1986 Admiral facelift
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After a modest success, Sanda gave Admiral a facelift, this time, the wagon option was ditched and the Admiral was only offered as a 4 door sedan.
While the Ridge was positioned more as the sporty/halo car, the Admira was intended to be Sanda’s flagship, and it was more obvious with the new facelift.The Admiral 4 door came with the same L6 engine, this time bored to 2.5L and thanks to the new multi point injection system, it produced 145hp, making it one of the most powerful engines available at the time in Japan. It also came with Sanda’s first Manu-matic transmission, called TechShift, meaning all speed changes were done via computer instead of an hydraulic system, with a torque converter coupling system to improve efficiency, it also was the first model to came standard with ABS brakes.
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Despise all the technological advances, some were not that reliable (like the TechShift system) and the car had a comfortable ride, but felt heavy despise the healthy engine. Although it wasn’t famous among enthusiasts, it was a common sight in the garage of japanese businessmen.
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And with that, I go back to hiatus as I have to go back to school, work and normal life.