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Arvinder Reel's face lights up like that of a toddler unboxing a new toy when asked about his first car. It is no coincidence that the future Managing Director of one of Kenya's biggest auto dealers first owned a Toyota EE90.
To him, the brand represented reliability and durability. "We souped it up," he says, alluding to the alloy rims and modified exhaust pipe the car was fitted with.
It was a big boys' toy he co-owned with his brother, courtesy of their father. "We put a copper exhaust pipe so that when driving on the highway, you could hear that rally car sound. And when we accelerated, you would hear the anti-lag," says the man whose passion for rallying is evident.
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