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Scion iQ EV You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Toyota Hiace/Toyota Liteace
What on Earth are "biskut kacang hubcaps" ? 2001:E68:5432:E2EC:986D:D67F:709A:B1B (talk) 16:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
BacktalkYou can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.  It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Problem EditorI have noticed a string of highly problematic edits by user Carmaker1:[1]. As with Volvo V70, Nissan Murano, Audi 100 and Honda Odyssey (North America), he inserts the names of car designers based on missing, misleading or spurious references. In the Volvo V70 article, he inserted the name of a dubious designer into an article in such a way as to leave a direct and referenced quote by the actual designer attributed to his newly introduced spurious designer. And from what I can tell, he's pretty much blazing a trail through lots and lots of articles. His responses are... well... not helpful, to say the least. I notice that you ran into some similar issues with him recently. Is this something you could help with?842U (talk) US$You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Differential ratiosI find that there's a lot of confusion in the non-enthusiast public about how to define a "higher" vs "lower" gear, because it's customary to refer to first or second gear as "low" gear, while fourth or fifth is "high" gear; however, a "low" gear in this context has a higher numeric ratio and a higher engine RPM at a given speed. This causes a muddle when trying to decide whether to say that a gear ratio was "raised" or "lowered". I don't know about where you live, but it's common for enthusiasts in the U.S. to refer to a higher numeric gear ratio as a "shorter" gear and a lower numeric ratio as a "taller" or "longer" gear to make communications clear; however, I think this qualifies as WP:JARGON that would make little sense to the uninitiated, and I'm not sure it's universal throughout the English-speaking world either. Carguychris (talk) 15:18, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Celicas Hi Stepho; I was dismayed to see that your page is down. Banpei's mirror is missing a number of things, including the Celica brochures. I was looking to see which colors Toyota used on the 1979 Celica in Australia - perhaps you can help, or perhaps even send the brochure scans to Banpei so that they could update? Thanks, Mr.choppers | ✎ 22:47, 17 January 2024 (UTC) HoundingLooks like User:Left guide has it in for you - not only are they gutting all Toyota articles you worked upon, but they also did a bunch of edits to Wayne Stephenson - ha. They have over 10,000 edits in four months, most of them utterly meaningless. Mr.choppers | ✎ 00:39, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for Holden CommodoreHolden Commodore has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:40, 13 February 2024 (UTC) The problem with adding {{clear}} is that it makes articles look messy and amateurish rather than professional and encyclopaedic. Which, to my mind, is far more important than matching up endless images with text. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:50, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
New message from Jo-Jo EumerusMessage added 12:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC) MR2 heightHi, I'm somewhat new to wikipedia so if my sources didn't go through, I have links here. [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNCXJ1RAcWw Best Motoring lists the height as 1240mm at 0:41 Contemporary US Toyota brochures also listed the height as 48.8in. [3]http://importarchive.com/brochure/toyotamr21991_01 I did have to buy access to that scan via a small $2 donation, just so you know. The reason for the lowered height for 93+ model year cars was that Toyota lowered the car during the Rev2 suspension geometry changes. [4]https://markdormangarage.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/mr2-sw20-technical-information/ Midship Runabout (talk) 15:22, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Estate/Signia release confirmedThe last body style will be released on June 6 in USA and 7 in Japan 49.145.227.209 (talk) 20:52, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
My Toyota edits are not intended to annoyHi, My contributions are a result of my mechanic's curiosity, and I research from articles why something was added or introduced, also known as "root cause" and where it led to. With Toyota, who built their engineering reputation on what is called "The Five Whys" it is pervasive in everything they've done, and are currently doing, including why they are the international "gold standard" for hybrid technology. Beginning in the late 1970s, the tech race was on. Every five years, they changed each platform, and installed the tech in each class of car, from the Crown all the way to the Starlet. I research on Japanese Wikipedia and add it to the English side. If my formatting isn't "proper", it's not meant to annoy. Sorry, Regushee Regushee (talk) 22:41, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Non-breaking space removal at Toyota AurisThank you for reverting to this article: Toyota Auris. I notice that removing nbsp (non-breaking space) is not necessary. Infobox automobile is legitimately inserted nbsp (non-breaking space), but hasn't been added yet. I'm sorry for the response. Thanks! HirowoWiki (talk | contribs) 23:41, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
A kitten for you! I hope that this kitten will make your moments as Wikipedian more happy :) SoshingekiGoji (talk) 20:39, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Caldina/CarinaWhile I agree with removing many of these, I think that the Carina/Caldina hatnote makes some sense, especially because they look near identical - the Caldina is actually the exact same car as the Carina E Estate. Also, the katakana is even more similar - Karudina v Karina. Would you mind if I restored that one? Mr.choppers | ✎ 14:42, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Toyota website with 1st through 11th generation PDF scanned JDM brochures foundHi, As I've been translating from this website for the Chaser, Carina ED, Corona EXiV and soon to be Cresta, I found someone uploaded the link to the Crown, and found "the mother lode" for the Crown. https://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/vehicle_lineage/car/id60004580/index.html Regushee (talk) 19:29, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
I just found on the same Toyota website every Mark II brochure too. https://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/vehicle_lineage/car/id60012868A/index.html Regushee (talk) 13:00, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
Here's the Crown Eight, and now we can add a reference to this section. https://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/vehicle_lineage/car/id60005913/index.html (Regushee (talk) 15:22, 4 June 2024 (UTC)) On the back of each Cresta and Chaser brochure, they listed which Toyota dealership they were sold at. Vista store sold the Cresta and Auto Store sold the Chaser. This now makes sense because why would Toyota sell these two at the same location? Then later, Vista and Auto Store were combined as NETZ. The Aristo was exclusive to Auto Store. (Regushee (talk) 21:36, 6 June 2024 (UTC))
June 2024
QuestionHello, I was wondering if there are any rules/guidelines for what counts as getting templates and categories. On the Seres (automobiles) page, I added a U.S. template and two categories since the article states that the company's headquarters is based in the U.S. However, a user named "Infinty 0" reverted my edits. When I asked them on their talk page to explain what they mean by "Not a U.S. based manufacturer" and I game my example. They basically said the company is just R&D and never made a car in the U.S. and the article is about Seres and not SF Motors. Even though the article mentions (formally SF Motors). Therefore, they don't think it gets the template and categories I've added. 2600:6C5D:5CF0:8420:A408:4F:34ED:2438 (talk) 18:16, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
Sorry about thisSorry that I’ve copied something on a page because it was hard and I tried editing something on the type 2 page but it was hard and I won’t try to copy again, thanks for the advice you gave me, even though I’m not trying to vandalise the page, I’m trying to fix mistakes on wiki pages, because I have knowledge on vehicles and trying to fix things correctly not wrongly. Liam200351 (talk) 07:29, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
RailcarI still think it's a good idea to look an article through and give a thought to what it is about. Some words can also have a wider meaning in some places or contexts than the one the article is about – for example this word in the American sense of any railway waggon or coach. It's always difficult to provide evidence something doesn't exist, but here are some online dictionaries from which the meaning "tram" is absent: English Wiktionary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/railcar "1. (rail transport) A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus. … 2.(rail transport) A powered single railway vehicle designed for passenger transport, with a driver's cab in both ends; Not to be confused with motor coach/motorcar, which is a powered railway vehicle capable to haul a train. … 3. (Only in Canada and US) Any unpowered railway vehicle …"
https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=railcar "a. U.S. a railway carriage or wagon; = car, n.¹ 3a; b. a railway vehicle which combines the functions of a locomotive and a passenger carriage in a…" linking to a page that shows there is no third meaning behind a paywall: https://www.oed.com/dictionary/railcar_n?tab=factsheet#26950855100 "There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun railcar. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railcar "1 a railroad car 2 a self-propelled railroad car"
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/railcar "noun
Cheers, 90.142.52.139 (talk) 22:07, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Toyota Mark X editsI added the information about the Ogura supercharger TX15P to the Mark X page. While there is no "physical" evidence that Ogura Clutch manufactured this model for Toyota, the only information we have as the general public - is that the model number itself is the one imprinted on the supercharger for such vehicles. I own one of these vehicles - that is why I made the edit. https://ibb.co/1f7bm8V We are not going to find physical proof that Ogura Clutch did this because this is a B2B commercial piece of private technical information that was never, and probably will never be released to the general public. How do you propose this information be "verified with references" then? Or is such anecdotal information going to be disallowed simply because there isn't any publicly-available information ever present? 116.86.187.243 (talk) 04:57, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
NCAP clarificationsWhen looking at the text it is not immediately obvious to the reader that a rating is obsolete or when it was obsoleted. Many people quote "5 stars" without caring about when the rating was given. I take as obsolete Euro NCAP ratings everything they dump in the "Pre" category. For Latin NCAP and Global NCAP, the protocols are used for a long time, so they suddenly become obsolete when a new version comes. ASEAN NCAP is very opaque, I understand it lies between (Euro NCAP, ANCAP) and Latin NCAP but I have no details. For the current ratings, it is attempted to clarify that they are actually obsolete by Global NCAP stating "based on Latin NCAP 2016" amd for Latin NCAP, "similar to Euro NCAP 2014". People are even more unaware of these facts, and the trade publications keep pumping Bharat and Global NCAP ratings as "safest cars in India" when it is possible that many luxury imports are made to European standards (some non-luxury Euro, Korean, or Japanese exports to Latam are subpar and unmasked by Latin NCAP). Trigenibinion (talk) 00:39, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
Toyota Carina EDThe info that I added to Wikipedia not only for the Carina ED, but also Celica and other cars are from the brochures / catalogs. I do have some JDM Toyota catalogs of the 1990s. I know there is / was a Russian website who scanned some JDM catalogs, but didn't remember the address. Why do you need references for all the info ? I just browsed your banpei website, and found RWD Celica model codes list which I think from Toyota parts catalogs like I have for the 5th gen Celica. user:celica21gtfour
Just Asking(Don't Mind)Can you please name your favourite (fav) aircraft and fav airline? BuddyHeigh (talk) 14:41, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Porsche 964 production endHey, just a note re: production end date. Technically the article is incorrect citing December 1993, though understandable. Chassis(assembly line) production did indeed end in December 1993 but 964 models continued to be produced by Porsche at Werk 1, location of the Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur and Sonderwunsch program (aka Special Request or Special Wish department) through April, 1994 with at least one car not completed until September, 1994. There are multiple sources for this information including Porsche itself, PCA, and articles such as this one by MotorTrend: https://www.motortrend.com/features/epcp-1010-1994-porsche-964-speedster/ So technically the heading should have "1994" not "1993" similar to the heading for the 964 Turbo, which already correctly says "1994" as some of those cars were completed by Sonderwunsch in calendar year 1994 as well. Glenriddle1016 (talk) 16:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Mecanum Wheel wiki editsDear Stepho, Your carefulness in updating pages is appreciated. In reviewing the Mecanum Wheel Wiki page, I note your comment: "00:38, 10 July 2022 Stepho-wrs ... Uranus might well be the first mecanum wheel robot but you need to provide a reference that says it is the first." The reference is number [6] Podnar, Gregg W. (1985). "The URANUS Mobile Robot" (PDF) This is the Mobile Robot Lab report from 1985. While we do not use the words "first", our lab received the first Mecanum wheels as used for research provided from Ilon (who was not allowing any outside use). A graduate student in our lab, Patrick Muir, earned his PhD in part from his seminal work (widely cited by others) on modeling and controlling mobile robot vehicles including Mecanum wheeled robots using the URANUS mobile robot as the example. [Patrick Muir, PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-88-20, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 1988] There are earlier omni-directional mobile robots, but none using Mecanum wheels. May I suggest, that the first Robotics Institute in the world, founded by Carnegie Mellon University, and its Mobile Robot Lab, in which many early mobile robots were developed, was first to build and report on an omni-directional robot built with Mecanum wheels. In the four decades since I designed URANUS, I have never found any earlier report of such a robot. The captioned photo of URANUS that I added to the Wiki page is gone. Later applications of Mecanum-style wheels are depicted (including one from a 2019-2020 student project). Would you say that a photo of the first (or the earliest documented example) of a Mecanum wheeled robot is appropriate for this Wiki page? Thank you. Gregg Gwpcmu (talk) 01:14, 19 September 2024 (UTC) InjectorPlease read the article injector. Are you under the impression that injectors in car engines have that construction? A much closer construction is described in the fuel injection article, completely different from the construction described in the injector article. Turbojet (talk) 11:13, 28 September 2024 (UTC) Model yearsAdmittedly, not everyone uses model years, but they are decidedly not only American. Germans use them, Swedes use them, Latin Americans, the French. You barely ever see them in Italy, UK, or Japan. All the cars released in Frankfurt in September and in Paris in October are called by the succeeding year, see Bellu for instance. Volvo has their annual ändringstillfälle (ÄT) in August/September and refer to their cars as model year xx. Peugeot is the same; their model year followed the Paris Show dates every year. For European manufacturers this time of year aligns with the mandated summer holidays, when they take advantage of the downtime to change the tooling. I know it started an Americanism, but it is not that confusing, as long as the wording is made clear when appropriate. Even FSO used it, describing their cars as "MR73" for modely roku 1973. The European Car of The Year award is released in 2024 for the 2025 model year. Here is an example from german WP:
I am not asking that we give much more emphasis to model years (I prefer hard dates) or for you to change any of your editing habits, but I think you underestimate how widespread the "model year" thinking is. Mr.choppers | ✎ 19:40, 28 September 2024 (UTC) Change.org spammerOur old friend came back today to promote his petition. I've reported the IP to SPI, but given the fact that no one got to the last SPI before it was stale, I am not hopeful that anything will come of it. There must be something more we can do, and it's likely things will only get worse when Toyota does not bring back the V6 Camry for the 2026 model year. I'm open to any options that will prevent further disruption. I'll also ping Carguychris since he started the original discussion. - ZLEA T\C 19:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
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