Levin name origin

[Datsunrally]

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

[Eircamae86]

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!!

[Jonny Rochester]

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.

[focus_7]

And Trueno?

[Jonny Rochester]

To some extent, the Japanese didn't really know what they where doing. Just after some letters that look like english.

[*E7*]

trueno= thunder in spanish

levin=lightning in ??? language

[Frak]

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.




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?????

[MINIHORSE]

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

[*E7*]

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Le/Levin.html

[Chairs with flares]

i know corolla means flower


So getting your Corolla stolen/impounded/permanently disabled means you got deflowered?


Corona is a form of solar eclipse


And it means 'love' in spanish...

:yeah:

[focus_7]

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?????
Levin, New Zealand was named for William Hort Levin, a director of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. If you choose to beleive wikipedia.

Prado in spanish means wanker. Don't think the 4wd is called a prado in spanish speaking countries lol
MR2 is MRS france because Merde is shit in french.

Marketing Guy: Call it a Stallion, it's a kind of fast wild horse
Mitsubishi: Ok Starion then.

[Frak]

I thought pajero in spanish was wanker?

[focus_7]

I thought pajero in spanish was wanker?

ahh my bad! I knew it was one of the two.

[Frak]

ahh my bad! I knew it was one of the two.

I think in spain it is called a shogun(not sure of this tho)

[focus_7]

Sounds familiar.

[Vance]

thunder and lightning


look at the ae111 badges for them. both are meant to look like thunder or lightning.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/7/5/14467.jpg

http://www.trendyz.com/images/auto/DSCN2912.jpg

[Frak]

trueno one looks like SS emblem ;)

[MINIHORSE]

OMG trueno is A NEO NAZI car, Zig Hei

[Kamikaze]

corolla is CROWN of flower

Camry (Ca-Mu-Ri) I recalled... also mean crown

Yep. Levin is Lightning, Trueno is Thunder

[Eircamae86]

Trueno is thunder but Levin does NOT translate to Spanish, from a spanish dude, official

[Jonny Rochester]

Oh well. I guess we just have to stick to theories that can't be validated. lol

Like the NewZealand track, which I doubt is a true story either.

[Vance]

levin doesnt translate to lightning in spanish but reports say it translates to lightning in some language

[Eircamae86]

Levin acording to the interweb, is a celtic (gaelic) word, I speak gaelic & the letter V doesnt even exist, :DD

[*E7*]

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Le/Levin.html

srsly have a lookk thru this for the levin side of things.

full explanation of the word, not necessarily relating to corollas

[skaney]

Im pretty sure that the translation is in Portuguese, not Spanish.

I've seen the words used before for something in Portuguese too.

[skaney]

Levin acording to the interweb, is a celtic (gaelic) word, I speak gaelic & the letter V doesnt even exist, :DD

lol it'd be written like lemhin or something

[Jonny Rochester]

The online dictionarys do say Levin means lightning, but also note the reference is Archaic. Meaning a very very old eupopean language not the same as used today. Like from the middle ages or something. Any current use seams to be someones surname, or the town (which was named after a persons surname).

[Jonny Rochester]

Google Translator does nothing with the word Levin, from either Spanish or any other language that I have tried.

[shinobi]

its old school english dudes.. means lightning

[biggo]

So if i get around to buying a levin and a trueno i will have a storm?

[*E7*]

nope, just thunder and lightning ;)











no rain, or wind. sorry.

[shinobi]

My car is a FUTO KARIN GTA4 styles..:)

[Kid Karola]

I heard it to be after the Levin circuit from New Zealand, but the Lightning theory is in tune with Trueno being Thunder.
In Hebrew the name Levin means Heart :heart: