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Toyota E153

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Toyota E153 is a manual gearbox from Toyota. The Society has 2 vehicles on file with it, 2 with a source we opened and 0 still leads.

Toyota

VehicleYearsShift patternGearbox sourceMembers
Toyota MR2 SW20
5-speed (NA and Turbo)
[1]
Applies to: Turbo 3S-GTE
1991-19955 speed, reverse bottom rightCorroborated
Toyota MR2 SW20 (Japan and Europe, late years)
5-speed, 2.0 turbo GT/GT-S (Japan); Europe GT-i
[2]
Applies to: Turbo
1996-19995 speed, reverse bottom rightCorroborated

References

  1. Wikipedia. Wikipedia MR2: the SW20 Turbo has a stronger, heavier E153 gearbox. [link]
  2. Wikipedia. Wikipedia MR2 page (opened): Turbo used the E153 5-speed. [link]
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