100 series - 4.2TD Auto '04 reg

[chadr]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOYOTA-LA...t-/252211855136?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276

Nothing particularly special about this hundy, just saw it pop up on the 'bay and had a butcher's.

Given it has the face lifted interior*, registered on 1st March 2004 and therefore (obviously) on an '04 plate, one would assume that it is has the newer 5 spd auto.......well, surprise surprise, it hasn't.

It actually has the old 4 spd auto......must have been an unregistered one that a dealer had forgotten at the back of the showroom. Especially since the newer 5 spd box was available from around early-to-mid 2003. I would have put money on an '04 plate 100 having the newer box.


* I know that a face lifted model doesn't automatically mean it will have the 5 spd box.

 

[Lorin]

I have been looking at 100s for a while and seen a few 04 plates with the 4 speed.

 

[chadr]

This is the first time I have come across a 4 spd this "late".

I've seen 5spd as early as '03 reg, which would make it between March and August 2003.

 

[StarCruiser]

Out of interest, and I'm certain it will be on here somewhere, but which is the better box?

 

[silvercruiser]

the later 5 speed box is the more desired one mainly due to the better economy.

 

[Graham]

Isnt there also some thing about a 2 fixing yoke, and a more stronger 4 fixing yoke in the autobox ?

Gra

 

[Doodle]

That's the front diff, and only applies to the first 2 years of production.