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In 1997 the Toyota Corolla became the best selling car in the world. With one sold on average of every 40 seconds over the past forty years. The Corolla is a subcompact or compact class that was first introduced in 1966. Over its years of production, it has undergone some unique major redesigns.

While staying with the tradition of the ‘crown’ theme, as with the Corona which is Latin for ‘crown’, the Corolla is Latin for ‘small crown’. And although Toyota did have some initial failures when they first introduce the original ‘Crown’ into the North American market place, with the revisions and constant improvements, the Toyota name is now synonymous with quality and dependability.

Corollas are made in a number of different countries including; Japan, Canada, China, India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Venezuela, Turkey and many more…they were also once manufactured in Australia and in the United States.

Several varieties of the Corolla have been produced over the last few years such as the Corolla Ceres, Corolla Levin which was available in a very popular sports coupe model. Toyotas Corolla FX hatchback was replaced by the Corolla RunX, which eventually became the Ausris in 2006. Outside Japan it was still known only as a Corolla.

Another redesigned model that Toyota introduced into the European markets was the Corolla Verso. This was a small or compact MPV (Multi Purpose Vehicle) type vehicle.

The Corolla Matrix, or just the Matrix, is a sport wagon model and is considered to be the closely related sibling of the Corolla sedan that is found in North America. The Corolla hatchback is not found in the Australian/European market place. General motors also produced the Vibe, which is there version of the Matrix, and manufactured on the same platform. The Vibe is made in California, and when they are exported to Japan, they are known as the Toyota Volt.

One of the biggest concerns regarding all the Corollas that were built between 1986 to 1988 was their safety issues. In Australia they had a safety rating of ‘worse than
‘average’ according to the Used Car Safety Rating standards. From 1989 until 1993, they had improved their rating to ‘average’. In 1994 until 2006, and with many more new safety designs that had been implemented into every Corolla, they climbed to a rating of ‘better than Average’.

The North American equivalent to Australians safety rating system is the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. In Toyotas model years of 1998 to 2002, they rated them as ‘acceptable’ in their frontal crash tests at 40mph (64 km/h) The 2003 model received an overall ‘good’ rating but was only marginal in some other specific areas of testing. From 2003, after a redesign of many of the safety features, the Corolla had an overall rating of ‘good’ in every area that they were tested in. In 2005 to 2008, Toyota implemented side curtain air bags which had an ‘acceptable’ rating in the side impact testing.

There is a very good reason why the Toyota Corolla has become the best selling vehicle through out the world. Now on their tenth generation of Corolla, each improving on the previous model before. The original was built in October 1966, the only engine option was an 1100cc pushrod version.

May of 1970 was when Toyota released the second generation named the E20. Its body was redesigned to have a more rounded shape, and a larger 1400 or 1600 cc engine was made available. The third generation was introduced in 1974 and was a little heavier then previous model. Then of course came the 6 other redesigns which brings us to present day.

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