The Toyota Gaia is a Japanese market MPV

Minivan

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 that competes with the Nissan Prairie

Nissan Prairie

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 and the Honda Shuttle

Honda Civic (fourth generation)

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. It was replaced by the Toyota Isis

Toyota Isis

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. The Gaia shares a platform with the Toyota Ipsum

Toyota Ipsum

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 (sister car) and Toyota Corona Premio

Toyota Premio

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 (platform sharing). It was manufactured from May 1998 until September 2004 for the Japanese market.

April 2001 saw DVD based navigation added as an option, and the 3S-FE engine was upgraded to the 1AZ-FSE with AWD

Four Wheel Drive

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