1980 Toyota Corolla t-18 liftback review from Australia and New Zealand

The car is as tough as nails and won't die unless it cops serious driver abuse as mine does. As a result I have been through one gearbox as the selector arms for 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th sheared off from being forced into 1st without a clutch as the slave was leaking badly and I didn't have a clutch. The clutch also went from trying to dive home using fifth. Apart from that it has taken a huge thrashing for nearly a year without a complaint.

Mine has been lowered 5 inches rear three front that's two coils off each spring. I also welded the diff so it's a drift beast. It did full street burnouts like 100meters, but not now because the diffs welded and it slows down. Its fun to drive and will take continual 7000 rpm clutch dumps without breaking. I even drifted into a curb at about a 100kph and it only bent the lower contol arm. I also painted it GMH black so it dosn't look too bad exept 4 all the rust and bog holes. The motor won't die. I even ran it dry on oil and its still going. Go the corollas. It is very thirsty though and only gets 7.1 km to the liter, but that's with it being thrashed. The motor loves high revs too.