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The Toyota Corolla (Japanese: トヨタ・カローラ, Hepburn: Toyota Karōra) is a series of compact cars (formerly subcompact) manufactured and marketed globally by the Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. Introduced in 1966, the Corolla was the best-selling car worldwide by 1974 and has been one of the best-selling cars in the ...
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- Toyota Introduces The Corolla
- Safety
- The Development of The Second-Generation Corolla
- The Second-Generation Corolla Launches
- The Corolla Range Goes High Performance with The Levin
- Developing The Third-Generation Corolla
- Engine Problems
- New Body Designs & An up-to-date Interior
- Greater Safety
- Sales of The Third-Gen Corolla
Initially, the Corolla was only available as a two-door saloon, however, soon afterwards a four-door sedan and a two-door ‘van’ (station wagon) were introduced. Compared to the Publica, the new Corolla was far more futuristic and more up-to-date with the needs of the modern world & markets. Toyota adopted a semi-fastback design for the first time a...
With Toyota’s desire to export the Corolla from the outset, Hasegawa and his team not only had to create a car that could compete specification wise, but they also had to make a car that was safe (relative for the time). The safety requirements for motor vehicles in the United States were much higher than those in Japan and as such, Toyota introduc...
Tatsuo Hasegawa and his team were once again put in charge of the development of the Corolla. Work began on the new car around one year after the launch of the first-generation model and the goal was simple, extend the Corolla’s lead over the competition. Hasegawa looked at the entire Toyota range and noted that while they had already expanded the ...
When the second-generation Corolla first launched it was only available with the 1.2-litre K-series engines from the previous generation model. However, shortly after launch, Toyota would introduce the newly developed range of 1.4-litre T-series engines that were adopted to improve the Corolla’s high-speed performance and bridge the gap to the next...
To increase the company’s sporting image even further it was decided that a special edition model known as the Corolla Levin would be launched. The suggestion for the Levin came from a young designer with a great passion for rallying. His idea was to take a larger double overhead cam (DOHC) engine from one of Toyota’s bigger models and squeeze it i...
Shirou Sasaki headed up the design team for the third-gen model and his goal was clear, create a car that would not only fulfil the demanding requirements of existing Toyota customers, but also draw in new customers. The first things that the design team focused on was improving the driving performance, the functionality of the car, quietness and t...
Initially, four power unit variations were available for the third generation Corolla: the 1.2-litre 3K-H, 1.4-litre T-series, 1.6-litre 2T, and the much loved 2T-G twin cam from the sporty Corolla Levin model. However, just over a year and a half into the car’s production run Toyota had to remove many of these power units from the Corolla line-up ...
Once again Toyota offered sedan, estate, and coupe models. A hardtop model was also available and differentiated itself from the sedan via a triple-stack of streamlined air vents at the rear three-quarter panel. Interestingly, the Coupe was discontinued almost immediately after launch, but was reintroduced at a later point. One of the Toyota’s most...
To improve safety over the second-gen model, Toyota designed the car with an impact-absorbing body structure with a crumple zone at both the front and the rear. The thickness of the doors was also increased to give better protection against side impacts and three-point retractor seatbelts were standard on all models.
While sales of the third-generation Corolla in Japan failed to meet expectations, the international market proved to be wildly successful for Toyota. In total, 3,755,029 third-gen Corollas were produced during the car’s entire production run.
Oct 9, 2018 · Oct 9, 2018 at 4:38pm ET. By: Anthony Alaniz. Small, affordable, and reliable are three ingredients that have made the Toyota Corolla a go-to car for millions. Since its introduction in 1966,...
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Jun 6, 2013 · The fifth-generation Corolla was something of a global breakout for Toyota, with roughly 3.3 million of the utilitarian vehicles built and sold. Most of these little inline-four powered sedans ...
Class. Subcompact car: 1966–1991. Compact car: 1991–present. The Toyota Corolla is a sedan automobile made by Toyota since 1966. The Corolla was the best-selling car worldwide by 1974 and has been one of the most popular models in America since then. It is famous for its high fuel economy. [1]
