1998 Toyota Starlet GLS review from UK and Ireland

The passenger seat has ripped and as the car has has the GLS velour interior is expensive to fix.

The back wheel lock up before the front ones under hard braking, Toyota say starlets have this problem.

Wouldn't start at work one evening it started after a while. The problem was that my key was slightly bent and didn't cancel the immobiliser properly.

This is a great little car it will leave almost anything sitting at the traffic lights and unless theres a corner it won't be caught again.

It has a great spec for a cheap car electric windows, sunroof and mirrors, power steering, central locking, alloy wheels, CD player and even a rev counter. It also has a lot of chrome e. g door handles which I hate and they even carried it on into the interior.

Theres enough space in the front, but when your 6 ft. the rear legroom is non-existant. It is very difficult to get a comfortable driving position and when your travelling along at 60mph your foot is only touching the throttle and you end up with a cramp. The engine dosen't help this as it seems to like it best when revved out through gears urging you to go faster.

It is a very reliable little car and has only let me down once as I explained.