Faults:

Required a new battery.

General Comments:

The Toyota Corolla GT is one of the very first Japanese high performance hot hatches.

The car is equipped with a solid 4A-GE 1600cc 16v twin-cam TVIS engine, which produces an impressive 120hp.

The performance is very good for an old motor. The engine revs very well when the TVIS kicks in @ 5000rpm. The result is 0-60mph in 8.5 seconds and a top speed of 121mph.

The car comes track ready with strut braces, specially tuned suspension and 4 wheel brake discs. It is heavy for a small car; 980kg compared to my 1991 Civic 1.6i-16 915kg that had E/S and E/W.

The motor has a real aggressive appearance, and high tunability and modifying potential.

The interior is very basic, dull and boring. There are no luxuries like P/S and E/W. Can't complain much; it is a 25 year old car.

It is slightly similar, but not better than my Honda Civic 1.6i-16 that I had for over 3 years.

One of the very best cars of 1980's era. A very special car, becoming very rare today. This is the third greatest high performance Corolla, behind the AE86 and GTi-16. Corolla's have lost their way after the GTi-16, and no other Corolla will ever come close to these three.

Faults:

Nothing major as of yet.

General Comments:

This car is a wolf in sheep's clothing!!!

I would recommend this car to any insurance conscience boy racer type anyday. The acceleration of this car in unbelievable given that it's only a small lightweight car, and that it doesn't look particularly fast either.

The key benefits of this car are the fact that the engine has high compression and a much larger based torque than most other engines of it's kind/age. It will leave, as stated by others, many of your typical boy racer Novas, XR2s, even your newer hot hatch's like the Saxo and the Fiesta Zetec.