Toyota Curren The Forgotten JDM Legend Mini Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- We explore one of the most forgotten JDM cars of the 90s. The Toyota Curren is a JDM Legend in its own right, yet it is one of the most forgotten Japanese cars. Does it deserve JDM icon status?
Mom, can we have S14 zenki?
S14 at home: 😂
😄 Pinned! 😄
My sister bought this car since 2012-2013 and she still have it but rarely driven cause of engine and gearbox. At first i thought this car was common outside my country (i live in brunei, its a small country) but since i check some video on yt, i realize that the curren is a rare car. Also my sister one is the curren xs 1995 with the 3sfe engine and automatic.
Wow that's cool, I know of Brunei. I visiting Maylasia and Indonesia in the past. Some really beautiful scenery and nature in Brunei.
Indonesia and Maylasia drive on the left too side like Ireland
Might see if you can find a collector for it. A relatively low mileage 3sge curren is what a collector might look for.
@@Synaps4 the 3sge one is really hard to find, especially in Brunei cause of the total unit that have been imported to the country (less than 15-10 unit I think) but good thing my sister bought the car for $2.5k Brunei dollar (around $1.8k USD)
Yup very rare a guy in my country have one he's restoring as of right now sitting on offset 19s only upholstery and wiring and it's done
That is crazy... I'm also from Brunei and I do have a curren. And here I thought I was the only Bruneian that owned this car.
got an xs limited as my first car in 2021 for $1000 cause everyone else was offering the guy nothing. immediately loved its style and nicheness, still own and drive it daily. Can literally steer the car with one finger, great city and backroad as it weighs feathers. $50 will get you about 250kms easily, forever daily
Ah fantastic, thanks fot sharing. 2021 isn't so long ago, cool to have a car like that for your first. Is it the 3SGE model?
Are you based in NZ or Aus by any chance?
Thanks for sharing your story here
It's funny to hear these are a rarity, here in NZ, you can spot these pretty frequently, more so than a 6g celica. Unfortunately, they're usually in pretty bad shape as they're used as cheap daily drivers. I've always liked the front on these though, it looks super aggressive with the right body kit. Good vid!
Thanks for the lovely compliments. I lived in NZ for a few months and I daily I saw some lovely Jap Import daily drivers. In Ireland even a rough condition Curren would make an excellent sale price because of its rarity.
Find me a full front clip swap 😭😭 looking for a 5spd 6th gen Celica in USA later this year, I'll definitely grab one if i line up a Curren front clip for it
Unbelievable!! I'm watching something fresh about Curren!!😊 I thought that wasn't possible!!😂 I will post this to my page!!☝😊✈️🇯🇵☀️🏆🏁🥇🚦🚥⛽
I'm glad you enjoyed the doc. I really enjoyed researching and making this one
dang, this is my first time hearing about this car. It seems like a very neat car! A shame that it is nearly forgotten now.
Thanks for the documentary!
Thanks for your kind words. I've a few more ideas lined up for rare JDM cars and forgotten Icons, so stay tuned. :)
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I was thinking that
Always thought the front end of the Celica was pretty ugly, and I gotta say the Curren looks significantly better. I imagine plenty of people would be interested in it as simply a better looking alternative to the Celica.
I have to say I agree. The Celica front has grown on me, but If I'd a choice I'd pick the Curren front
So basically, this could have been sold here in the United States as the Lexus version of the Toyota Celica. I wish they had actually done that. That would have been a very interesting luxury sports coupe.
That is an interesting idea! I think I would have preferred it to the vs the Toyota Camry. We didn't have the Camry as an offering in Ireland during the 1990s era. If the Curren was not discontinued from 1998 onwards in would have gotten the 3SGE BEAMs RedTop with 201hp. It would have been quite the car.
6G owners going ham for this car's optional TOM's front splitter.
Front of it looks like s14 in some way
Definitely, and you know I think I prefer the headlight style on this vs the Celica Gen6
Simply a notchback version of Celica without 4WD option
Very nice
I own two a 1994 and 1996 both 3s-fe. They are a great car but hard to find parts for these days.
That's cool, you are lucky to have two of them. What part of the world are you based in?
@@HobTecCars New Zealand
can you make a video about last generation Levin/Trueno ? :D thank you very much
Hi there, great recommendation! An AE111 Levin Treuno video is already in the pipeline for a few weeks time. Stay tuned!
@@HobTecCars THX Man i appreciate it. I i own one, and it is only one piece in Czechia :D that´s why i ask :)
Can i ask you where are you from? My tip is Poland 😁
@@zdenekrichter1393 Ireland! We have lots of AE111's here, thankfully its not uncommon to see one on the roads here. That being said prices are rising a lot for them!
@@HobTecCars Can i drop here my IG 😅 i own my car a short period. I bought him last year in March on my BD 😂 little comercial 🤣
@@zdenekrichter1393 Sure thing, I'll add you I setup one a few days ago here: instagram.com/hobtec_cars?igsh=ZnB6MGdjczkyODk1
good video bro
Thanks a lot friend, comments like that really make my day
I have one, now I'm just trying to work on it the best I can.
I got 1 not to long ago have just done a engine swap 3SFE > 3SGE because the trans was bad and had a spare already on the engine i pulled from a 6th gen celica
Its slightly modified but it really is a nice car to drive, fairly quick for what it is without the vvti, getting about 600km to a full tank on open road, does me nearly a whole week or 2 in gas around town and i have lowered springs and a strut bar up front but it handles very well
Its a shame though here in NZ there is a few but the numbers are dwelling, alot of people buy them as cheap shitboxes, ive seen 2 or 3 others around the city i live in and 1 of which lives around the corner from me
Has heaps of clear coat peeling and the whole left side is dented or kicked in and in really poor shape, seen this alot with celicas too which sucks
But all and all so far been a pretty awesome car, looking to put a 3SGE BEAMS or failing that a 3SGTE but other then that ill keep it stock
That's brilliant, thanks so much for sharing. I lived in N.Z. and it was amazing seeing rare cars like this almost daily. It's a pity transportation in so expensive to Ireland. €5500 approx!
The 3SGE is a great engine, have one in my MR2 which appears on the channel sometimes. Thanks a lot again for sharing
I have a Toyota Curren 1994 modelmanual transmission, black n Sporty 2000cc no Additions at all runs great (Kenya)
Brilliant, thanks for sharing. May you have many happy years motoring with it
Nice car! I wonder how hard and complicated for importing the car into Ireland from Japan. I heard VRT might be super expensive also hard to get the car insured?
Another thing will if the parts be hard to find. It funny I always ended up want the car that is not usually on the road in Ireland.
The process is not that difficult. I've not done it myself yet, but I've had friends too it. There is 1 Toyota Curren for sale in Japan now with 51,000 miles and Grade 4/5. It is selling for €8174.
The transport and insurance to bring it to Ireland would be about €2000 to €2500.
The VRT is capped at €200 for 30 year old car with maybe €45 for VAT.
If you VRT'd that car today you could be looking at 2k or 3k. So essentially. I'd wait until next year to bring one in.
Finally, the 3SGE in the Curren is a common engine. You'd have no gassle for parts. (Not that it'd let you down anyways) Since the Curren is essentially a Celica, there are UK specialists supplying brand new Celica brakes, suspensions, etc. So essentially you'd be covered :)
I'm thinking of doing a front conversion on my 6gen celica because the front is really 90s and really clean, but I have to wait at least until I finish paying the loan for it LOL
Nice good work, have you a Curren front bumper sourced for that?
@@HobTecCars nope, I'm in the process of research right now, since is my daily, I will have to do it right and it won't be cheap since you also need bonnet, headlights, side panels and core support
I own an XS auto with the 3S-FE here in the USA.
How do you find the RHD car in the USA? I see a few people in RUclips driving them and it doesn't seem to bother them too much
@@HobTecCars Its definitely a thing to get used to but its not so bad actually. After a few days it feels rather natural, but, there's a few things that will always get me and I'm sure there's some people here that might agree. 1: The turn signal lever and wiper lever are swapped around so when I hop between my JDM and USA cars I keep flipping the wrong things. 2: Overtaking cars is harder cause you can't really see what's coming. 3: Drive-throughs are a bit annoying to go through without a passenger. You either have someone with you, lean across your car or drive in reverse.
There's heaps here in New Zealand lol, got three of em
Want to share some with the rest of us? 😅
I got a parts curren if anyone wants🤣
Super white II was available on the Celica
Thanks for the comment, have you a source for that other than forums? I see people claim it in forums, but its omitted from the the original brochures. See here -> www.gtfours.co.uk/stuff/205_brochure/13.jpg It was a colour on the Gen5 and Gen7 Celicas for sure though.
i have one with a 3sge engine ....i hit a guard railing with it tho cosmetic damage only i got all the parts the handling is weird on this car i must say its very sharp
Thanks for sharing friend. So you still drive this car today! You are lucky to have the 3SGE, its a beautiful engine. What part of the world do you live in?
I'm sorry for not replying earlier yet has many notifications I love Ur channel I love in a small country in the Caribbean called the Commonwealth of Dominica aka the nature isle. There are a few more owners of the st206 model here one is even manual @@HobTecCars
@@jardelcharles2180 Wow that is amazing. Looks like a beautiful country, only 72,000 people, but lots of ST206 for you guys! I assume your cars are RHD (right hand drive) even though there is a French influence?
The US got the Celica coup. Toyota should have just sold the Curren instead of the Celica coup in the US. It would have been a nice convertible too.
I want one!!!! 😮😮😮😮😂
Hello, channel author! in our group we saw your video, we are from Russia. We own the cars that are in this video. If you need more information, I'm ready to send. I have this car and it’s parked under my window, and there are 130+ owners of this car in our group.
Thanks for the comment. I hope you didn't mind me using the footage. I credited everyone in the video description. I was amazed how much of a following there are of the CURREN in Russia. 😊
Celica GT (base) in the US 😂
America don’t get shit