Toyota's Cheap 80s Minivan Made Real Ice Cubes While You Drove

Toyota’s Quietly Brilliant 1991 LiteAce Made Real Ice Cubes From a Minivan Console

Back in 1991, Toyota offered something in select LiteAce minivans that still catches people off guard decades later. Between the front seats sat a console box that could chill drinks and freeze real ice cubes while the vehicle moved down the road. Most minivans from that era focused on basic space and reliability. This one [...]

Toyota's Cheap 80s Minivan Made Real Ice Cubes While You Drove

Toyota’s Cool & Hot Box was offered as an option on the LiteAce. Refrigerant lines from the dual A/C system chilled the ice trays. America lost the option, but Europe’s Previa carried it forward. While Toyota has long carried a strong reputation for quality and reliability, plenty of people still write its cars off as bland, boring, or uninspired. It’s had its misses, like any brand, but it has also built genuine icons and introduced technologie…