# Identify this car **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 15, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593 "2018-03-15T07:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheSundial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/1 "2018-03-15T07:22:11Z")
The blue sedan/hatchback? at 17:25 parked in the driveway. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tz9I8InRMc) Part of me wants to say Japanese then I also think possibly a European import? ---
**Author:** ![TheSundial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/2 "2018-03-15T07:30:24Z")
Here is the correct link to go right to the car: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tz9I8InRMc) ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/3 "2018-03-15T07:35:36Z")
1991 Toyota Tercel Sedan Just a guess though. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/4 "2018-03-15T08:13:05Z")
A Geo Metro, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/5 "2018-03-15T09:00:15Z")
a 90’s Corolla? ---
**Author:** ![TheSundial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/6 "2018-03-15T09:15:03Z")
Yes, you’re right it’s a Toyota Corolla Seca from Australia (apparently). This is a very rare find. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/7 "2018-03-15T10:38:55Z")
it could be a Corolla liftback from Europe or elsewhere too; the glare on the side window obscures whether the car in the video is left hand drive or right hand drive. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/8 "2018-03-15T11:07:19Z")
> [@TheSundial](#): > > Yes, you’re right it’s a Toyota Corolla Seca from Australia (apparently). This is a very rare find. How did you figure that out? It looks like a circa 1990 Geo Prizm hatchback. It was a Toyota-built clone of the Corolla. Geos would be a lot more common in Texas than Australian economy cars I think. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/9 "2018-03-15T11:20:04Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > How did you figure that out? It looks like a circa 1990 Geo Prizm hatchback. It was a Toyota-built clone of the Corolla. Geos would be a lot more common in Texas than Australian economy cars I think. heh, [right you are.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Geo-Prizm-hatchback-2.jpg) sad to say I’ve pretty much forgotten about Geo. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/10 "2018-03-15T11:28:16Z")
I concluded “Geo Prizm hatchback” before I read the other answers. That’s like a double-blind experiment, right there. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/11 "2018-03-15T11:52:49Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > How did you figure that out? It looks like a circa 1990 Geo Prizm hatchback. it looks like both because… > [@](#): > > It was a Toyota-built clone of the Corolla. hence those of us familiar with Corolla’s and not Geo’s would go for the more familiar one. > [@](#): > > Geos would be a lot more common in Texas than Australian economy cars I think. definitely, but that shape of Corolla was very popular worldwide (apart from north america perhaps) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/12 "2018-03-15T15:50:00Z")
Ah, the Geo Prizm. The only car built in the US with _ **Prizm labor.** _ ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/13 "2018-03-15T16:35:02Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > heh, [right you are.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Geo-Prizm-hatchback-2.jpg) sad to say I’ve pretty much forgotten about Geo. How could you forget about the Geo Storm? It was a Fiero killer! ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/14 "2018-03-15T17:31:27Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > How could you forget about the Geo Storm? It was a Fiero killer! Unfortunately, most everything was a Fiero killer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/15 "2018-03-15T17:57:21Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Unfortunately, most everything was a Fiero killer. 🙂 Especially fire. ---
**Author:** ![TheSundial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/16 "2018-03-15T19:27:22Z")
That’s great I’ve never heard of this version of the Geo before and I know lots of makes and models. It’s still a very rare car, only one has been found in a movie on [Imcdb.org](http://Imcdb.org). > **[Geo Prizm in "The Vanishing"](http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_836115-Geo-Prizm-1989.html)** I was thinking that this could happen when I wrote this is was from Australia. The Corolla hatchback version like this on [Imcdb.org](http://Imcdb.org) are Australian productions is why I said that. Although I was thinking that there could be an American version also I just didn’t know the make and model until now. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/17 "2018-03-15T20:44:47Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > it looks like both because… > > hence those of us familiar with Corolla’s and not Geo’s would go for the more familiar one. > definitely, but that shape of Corolla was very popular worldwide (apart from north america perhaps) This is going to sound exceedingly geeky but I said Geo rather than Corolla because I don’t think I ever saw a Corolla in that color, the taillights on the Toyota had a stripe in the middle with an amber turn signal whereas the Geo lights were all red except for the reverse lamp, and the wheel covers look like the ones I remember on Geos but not those I remember on Toyotas. That my brain can remember these details about a car that I have never owned and that no one I know has ever owned baffles me. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/18 "2018-03-16T08:09:33Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > This is going to sound exceedingly geeky I’m sure it won’t… > [@](#): > > but I said Geo rather than Corolla because I don’t think I ever saw a Corolla in that color, the taillights on the Toyota had a stripe in the middle with an amber turn signal whereas the Geo lights were all red except for the reverse lamp, and the wheel covers look like the ones I remember on Geos but not those I remember on Toyotas. That my brain can remember these details about a car that I have never owned and that no one I know has ever owned baffles me. OK…perhaps it does 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/19 "2018-03-16T10:51:53Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > How did you figure that out? It looks like a circa 1990 Geo Prizm hatchback. It was a Toyota-built clone of the Corolla. Geos would be a lot more common in Texas than Australian economy cars I think. To clarify, Toyota sold the more boxy Corolla in Japan, USA and to AUSTRALIA as the Corolla. They sold a rounded body version of a corolla in Japan as the Sprinter, in Australia as the Corolla Seca, and via Chev, but made along side Toyoto badged Corollas at their GM/Toyota NUMMI plant , as the GM LLC " Geo Prizm" ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-car/810593/20 "2018-03-16T10:54:38Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > How did you figure that out? It looks like a circa 1990 Geo Prizm hatchback. It was a Toyota-built clone of the Corolla. Geos would be a lot more common in Texas than Australian economy cars I think. The cost of buying the car IN AUSTRALIA and then shipping it from Australia to USA… You’d buy a Cadillac rather than an Australian economy car ??? Or buy TWO GEO Prism instead of one Australian built car ? two instead of one, for the same money ?? The question isn’t the chance its australian built, the question what is the chance that even one such australian built toyota travelled to USA ?