In 2017, Toyota USA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Corolla. The Toyota Corolla have been a well-built and reliable car. You still see 20+year old Corolla's on the road today.
Fantastic! Thank you for showing all the variants and the GM variants over the years. I smiled when I saw the Chevrolet/GEO, Pontiac and Holden versions. Once again another great effort and video. It is appreciated. I enjoyed seeing the international versions.
@@thehopelesscarguy It apparently does work for them. I guess one size fits all does not work well globally. Too many different markets and needs. I do not know if that would work for GM and Ford even though they were doing it also.
I had a '72 Corolla coupe 1200 4 spd. I shaved the head, and advanced the timing making it a quick and fun tiny car at the time and it still achieved 36-40 mpg. With 12" wheels, 4.22 gears and no OD that little engine was really singing at 70 mph. Unofficially, I could get through a 1/4mi just before my buddies '72 Chevy Nova 350/auto could pass me. Thanks for the video!
I"ve had two Corollas, a 1986 five-door hatchback and a 1996 sedan, both good cars, but I really loved the '86. It was a great size, perfect seats for someone my size, and really practical with that hatchback.
I've never been under one, but the specs I found said transverse mounted leafs, which seemed pretty primitive for the time. But most everything else I saw was an upgrade.
I’ll never forget my brother in law buying a new 1974 Corolla 4 dr. Manuel no options except wheel covers. I was a tall teenager and had 2 tall sisters. All 3 of us crammed in the back seat and be behind my 6’3” tall Brother in law seat all the way back and half reclined as we headed to Boston Museum of Science. An hours drive each way. When we finally stopped both my legs and feet had no blood flow for so long that I was stuck in the back seat. It took weeks before I felt somewhat normal again. I had a 72 Delta 88 Royale 4dr hardtop at the time and could not believe the death trap of a car that Toyota was. How thin the metal was. How cheap the plastics were. Even the smell of cheap plastic. But you know what? That car hit almost 200K and my Engineer Brother in law did his own maintenance on the car. He had it almost 10 years. When our American Cars went over 60K miles they became really cheap transportation as we all knew they would not last much longer before large repair bills.
Another great history lesson, HCG. Considering U.S. manufacturers were in the middle of their styling heyday when the Corolla first hit our shores, considering how homely it was by comparison it’s amazing it ever caught on. Fortunately around the time Lexus came along, Toyota realized they’d better start introducing some style, which continues to today. Thank you for the video. 👍👍👍
Our family's first Toyota was a 1977 TE-1 Corolla, 1.6l 5spd. After an almost 35 year career of working on Toyotas, I retired in 2019. Still own three Toyota products. Over the years, it has been hard to beat that Corolla as a reliable transportation device.
@@stevenweiss2148 It had what we called the 2T-C (the c was for catalyst) In that interation, it had centrally located spark plugs ( like a hemi) and an chain driven cam in head. There was a push rod 1.2l engine available at the time too. Was an extremely reliable car. Unfortunately, it came into contact with a tree, and was replaced by an 83 Corolla lift back. My sister eventually received the car when my mom, bought an 89 Camry.
My first car was a Datsun station wagon, similar to the Corolla.The mirrors rusted out on the door so I bought bullet mirrors and I mounted them on the front quarter panels. That car lasted me about four or five years. I used to take it four wheeling,two tracking. It was fun,the stereo was worth more than the car.😁🚗
In 1969 by buddy bought a Corolla wagon some of the paperwork called it “Toyopet” It was standard with a radio carpet and a nice interior. I thought it would never be as good as my ‘68 beetle
When the Corolla changed to front wheel drive, they spent millions making SURE it was as good as it possibly be!! GOOD RELIABLE cars!!!! We had several models, a 1600 1986 liftback, a 1991 Carib 4wd, i now own a 2006 Fielder 1800 CVT; look after a Toyota they LAST a long LONG time!!!!
Great video!! I seem to remember an ad some time ago where the competition had a catch phrase "I wanna be a Corolla "... I can't find anything on line about it, any insight??
Several of these in my life - 2 from the mid-70s; a friend's SR-5, and girlfriend's deluxe sedan that became mine for 6-8 months when she didn't have a parking space and I did. I remember the latter vividly as she cut the wheel too sharply trying to back out of mine and crunched a fender. More or less became mine to drive after that. It was 15 years old at the time, and very much the cheap and cheerful car perfect for DC's Capitol Hill back when you didn't want to park a nice car there. The latter two were less memorable, including Mom's 81 2dr deluxe sedan; sounded like it had a sewing machine under the hood. She loved it, and it gave 10 good years to a divorced woman starting over - but was dull as dishwater to me. Another friend's mid-80s SR-5 was ok but like it was trying too hard to be something it wasn't. Toyotas sold at sticker and I thought he could have done better elsewhere. Longest running passenger car nameplate ever.
For friends that are not car enthusiasts, I always tell them to go buy a Corolla, or a Lexus LX if they want a flagship luxury version with a god damned Buick ride.
my dad had a 1979 Corolla Station Wagon from Nov 1978 until May 1986 which I came home from the Hospital in as a Newborn in in March 1985 and other family members have had Corolla Sedans Camry sedans and Priuses over the years and loved them. technically the first model year in the US was 1969 debuting in March 1968 similar to how the 1976 Cadillac Seville did at the New York international motor show in March 1975 and between then and beginning of 76 model year 16,335 units sold and over standard Seville and SLS/STS production around 1.1 million units sold from 1975-2011. while for example US Camry Sales are near 14,000,000 between Sept 1982 as an 83 model and Sept 2024 as a 2025 model though they've dropped the 6 Speed manual transmission option and the V6 engine as something like 98.2% of Camry buyers in the US opted for the 8 Speed Automatic transmission on 2021
@@thehopelesscarguy yeah that's true with certain models the 454 Chevy Chevelle/Malibu 455 Buick Skylark in 1970 are other examples or like when there's a limited replica of a pace car from the Daytona 500 or Indianapolis 500
Great review, and with lots of pictures of foreign soldiers models unavailable in North America. Id have gone the last step. Toyota is using BYD with a lithium iron phosphate battery to do a full electric version for 2027. This will be a game changer. Toyota either gets this right, or becomes a subsidiary of BYD. Toyota is in big trouble ignoring the transition to full battery power.
Corolla got so expensive in Australia now around 30k onwards since the covid pandemic just ridiculous 6 to 7k price 2 to 3yrs for the lead in corolla sports 5 door hatch in Australia.
If Corolla reliability is boring, then give me boring. My 9th gen Corolla made in Japan is nearing it's 300,000 mile mark and 20 year age. The hatchback version, although less popular, will always be my favorite. I love the newer Corolla's, but I'm not sure how I feel now that they are made in the United States starting 2024
Corolla isn't a Car, it's a model name only, that car has been in a few different size classes. They're huge now. Ps: at least the vw beetle was just about the same size and looked the same, the motors were all interchangeable and Were the same car, The Corolla's Claim to most produced carvis A LIE.
Typical price ranges for a model of the period had about $2000 price difference from a base model to the loaded model. But the Corolla had so many variants in so many markets that the range was a bit wider.
A really big THNK YOU for finally covering the Corolla. I own a 10th generation LE and absolutely love my Corolla!!! Love 💕 ❤
It was bound to come around eventually.
In 2017, Toyota USA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Corolla. The Toyota Corolla have been a well-built and reliable car. You still see 20+year old Corolla's on the road today.
And thanks to a certain anime, I’ll never get my dream car 😭
Fantastic! Thank you for showing all the variants and the GM variants over the years. I smiled when I saw the Chevrolet/GEO, Pontiac and Holden versions. Once again another great effort and video. It is appreciated. I enjoyed seeing the international versions.
This is one with too many variants to track them all, but at least a few needed to ben mentioned I think.
@@thehopelesscarguy You did a good job. It is interesting how different the Corollas are for different markets.
@@OLDS98 Doesn't seem like it would be cost effective, but I guess it works for them.
@@thehopelesscarguy It apparently does work for them. I guess one size fits all does not work well globally. Too many different markets and needs. I do not know if that would work for GM and Ford even though they were doing it also.
I had a '72 Corolla coupe 1200 4 spd. I shaved the head, and advanced the timing making it a quick and fun tiny car at the time and it still achieved 36-40 mpg. With 12" wheels, 4.22 gears and no OD that little engine was really singing at 70 mph. Unofficially, I could get through a 1/4mi just before my buddies '72 Chevy Nova 350/auto could pass me. Thanks for the video!
Great vid. Very informative.
Thanks.
I"ve had two Corollas, a 1986 five-door hatchback and a 1996 sedan, both good cars, but I really loved the '86. It was a great size, perfect seats for someone my size, and really practical with that hatchback.
The Corolla seems to be one of those love or hate kind of cars.
Great work - thanks from the UK!
Thank you.
Great video Thanks!...Slight correction needed 1966 Corolla had McPherson struts!
I've never been under one, but the specs I found said transverse mounted leafs, which seemed pretty primitive for the time. But most everything else I saw was an upgrade.
I’ll never forget my brother in law buying a new 1974 Corolla 4 dr. Manuel no options except wheel covers. I was a tall teenager and had 2 tall sisters. All 3 of us crammed in the back seat and be behind my 6’3” tall Brother in law seat all the way back and half reclined as we headed to Boston Museum of Science. An hours drive each way. When we finally stopped both my legs and feet had no blood flow for so long that I was stuck in the back seat. It took weeks before I felt somewhat normal again. I had a 72 Delta 88 Royale 4dr hardtop at the time and could not believe the death trap of a car that Toyota was. How thin the metal was. How cheap the plastics were. Even the smell of cheap plastic. But you know what? That car hit almost 200K and my Engineer Brother in law did his own maintenance on the car. He had it almost 10 years. When our American Cars went over 60K miles they became really cheap transportation as we all knew they would not last much longer before large repair bills.
Another great history lesson, HCG. Considering U.S. manufacturers were in the middle of their styling heyday when the Corolla first hit our shores, considering how homely it was by comparison it’s amazing it ever caught on. Fortunately around the time Lexus came along, Toyota realized they’d better start introducing some style, which continues to today. Thank you for the video. 👍👍👍
A shame we didn't get the more interesting versions early on.
Our family's first Toyota was a 1977 TE-1 Corolla, 1.6l 5spd. After an almost 35 year career of working on Toyotas, I retired in 2019. Still own three Toyota products. Over the years, it has been hard to beat that Corolla as a reliable transportation device.
g-mang-man7924 was that 1.6L motor have overhead valves (lifters) or was it single or double overhead cam?
@@stevenweiss2148 It had what we called the 2T-C (the c was for catalyst) In that interation, it had centrally located spark plugs ( like a hemi) and an chain driven cam in head. There was a push rod 1.2l engine available at the time too. Was an extremely reliable car. Unfortunately, it came into contact with a tree, and was replaced by an 83 Corolla lift back. My sister eventually received the car when my mom, bought an 89 Camry.
My first car was a Datsun station wagon, similar to the Corolla.The mirrors rusted out on the door so I bought bullet mirrors and I mounted them on the front quarter panels. That car lasted me about four or five years. I used to take it four wheeling,two tracking.
It was fun,the stereo was worth more than the car.😁🚗
I think the older ones were neat cars.
I had two Toyota Corollas in my lifetime -- a 1991 and a 1997, and I can't imagine how I was able to fit in either one of them.
Space wasn't really part of their marketing strategy.
I have a '16 with 154k miles, my mom had an '05 she drove until 150k and had one in the 70s as well!
Good video, we have a 2010 Corolla Super B
In 1969 by buddy bought a Corolla wagon some of the paperwork called it “Toyopet” It was standard with a radio carpet and a nice interior. I thought it would never be as good as my ‘68 beetle
Cheaper Toyotas were Toyopets in many markets.
Great video,great car!.😊
Wouah the first generation in red color🤩❤️
When the Corolla changed to front wheel drive, they spent millions making SURE it was as good as it possibly be!! GOOD RELIABLE cars!!!! We had several models, a 1600 1986 liftback, a 1991 Carib 4wd, i now own a 2006 Fielder 1800 CVT; look after a Toyota they LAST a long LONG time!!!!
Each market had a different face
Great video!! I seem to remember an ad some time ago where the competition had a catch phrase "I wanna be a Corolla "... I can't find anything on line about it, any insight??
I don't recall that one.
2:18 like the sr5 te27 engine was a 2tc in California hemi head
8:01 Someone please explain the presence of a FORD logo in the center of the small oval grill on this fairly good looking sedan. Thanks!
Several of these in my life - 2 from the mid-70s; a friend's SR-5, and girlfriend's deluxe sedan that became mine for 6-8 months when she didn't have a parking space and I did. I remember the latter vividly as she cut the wheel too sharply trying to back out of mine and crunched a fender. More or less became mine to drive after that. It was 15 years old at the time, and very much the cheap and cheerful car perfect for DC's Capitol Hill back when you didn't want to park a nice car there. The latter two were less memorable, including Mom's 81 2dr deluxe sedan; sounded like it had a sewing machine under the hood. She loved it, and it gave 10 good years to a divorced woman starting over - but was dull as dishwater to me. Another friend's mid-80s SR-5 was ok but like it was trying too hard to be something it wasn't. Toyotas sold at sticker and I thought he could have done better elsewhere. Longest running passenger car nameplate ever.
In 2017, Toyota added its safety sense suite to the Corolla
For friends that are not car enthusiasts, I always tell them to go buy a Corolla, or a Lexus LX if they want a flagship luxury version with a god damned Buick ride.
my dad had a 1979 Corolla Station Wagon from Nov 1978 until May 1986 which I came home from the Hospital in as a Newborn in in March 1985 and other family members have had Corolla Sedans Camry sedans and Priuses over the years and loved them. technically the first model year in the US was 1969 debuting in March 1968 similar to how the 1976 Cadillac Seville did at the New York international motor show in March 1975 and between then and beginning of 76 model year 16,335 units sold and over standard Seville and SLS/STS production around 1.1 million units sold from 1975-2011. while for example US Camry Sales are near 14,000,000 between Sept 1982 as an 83 model and Sept 2024 as a 2025 model though they've dropped the 6 Speed manual transmission option and the V6 engine as something like 98.2% of Camry buyers in the US opted for the 8 Speed Automatic transmission on 2021
Releases often don't align with model years, the first Mustang and the final Plymouth Neon come to mind.
@@thehopelesscarguy yeah that's true with certain models the 454 Chevy Chevelle/Malibu 455 Buick Skylark in 1970 are other examples or like when there's a limited replica of a pace car from the Daytona 500 or Indianapolis 500
10:09 Is that an antenna on the front bumper?
That is what it looks like to me.
My mother had a 1983 wagon. It was a great car until someone totaled it. At least she was able to drive it for ten years.
The Toyota Corolla also made as the Geo Prizm for GM until 2001
I used to know some people in my hometown who had a 1968 Toyota Corona sedan.I thought that was a rare one.Ever heard of it?
I went to high school with a guy that drove one. Some football players flipped it over in the parking lot.
What was up with that Ford badged car before the Ceres?
I wish I knew.
Toyota does offer a Corolla wagon in European countries, but not in the USA. Instead the USA gets the Corolla Cross
GM had ended their partnership with Toyota meaning the Pontiac Vibe was discontinued and Pontiac was shutdown after GM"s 2009 bankruptcy
I will subscribe to the "hopeless car guy!"
(You don't seem hopeless)
BTW my Pontiac Vibe has been the best beater car I've ever owned.
Thanks. It is getting me to stop talking about them that is hopeless.
Great review, and with lots of pictures of foreign soldiers models unavailable in North America. Id have gone the last step. Toyota is using BYD with a lithium iron phosphate battery to do a full electric version for 2027. This will be a game changer. Toyota either gets this right, or becomes a subsidiary of BYD. Toyota is in big trouble ignoring the transition to full battery power.
Corolla got so expensive in Australia now around 30k onwards since the covid pandemic just ridiculous 6 to 7k price 2 to 3yrs for the lead in corolla sports 5 door hatch in Australia.
That does seem a bit high for its segment.
If Corolla reliability is boring, then give me boring. My 9th gen Corolla made in Japan is nearing it's 300,000 mile mark and 20 year age.
The hatchback version, although less popular, will always be my favorite. I love the newer Corolla's, but I'm not sure how I feel now that they are made in the United States starting 2024
Hardly the first Corolla built in the U.S. .
The current Sentra is much better than the current Corolla. I’ve driven both extensively.
Nice job. Shouldn't we call it a Gorolla though lol
Perhaps I put the emphasis on the wrong syllable.
Corolla isn't a Car, it's a model name only, that car has been in a few different size classes. They're huge now. Ps: at least the vw beetle was just about the same size and looked the same, the motors were all interchangeable and Were the same car, The Corolla's Claim to most produced carvis A LIE.
1400 to 3900$ that doesn't sound right
Typical price ranges for a model of the period had about $2000 price difference from a base model to the loaded model. But the Corolla had so many variants in so many markets that the range was a bit wider.