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by leokennis 24 days ago
(At least in Europe) Toyota used to name their models "Sol", "Luna" and "Terra" as well. Sol had all the trimmings, Terra had the least.

It sounded nicer than something like "Luxury" and "Basic".

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> Sol had all the trimmings, Terra had the least.

That’s interesting. My understanding is that:

Sol = Sun Terra = Earth Luna = Moon

So it’s a bit surprising that in Toyota’s nomenclature, Terra is the basic trim instead of Luna.

I always understood it as "the further from the (dirty/basic) Earth, the more luxurious".