The Toyota Sera was a small car built by Toyota solely for the Japanese market in the early 1990s, although enthusiasts in New Zealand, India, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and the UK have since imported a handful of them. It was initially revealed as the Toyota AXV-II concept car in 1988, and was shown in almost production-ready form.
The Sera was available with a 1.5 L inline 4 engine. It came with either 4 speed automatic or a 5 speed manual transmission.
The car is related to the Toyota Paseo, and shares similar floorpans, suspension, steering and brakes.
The engine is the 5E-FHE developing 110ps (108bhp), and this is the largest capacity derivation of the E series engines, and the most powerful of the normally aspirated versions. The Toyota Starlet GT Turbo or Glanza engine, codename 4E-FTE, develops 135ps (133bhp) as standard and has been successfully transplanted in a number of Seras in Japan, Australia and the UK.