There is a rumour that levin is lightening & trueno thunder in some language, no scientific proof though, then I heard that it wasnt, so basically I dont know!!
Hi folks,
Who is clued up on their Toyota history?
I'm trying to find out the origin of the name Levin and why it was attached to the Corolla.
Some time back I heard it was due to some racing success in New Zealand but have been unable to confirm this.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks,
Jeff
There is a rumour that levin is lightening & trueno thunder in some language, no scientific proof though, then I heard that it wasnt, so basically I dont know!!
Last edited by Eircamae86; 21st May 2009 at 11:29 PM.
I had heard... that the first Corolla to win a recognised race (KE10 or KE15?) was at the racetrack in Levin New Zealand. The track is no longer there, but the town still is. Obviously not a very significant event or we would have heard more.
The KE10 also won it's class at the Bathurst 500 in about 1969 from memory.
And Trueno?
To some extent, the Japanese didn't really know what they where doing. Just after some letters that look like english.
trueno= thunder in spanish
levin=lightning in ??? language
This is what I also heard many many years ago. I work with a kiwi and everytime I say Levin(rhyming with kevin) he say's NO the race track was prononuced le-vin. le vin in french is "the wine", maybe there were vine yards near the race track?????
i know corolla means flower
Corona is a form of solar eclipse
Sakichi Toyoda, a Japanese inventor and the founder of Toyota Industries Corporation, his surname doesnt translate into english therefore the new toyoTa spelling
So getting your Corolla stolen/impounded/permanently disabled means you got deflowered?
And it means 'love' in spanish...
J.