Pav Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Hi guys and gals,A lady friend of mine asked me the other day "what does Glanza mean?", to which I replied, I don't know, probably sausages.It made me think is there an actual meaning to the word or is it some clever model marketing speil that some witty Jap came up with when the Glanza was on the drawing board at Toyota? Is it a translation of a Japanese word perhaps? Your thoughts please. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SiCaln Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 i believe it means rocket or little-flyer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WallaceGlanza Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Yeah I think it's little flyer, it came about after the EP71 was nick named the "lightning bolt". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Galliano Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Toyota Starlet Rocket V..suppose the V is roman numerals, meaning 5?Toyota Starlet Rocket 5.. or Toyota Starlet Little-Flyer 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ste91 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Toyota Starlet Rocket V..suppose the V is roman numerals, meaning 5?Toyota Starlet Rocket 5.. or Toyota Starlet Little-Flyer 5 But then what does the S stand for in Glanza S? ^^Glanza Slow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Galliano Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 most likely, its got an N/A engine.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pav Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 But then what does the S stand for in Glanza S? ^^Glanza Slow? most likely, its got an N/A engine..lol, It cant be that bad!Some good replies people. I read about that knickname "the flyer" somewhere. Was just wondering if Glanza literally meant Flyer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gaz Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 V and S are probably just code names for the versions. They probably mean nothing to the users and something to the manufacturers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Glanza Sport and Glanza Vroom perhaps? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Damn I seen what the V and S meant on TGTT ages ago but cant think what it is ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) I was looking for the meaning of "Glanza" on the net and stumbled onto this – and also this: http://www.toyota-global.com/faq/vehicles/origin/0099/ Starlet GlanzaGlanza is created from the Italian word granz, meaning "to shine." I guess it makes sense when you consider that the 2 other models in the 9 series were named "Carat" and "Reflet" Edited May 26, 2014 by mindless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morgey Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Thats pretty cool.I like the word levin and trueno, lightening and thunder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gainzy Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I read it was "the flyer" aswell... Just love these cars lol nearly had mine 5 years now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fremyjay Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 As above,"the flyer" as it is in a song can't remember what song it is, in Japan they also refer to it as a grantsa or in Japanese グランツァ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindless Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 The source link I posted is from toyota global so I'm pretty sure it's definitive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gainzy Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 The source link I posted is from toyota global so I'm pretty sure it's definitive.Yeah I think your right, I think the flyer is just a nickname from the Japanese Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JayJ Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Actually Japs would write it "Gurantsua" as their language doesn't have right syllabary to write it right as "Glanza" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
INEEDNAWZZZ Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 The S and V model names don't seem to mean anything from what I can tell, other than being an easy way of separating N/A and turbo variants. They were used on a lot of other Jap-spec Toyotas from the early to late 90s in the same way. The Chaser Tourer S (N/A) and Tourer V (turbo) are another example.Toyota just seemed to like using letters to separate the trim levels. IIRC, the JDM Vitz came in F (base), U (European-spec) and then the RS, but I don't know that for sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cherrye10 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I was looking for the meaning of "Glanza" on the net and stumbled onto this – and also this: http://www.toyota-global.com/faq/vehicles/origin/0099/ Starlet Glanza Glanza is created from the Italian word granz, meaning "to shine." I guess it makes sense when you consider that the 2 other models in the 9 series were named "Carat" and "Reflet" From my limited knowledge of Italian, ''to shine'' in that language is ''splendere'' . The same word found itself into English as ''splendor'' which of course has similar connotation. The word is more closer to ''lanza'', which of course means ''lance'' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollieh17 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Glans also comes from a english word meaning pretty much a bellend. The round bit of a penis haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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