1993 Toyota Corolla DX review from North America

Almost nothing has gone wrong with this car in the eleven+ years I have had it. I had to replace the water pump at about 45,000 miles and I replaced the engine timing belt at 50,000, but that is about all. The cup-holder has lost its spring mechanism and is going to need some duct tape pretty soon to keep it from falling off.

I had an accident in this car about a month ago. I crumpled the hood, grille and front bumper, and did about $3,300 worth of damage to it, but the only mechanical damage was to the radiator (the front frame bar was pushed up against it), and the car was still driveable after the accident (although I had to add some coolant periodically until I could get it into the body shop. Wholesale bluebook was less than the repair cost, but it was worth it to me to keep this highly reliable, low-mileage car running. (My car was manufactured in Japan, and I understand you can't get those anymore.) I had the car repaired at a Toyota dealer-owned body shop, and the car looks fantastic. The upholstery is a taupe color that has absorbed dozens of cups of spilled coffee, etc., since 1993, and it still looks brand new. The acceleration was never exciting, but then no one ever said it was a sports car.