, and was styled after the Toyota AA of the 1930s-1940s (which was a visual copy of the

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). It used a fifth generation

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, type GA-YN86 rear-wheel-drive frame, with a two-litre 3Y-E engine producing and . Its interior was taken from a contemporary Toyota, but made more consistent with the car's exterior by the addition of wood to the dashboard and leather to the seats. (This was similar to the work carried out by companies such as

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.) Toyota sold 100 of the cars and charged roughly US$75,000 for each of them. Toyota Classic 002

The Classic arose as part of the boom in " retro-styled" cars, and also perhaps as a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the AA. The

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of 2000 was a similar model resembling the first

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Retro-style automobiles Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Luxury vehicles Sedans Cars introduced in 1996 Executive cars