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2 July 2018

If you thought Toyota's Altona plant was dead, you haven't been to Winterfest

By Joel StricklandJoel Strickland
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Local manufacturing may have ended, but Toyota enthusiasm is still strong.

Much like last year, Melbourne provided a sunny but cold winter's day greeting to Toyota enthusiasts. They made the pilgramage to the grounds of Toyota's now-defunct Altona plant.

This year's celebration saw another great selection of cars on display. 

They included a huge variety of both Toyota and Lexus models, everything from modded JDM to old but cared for 4x4s.

Cars in attendance covered all time-periods from early-model Corollas to the latest generation of Lexus.

There were also some increasingly-rare mint examples of Supras, Levins and MR2s.

4x4s and utes from the brand were also strongly represented with a variety of models on display.

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