1987 Toyota Corona Avanti from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

When I first picked up the car 15 years ago the rear disk brakes squealed.

Apart from usual service fees, repairs have cost me under $1,000 for:

-Transmission overhaul (150,000km)

-Fuel injection sensor problem (ongoing)

-Radiator replaced at 120,000km

-Head gasket blew from too much 7,000RPM.

The car has all the luxuries you could want, except maybe power windows. When I bought this car I was shocked with the quality and options available.

Unlike the S, CS Coronas, these engines are 2.4 liter ones with a fair bit more punch (0-100 8 sec+-).

The car is extremely smooth and although it had one sensor problem it has never left me stuck anywhere.

The clutch is NOT a racing clutch and will die if it is treated like one.

The car will sit at 2,2000 rpm in 5th at 100 km/h therefore is very economical for the highways.

First car buyers couldn't go past a Corona. It may not have the style or following of Commodores, but it will never let you down.

I might be wrong here if the 1987 "Avanti" model is different from the 84-86 models, but I know that the 1984 - 1986 Corona Avante models with the 22R-E engine completely standard, CANNOT do 0-100km/h in 8 seconds. Unless you've done some heavy modifications on this car, or the engine is not a 22R-E I seriously doubt that. I own an a stock standard 84 Corona Avante, and the 0-100km/h time is more like 11+ seconds.

I have a 85 corona avante with the 22re when I first got it it had an automatic and pulled 10+ seconds to 100 but since then I converted it to a 5sp manual celica gearbox and it now has no worries pulling 7-8 seconds to 100 even with a blown head gasket.