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Toyota Corolla is a compact car, built by Japanese automaker Toyota since 1966. The Corolla became a best-selling car in the world surpassing VW Beetle and Ford Model T. Besides the global sales, it is an excellent reliability, versatility, reasonable price, practicality, and as a daily car, etc. The Corolla mainly competes, the Honda CIvic.

Corolla started as a subcompact and the FR drivetrain. All engines are inline-4, displacing at 1.1 to 2-litre. On a latter-gen, now includes the hybrid, flex-fuel and force induction. Body styles expanded with hatchback, coupe and estate. The coupe version emerged from the earlier-gen up to the seventh-gen, but ultimately dropped in the eighth-gen, however. It has badged version as the Sprinter. Outside markets are sold as Auris, Altis, etc.

A unique three-door liftback and the coupe in E80-series as the AE86 with a four-link axle suspension, popular among the petrolheads and for the track (notably the Initial D). This was the last Corolla to use the RWD. Front-wheel drive becomes standard started from fifth-gen (E80) with an AWD option.

The Corolla was voted one of the best surveys from 1994 to 1997 as rated in JD Power Survey.

Corolla has a homologated WRC version taking one more victory for manufacturer in 1999.

In 2009, Corolla was also affected a major recall and others due to issues with ECM from MY 2005-2008. In 2021, Toyota temporary manufactured a limited parts for AE86 until the stock last.

A high-performance version of E210 hatchback as Toyota GR Corolla. GR Corolla uses the same engine and drivetrain from the smaller Toyota GR Yaris but with slightly more power.

Appearances[]

  • In Series 10 (Old Top Gear), Frank Page reviews the E80 Corolla in Norway, where he praises the driving position, visibility, smooth gear change and turning radius, but on the downside was the noise A/C, and engine.
  • In Series 32 (Old Top Gear), Jeremy reviews the new E100 Corolla from saloon to hatchback where he describes the body style (with trim models) and then roadtesting, he gives a very positive being economical, build and reliable. But the downsides are: tall people like him and the horrid lateral supports (on car seats).
  • In Series 35 (Old Top Gear), Quentin Willson ranked the Corolla on top where he praised as the most least problems in 1994 JD Power Survey.
  • In Series 37 (Old Top Gear), Jeremy recalls again the Corolla, this time he further reviews for warranty and then testing for the performance (includes comparing to Volkswagen Golf GTI, through drag race) still as good as the economical, more roomy, nimble handling and the cost at almost none of it's drawback.
    • Later episodes in the same Series 37 (Old Top Gear), Quentin Willson, ranks the Corolla on top list in K-Reg Power Survey as most customer satisification.
  • In Series 40 (Old Top Gear), Quentin Willson rated the Corolla on Top 3 and Top 10 list on JD Power N-Reg Survey again as most customer satisfaction.
  • In 21 Years of Top Gear, Jeremy recaps the experience while he made a review the Corolla.
  • In Clarkson's Car Years, Jeremy recalls Corolla as the best-selling market after surpassing the VW Beetle sales in 1998, includes the production/sale figures in that year. A 3-door hatchback AE100 can be seen besides him.
    • In later three episodes, a 3-door E90 Corolla GTi appears in the clip after he describes some aspects of the hatchback.
  • In New Zeland Race, Jeremy takes the 5-door eleventh-gen hatchback (Auris variant) in New Zealand to challenge James May whilst in a winning AC45 sailing boat. Throughout in the journey, it covers in dust (on shortcut) but suffers serious engine problems, just after he made contact to tractor when passed through, so he replace with red-colour after went to AVIS. Upon reaching finish line, his car got stuck on soil leaving him on foot where he lost to James May.
  • In Sand Job, Richard Hammond made a close call of his DB9, narrowly avoided the eleventh-gen Corolla upon making the left turn.
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