Great car with excellent reliability
A great car to drive with plenty of torque. Love the sound of them. Well finished inside, though the arches and sunroof tend to go in more uncared for models. Definitely a future classic, so gonna hold onto mine for a while!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 22nd September, 2009
A reliable pocket rocket
Front wings rusted and were replaced.
Small leak from petrol fill pipe- easily fixed.
Seats fraying due to amount of use.
Dash lights have just failed.
Not much else at all.
Great reliability.
Once the revs are up and you keep them up, it really starts to go!!
Can easily be made to go faster with simple mods.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 29th February, 2004
A fun, reliable and complete small package
Nothing wrong so far, I did manage to get 2 punctures in a week, but you put it down to the bad roads around here! I lost a few of the plastic pop rivet things that fold down the boot carpet, and that's about it!
My gran has this car from new, I only got it recently, as the second owner. Its got a full service history and nothing has ever gone wrong with it!
This 1.3 12 valve engine is QUICK. Its not going to be a world beater, but remember this is a small engine, and I think it pumps out somewhere in the 80 brake range. That's a nice round figure for what is a small reliable car.
The interior is very Japanese, but still comfortable and practical. The only real gripe I have about the interior is the lack of space to install speakers. The only standard pods are 4 inch ones under the dash. I have installed 6/9's on the rear shelf, after re-enforcing it with some medium density fibreboard. The sub sits well in the boot, and the sound does ride nicely round the car, which is surprising with the lack of speakers.
This baby loves to wheel-spin, and will do so happily through first and second, oh and sometimes a little bit in third if it's a little wet.
Handling wise, the car is nice, its not going to compete with my last car, with its small body, wide wheels and fantasticly hard ride. Still, nice enough to point and flick around corners. Don't expect any back end out action though except on the very nastiest road surfaces!
One thing is for sure though, this is a great car to own, it will go on for centuries, is fun to drive and will not let you down!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 24th January, 2004
Why do you say such good things about the car, but say you would not buy another one?
And you put a frown-ie face.
These are great little cars. They are work horses.
I bought mine in 1991, and still have it; never ever gone wrong. Just service it and replace consumables.
Not fast, but easy to drive. The front end is skippy in the wet (wheels tend to spin).
Rot problems, but I wax oiled mine from new, so no body pan rot.
I still love it, but parts are hard to find. 2nd hand new ones are expensive.
66,500 miles from new.
The best car I've bought
Apart from routine repairs and replacements, I have only had replace the fuel pump.
What a fantastic little car this Corolla is. It just runs and runs and runs. OK, so its got some rust and the windscreen is scuffed due to the previous owner never changing the wipers, but it has everything I want: a good driving position due to the tilt-adjustable steering wheel; a good driving feel; economy up to 40mpg; enough space for my bits in the back; and that reliability.
Oh, and its got windows that you actually wind up and down by hand. Well done Toyota!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 29th October, 2003
High Power with full electrics 10ys ago
The rear tail lights suffer from water leak.. This is can be easily sorted with 5 minutes work.
This car was produced in two model's early spec and late spec. stick with the late spec. This has extra power in the engine and a better interior.
For it's age and engine size this car is very fast. Beating most 2.0l of today. It need to be revved to gain the extra power.
The whole car is built well, the seats and dash are A1, 11 years later. Just watch for rust on unloved car's under the arches and by the sunroof.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 6th May, 2002
Nothing during my period of ownership. Has now covered 70,000miles of which I have done the last 25,000.
Superb dealers if a little expensive.
Power delivery is a bit peaky but I can't complain about the flat out performance.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 8th February, 1998
22nd Feb 2010, 09:55
I agree. Bought mine June 2009. Apart from the rust, it's fine.