I had one of those! I bought an 84 used in 87, and I drove it until 1995. It was RUST that totally ate the car up. Living in the North-East, salt on the roads ate up the car very quickly. When you woke up in the morning you could see new rust spots that did not exist the night before!
*This is what an honest small car looks like, and as a Toyota these things lasted literally forever. Not just reliable, but just as importantly DURABLE!* On top of that this car is very handsome with a nice cockpit too!
For those interested $9,547 in 1984 would be worth $24,735 today. Considering how much more powerful, comfortable, and safe modern cars are for roughly the same amount, nobody would be willing to pay that much for that car now.
This^. You get comfort and safety in modern cars that are priceless. Also, I know it's retro but dang 80s box styling look pretty bad. Almost like the designers let their kids do their work.
And a Sedan DeVille was roughly double the price for 4 times the car. You really had to want the up-level Corolla to justify the price. Of course there's a slight difference of longevity and maintenance cost. ;)
@@dragon9786 I'll take the boxed arrow shape over modern blobmobiles any day. Even the 90's jellybean cars look better than the modern minivans masquerading as utility vehicles.
1st car with stick shift I owned. Gas was $1.00 per gallon best MPG I got was 30mpg Best model car ever made!!! Made 180,000 miles before rust outs and extreme cold weather killed it! Also I never changed anything on it except brakes, plugs & oil. I wish i changed the radiator fluid and transmission at least once 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was the first gen manufactured at NUMMI I am surprised he didn't mention it in the film. I believe the early ones were imported though. I remember my grandfather being up in arms about the Japanese building their cars here 🙄
Yeah. Japan making cars, BAD Cars made in the USA with a Japanese name on them EVEN WORSE Screw that, the best cars in my family came from the Marysville Ohio assembly line.
One thing I noticed with the older reviews, is how they always talk about whether it's easy to do basic maintenance. Almost like back then it was just how things were, and how these days we don't think about whether the spark plugs and other things are easy to reach.
This car looked very decent in black or navy. Most were white, red, brown or grey ones and those made it kinda clear they were econo cars with all the cheap plastics on the outside obvious... They were very attractive designs, very good build quality... But you always had the feeling they could had been nicer with an extra 1000 dollor for cosmetical alterations. The next generation Corolla was my all time favourite.
my dad's first Toyota was the lift back 5 door. Been a Toyota fan family ever since....they were the most boring and seemingly uncool cars (the Chevy badged novas had more restricted carbs as well) but these things went forever! Epically reliable.
Alot of the cars that bear the Toyota Nameplate are made in Georgetown, Kentucky, the pick-up trucks and Sports Utility Vehicles are being made in Princeton, Indiana.
My Dad wouldn't be caught dead in that brown/orange color. As a kid, I liked the color. He got his in the dark blue. It lasted to 234,000 miles with the 3 speed automatic. Loved that car. Same engine as in the AE86.
I have to confess, I keep looking at other cars in the background and imagine where are those people now? Where were they going? How many lives and stories, 40 + years ago.....
My brother still has it in bronze as a daily driver and only car. It outlasted 2 wives. Current wife and kids have Korean and German cars spending time at the shop and recalls.
Speeking of classic Toyota's, I would love to see a Retro Review on the 1st generation Toyota Camry(1983.5 to 1986). I would love to see the origins of such a legendary nameplate.
The fact that it chirped the tires going into second and yet still only managed a 14.5 second 0-60 time just goes to show how pitiful those tires were 😂
People have no clue about tires… lol. Maybe that’s why all of the mouth breathers are so impressed when a V8 muscle car does a burnout. When ANYTHING can smoke the tires. Drop the clutch.. or do a neutral drop. Go look up “Toyota Corolla burnouts” on UA-cam and watch for hours.
This was an all-time favorite! There was no EFI or Hybrid system and yet it got 47mpg on the highway 🙊, real engines! We in Latin America got the flushed mounted headlights that looked much better
@@liddlebopeep 2100 lbs vs 28 to 3100 lbs were are talking about over 1000 lbs difference here for a compact car. more wight = a bigger engine,bigger engine = bad gas economy
@@rjherche that 84 Corolla was probably pushing 75-80hp most so yea. your car had 120 when new. mine has 140. so what I said still stands because mine gets 25 mpg on average yours probably gets somewhere about the same but weighs a bit less the only reason 84 Corolla gets so good fuel economy because it weighs next to nothing by modern standards.
These were nice little cars when new. For putting around town or short trips, they were great. And the hatchback had a lot of room. Sub-two-second zero-to-60 runs? I don't need it. I'll take this "hooptie" any day.
My wife donated hers to charity in 2004 with 160,000 miles. It was still running but needed new struts all around. She didn't think it was worth the investment. The car was also too small to be driving around all the SUV's in the 2000's.
I still see a few of these on the road these days. Not a ton, but they're definitely out there, and as compacts from the 80s go, I'd say they're some of the more likely survivors, at least from my observations. Also, I know it's a bit of a stretch to ask, but can anyone identify the watch being worn at 3:08? I like the look of it, but it's tough to catch any identifying marks on it since it's obviously not the main focus of the shot.
Depends on the car, had one of these and didn't have the RPM, but later had an FX16 corolla with the revy 16 valve engine and the RPMs where right in the center of the cluster.
I feel like these guys were doing mountains of cocaine back in the 80's. They are super-exaggerated in their moves, frantically tugging, flipping, whacking everything. Look at the hood-slam drag race! Freaking wolves of car testing Oh, and this was my first car back in the early 90's. It sucked hard!
I saw one of these on the road the other day. Faded, splotchy paint, but it was in pretty good shape otherwise. They look so small and thin when you spot one in the wild, like its made of tissue paper.
Good cars, per Corolla tradition, but the body styling of this generation of Corolla always looked boxy and geeky to my eyes. The generation that replaced it (1988) had more "grown up" styling IMHO.
nothing says mechanical crudeness and bottom-of-segment suspension tuning better than watching that front end bottom out side to side in the slalom all that said, the cream colored one in the studio looks to have a sunroof combined with unpainted plastic bumpers and stamped-steel wheels...how's that for product planning! LOL
I had an 86 when I was in college from 1994 to 1997 best car ever. It had 240000 miles still going strong. I was lucky enough to find another one also a 86 from an older couple that was low mileage. I drove the second one from 1997 to 2002. This car alowed me to focus on getting the studen loans paid off early. True story. I drive currently a 2018 corolla.
To be fair, those gauges are very spartan although totally in keeping with an '80s econobox. Not having a tachometer on a manual shift car is pretty sad but was quite common back then.
@@avonnorris mine rusted out at 95k the hole got so 14” 🤣 I had snow flying in when I hit snow plow banks on turns. Loved that car! I traded it in with a 180k on a 2000 Subaru 2.5rs !
I know right?? I had to have been 10 years old in 1991 and Granny called my Dad and said it's a hole about the size of a Baseball on the front passenger floor, and she only found out about it going to the car wash under the floor mat.. It must have been leaking for a while. Dad told her not to drive it anymore. She went out after and got a 1992 Ford Taurus LX
@@jareknowak8712 Oddly enough, not everyone lives in the city. We have these things called highways where I live. Where everyone is going 80 at a minimum.
@@stevend3753 In Europe, where i live, we also have highways, some of them with no speed limit, all at least 80mph, but often higher 😛 I bet this car is capable of 100mph+
My mom had one of these from 1985 until 2000. She said all she did was oil changes 1 clutch and tires. This car went around the entire US and Germany. Literally the most reliable car she’s owned.
Sad how the non hybrid Corollas do not get as good gas mileage though the Civics still does. Edmunds managed to get 49 MPG on a 1.5T turbo Civic and even my NA 2L Civic got 41 MPG average from 30% city and 70% highway driving.
@@asdfghjqwertyu1858 I'm averaging 36mpg in my civic Si and my wife's corolla is a little over 34mpg. However I have to use premium and no doubt the non turbo corolla engine will probably last longer.
@@Tool0GT92 What I want is a car designed with todays tech for aerodynamics and crash structure and safety but make it as light as possible and remove almost all the features except for the ones that were available back then. Would be interesting how modern technology competes without the massive baggage.
The Corolla is a nice little car that will last forever. For those of saying the car will rust out, the car is not receiving good care. Those early day toyota has very little rust resist (zinc) added to the steel. Cost is a thing and strength is another. Rust inhibitors is a must for the chassis and any paint chip that thru the metal needs to be repaired immediately. I don't see how a car can rust away when treated nice...
my sister had the same '84 model new when she started college as a freshman. Simple and fun to drive are what I remember. No A/C, rollup windows, and FM stereo. I remember first turning on the radio and Billy Idol's Eyes without a Face came on the radio. Such strong and lasting memories as a teenager.
I also remember the Chevrolet Nova from 1985 through 1988 was made on the same line as the Toyota Corolla in Fremont, California. If the stereo in the Nova was original, it was made by Delco which used to by GM's official stereo company.
I was a late convert to Toyota. Got burnt by GM once too many times, bought my daughter a 2018 Corolla, plain and underpowered but absolutely no problems, I'm a believer.
I had an '87 Nova...identical to the Corolla and made in the same factory in Freemont, CA (now Tesla's factory). I always got 43mpg on the open road. I loved that car, wish I had kept it all these years.
@Greg Crabb It's really true, these older models while with some shortcomings were made really well, and were simple, reliable, and DURABLE too, for very little cost, as long as you maintained these with reasonable care they would last FOREVER. Todays cars might have more styling or trinkets but aren't nearly as good as these older models were, especially for the cost.
@@trillmixin6999 Those modern day cars are bloated, over equipped, and EXPENSIVE with sub par MPGs on top it all. Not to mention they will never be as reliable and durable as these 80s Corollas.
Indeed, the A pillars are what kills visibility in todays cars. Though I've noticed that manufactures are now slimming down the A pillars with harder steel to compensate. I have a 2011 HHR as a stopgap car (98 Honda died at 260k, HHR was cheap friends moms car who passed away recently) and it has the worst visibility out the front. The A pillars are huge and the windscreen is unusually small vertically, the rear mirror gets in my way all the time.. I'm constantly moving my head to get a better view.. Never realized how good I had it in the Honda.
@@marcusdamberger I think sides of cars get wider/taller to withstand possible impact but at the same time glass surface diminish. Pillars definitely don't help. I tesr drove Toyota c-hr and difrence from older generation Civics is staggering.
@@karoltakisobie6638 Yeah high beltlines because of high hood for pedestrian safety and side impact protection, and wide pillars for roll-over protection, and as a result you can't look over your shoulder anymore - have to trust the mirrors.
My first car was a Corolla. Over the decades ive owned a few BMWs n Mercs but nowadays i always say the Corolla is the best car ive ever owned. Unbelievably dependable comparatively.
The first front-wheel-drive Corolla. I can't help but feel that this is EXACTLY what a sedan version of our old Dodge Colt Vista would have looked like!!!!
Oldest sister had like a 72 or 73 corrola hunter green. Basic but great mileage and never broke down. Not fast but could cruise at 70 all day, took first half of day to get to 70 but oh well lol. Oh and cheap enough for regular minimum wage teens could afford it
@@Riptor1998 Most of them rot away about ten years after they're purchased. Just like honda, their bodies rot away before their engines give up. Besides, these aren't really collectable cars.
And most remaining examples are 90% iron oxide. They were for the most part beaten and thrown away. I enjoy the chance to see anything from the 80s still on the road. Supply and demand though both on the small side will keep those prices going up.
I live in Florida, and some 1980s Japanese cars are still on the road if the had EFI. When those weird smog carbs failed, or the devices attached to them failed, it was often the end. Good thing the FX-16 had EFI in the 4AGE engine.
@@Riptor1998 I daily drive an 1986 Toyota Corolla 5door Liftback with only 99k miles. You can barely see it in the photo I took today. (Profile Picture)
Growing up my best friends mom had one too. Even back in the 80s I thought this car felt light and flimsy. Especially compared to his dads big Mercedes s-class. Now thinking back, it probably wasn’t a very safe car in a sea of big American cars, especially not at 2.2k lbs.
@@Wasabi9111 Me gramps has huge Lincoln Town car= 2010. It's amazing carpet ride Safe too. Weight= 5.000!POUNDS. MILAGE= 600.000!! MILES. IT STILL PURRS LIKE A KITTEN🐯🐯🐯🔱🔱🔱🏆🏆🏆
Camry's were a lot smaller when they were first made. Corolla's continued to get bigger & bigger & I don't think the MPG were ever as good as the smaller versions.
Never understood the obsession with liftover height, why would you dismiss a great car just because you can't lift a bit higher, for just a few more seconds?
@@elkofcanada5003 It's seems to be an international complaint, because even Sweden's motorweek (Trafikmagasinet) complains how ooooh no this Toyota has too high of a lift, now I have to get a Rover or Fiat instead 😡😡
Had an 88 Chevy nova basically a corolla clone made in California. Had it for 6 months but just wasn’t cool enough for my 17 year old self. Sold it to buy a money pit crx. Kept seeing the dude I sold it to every few years. He still had it 10 years later and said all it ever needed an oil pan gasket. Wish I would have kept it. Bet it would still be running
Look RCR it's a brown Corolla. Your prayers have been answered.
b r o w n
B R O W N N N!
*_BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN EZRA POUND!!_*
50 shades of B R O W N.
It's so BROWN! BROWN TOWN!
This generation of Corolla is my favorite. Simple design, reliable transportation with some get up and go.
My fav is the Brad Pitt gen
If this is the 4th gen, I like the 3rd and 5th gen the most. 3rd gen was the last rwd and the 5th was a refined version of the 1st fwd version.
Other than the get up and go part, I agree.
admit it, you love teh Chevy Nova version of it
You obviously didn’t have it with the 4ac…
I had one of those! I bought an 84 used in 87, and I drove it until 1995. It was RUST that totally ate the car up. Living in the North-East, salt on the roads ate up the car very quickly. When you woke up in the morning you could see new rust spots that did not exist the night before!
My first car back in 1999 was an '85 Corolla LE. Loved that car! I am a big fan of that generation's styling.
*This is what an honest small car looks like, and as a Toyota these things lasted literally forever.
Not just reliable, but just as importantly DURABLE!*
On top of that this car is very handsome with a nice cockpit too!
This was my 1st car, a 1980 2 door coupe, that looked similar. Zero problems!
For those interested $9,547 in 1984 would be worth $24,735 today. Considering how much more powerful, comfortable, and safe modern cars are for roughly the same amount, nobody would be willing to pay that much for that car now.
This^. You get comfort and safety in modern cars that are priceless. Also, I know it's retro but dang 80s box styling look pretty bad. Almost like the designers let their kids do their work.
And a Sedan DeVille was roughly double the price for 4 times the car. You really had to want the up-level Corolla to justify the price. Of course there's a slight difference of longevity and maintenance cost. ;)
@@dragon9786
I'll take the boxed arrow shape over modern blobmobiles any day. Even the 90's jellybean cars look better than the modern minivans masquerading as utility vehicles.
1st car with stick shift I owned. Gas was $1.00 per gallon best MPG I got was 30mpg Best model car ever made!!! Made 180,000 miles before rust outs and extreme cold weather killed it! Also I never changed anything on it except brakes, plugs & oil. I wish i changed the radiator fluid and transmission at least once 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I owned one for 4 years 1.6 gl with a 4A motor very reliable
This was the first gen manufactured at NUMMI I am surprised he didn't mention it in the film. I believe the early ones were imported though. I remember my grandfather being up in arms about the Japanese building their cars here 🙄
Yeah.
Japan making cars, BAD
Cars made in the USA with a Japanese name on them EVEN WORSE
Screw that, the best cars in my family came from the Marysville Ohio assembly line.
One thing I noticed with the older reviews, is how they always talk about whether it's easy to do basic maintenance. Almost like back then it was just how things were, and how these days we don't think about whether the spark plugs and other things are easy to reach.
This car looked very decent in black or navy. Most were white, red, brown or grey ones and those made it kinda clear they were econo cars with all the cheap plastics on the outside obvious...
They were very attractive designs, very good build quality... But you always had the feeling they could had been nicer with an extra 1000 dollor for cosmetical alterations. The next generation Corolla was my all time favourite.
my dad's first Toyota was the lift back 5 door. Been a Toyota fan family ever since....they were the most boring and seemingly uncool cars (the Chevy badged novas had more restricted carbs as well) but these things went forever! Epically reliable.
Alot of the cars that bear the Toyota Nameplate are made in Georgetown, Kentucky, the pick-up trucks and Sports Utility Vehicles are being made in Princeton, Indiana.
My Dad wouldn't be caught dead in that brown/orange color. As a kid, I liked the color. He got his in the dark blue. It lasted to 234,000 miles with the 3 speed automatic. Loved that car. Same engine as in the AE86.
He sold it for a 96 Corolla
I have to confess, I keep looking at other cars in the background and imagine where are those people now? Where were they going? How many lives and stories, 40 + years ago.....
My brother still has it in bronze as a daily driver and only car. It outlasted 2 wives.
Current wife and kids have Korean and German cars spending time at the shop and recalls.
is he looking to sell
Speeking of classic Toyota's, I would love to see a Retro Review on the 1st generation Toyota Camry(1983.5 to 1986). I would love to see the origins of such a legendary nameplate.
“Harsh Corning is not this car's strong suit” Runs the slalom course like a modern day champ 🧐😏😝🤣
100% truth. Can perform a U-turn at 50mph with no issue. I’ve done it.
Old enough to be simple and avoid the dreaded automatic seat belts! Can’t get any better than that.
The fact that it chirped the tires going into second and yet still only managed a 14.5 second 0-60 time just goes to show how pitiful those tires were 😂
They were probably 155/80/13, and especially designed by Yokohama to be cheap.
@@skylinefever Yup
People have no clue about tires… lol.
Maybe that’s why all of the mouth breathers are so impressed when a V8 muscle car does a burnout.
When ANYTHING can smoke the tires. Drop the clutch.. or do a neutral drop.
Go look up “Toyota Corolla burnouts” on UA-cam and watch for hours.
@@Bartonovich52 I’ve done a burnout in a straight 6 auto 1996 F-150 with 149 hp. You’re right. Almost anything can do a burnout.
I had no idea these came with a Sunroof Option!🥰
my child hood car. my father had UK model with sunroof in PAKISTAN .
Betcha that Corolla is still running!
This Corolla might be running.
Unlike my 84 Cadillac Cimarron that was gone after 1990.
Back when cars where designed by combining different size boxes to create a silhouette. Looking like what every child drew as a car.
This was an all-time favorite! There was no EFI or Hybrid system and yet it got 47mpg on the highway 🙊, real engines! We in Latin America got the flushed mounted headlights that looked much better
Yeah no airbags or ABS or safety equipment either good luck on surviving a crash 👀🧠
Also proving CVTs are not necessary in achieving high MPG figues!
@@liddlebopeep 2100 lbs vs 28 to 3100 lbs were are talking about over 1000 lbs difference here for a compact car. more wight = a bigger engine,bigger engine = bad gas economy
yeah but 0-60 mph in 14.5 seconds. My '99 Corolla with automatic transmission did it in about 10.
@@rjherche that 84 Corolla was probably pushing 75-80hp most so yea. your car had 120 when new. mine has 140. so what I said still stands because mine gets 25 mpg on average yours probably gets somewhere about the same but weighs a bit less the only reason 84 Corolla gets so good fuel economy because it weighs next to nothing by modern standards.
Nice cars for sure that corolla looks like a mini volvo
Looks like a comfortable vehicle
My neighbor has a 1986 model. He is the second owner of it. Has 224,000 miles on the odometer. Still runs like it was new.
I'm lucky having one which was parked for 18 years She's great
This car is very common in my country, it's everywhere
Here in America too, but we had major rust issues with ours and they are now mainly scrap.
i had a 85 corolla rental when my grandam was having warranty work, i kicked myself when i got grandam back, fucked up, huge quality difference!!!!!
This video is old and super cool 😎 the Old Toyota Corolla 1984 and now it’s 2021 it has more and more Features And newer styles
These were nice little cars when new. For putting around town or short trips, they were great. And the hatchback had a lot of room. Sub-two-second zero-to-60 runs? I don't need it. I'll take this "hooptie" any day.
I still see these around town, some in very nice shape.
I've never seen one of these.
Is it just me or does it look a bit like a small Volvo 740 from the side profile? 😅
Exactly what I was thinking and was going to comment. I don't think it's an accident: the 760 came out couple years before this Corolla.
It does! But I think it's mostly because it's brown 😂
Most 80s cars looked like that. I remember my mom's 1985 Nissan Maxima looking like that, just larger.
My wife donated hers to charity in 2004 with 160,000 miles. It was still running but needed new struts all around. She didn't think it was worth the investment. The car was also too small to be driving around all the SUV's in the 2000's.
My 2017 Corolla gets about 41 MPG with a CVT. The Corolla featured here got about the same with a manual.
I love it. Base deluxe version. Huh?
I still see a few of these on the road these days. Not a ton, but they're definitely out there, and as compacts from the 80s go, I'd say they're some of the more likely survivors, at least from my observations.
Also, I know it's a bit of a stretch to ask, but can anyone identify the watch being worn at 3:08? I like the look of it, but it's tough to catch any identifying marks on it since it's obviously not the main focus of the shot.
I would drive that now...with a few upgrades...
As someone who started driving in the early 2000s, I find it hard to understand why cars in the old days don't offer RPM gauge as standard!
Depends on the car, had one of these and didn't have the RPM, but later had an FX16 corolla with the revy 16 valve engine and the RPMs where right in the center of the cluster.
I feel like these guys were doing mountains of cocaine back in the 80's. They are super-exaggerated in their moves, frantically tugging, flipping, whacking everything. Look at the hood-slam drag race! Freaking wolves of car testing
Oh, and this was my first car back in the early 90's. It sucked hard!
I can't believe John Davis said "erect" in this video. 🤣🤣🤣
94 Galant E50 please!
Why the big difference jump in trim models?
Scotty is foamin at the mouth
I saw one of these on the road the other day. Faded, splotchy paint, but it was in pretty good shape otherwise. They look so small and thin when you spot one in the wild, like its made of tissue paper.
Good cars, per Corolla tradition, but the body styling of this generation of Corolla always looked boxy and geeky to my eyes. The generation that replaced it (1988) had more "grown up" styling IMHO.
nothing says mechanical crudeness and bottom-of-segment suspension tuning better than watching that front end bottom out side to side in the slalom
all that said, the cream colored one in the studio looks to have a sunroof combined with unpainted plastic bumpers and stamped-steel wheels...how's that for product planning! LOL
My dad has one in his backyard
Probably still running, if it were maintained correctly.
Even BMWs and MBs were reliable back then. MB made the most reliable cars in the world.
Typical comment under every Toyota/Lex video :)
I prefer Ford
Lol it rusted away by the mid 90’s
Most cars will last 200k if maintained properly. Many people do not maintain their cars well, especially Americans where it is seen as an appliance.
I had an 86 when I was in college from 1994 to 1997 best car ever. It had 240000 miles still going strong. I was lucky enough to find another one also a 86 from an older couple that was low mileage. I drove the second one from 1997 to 2002. This car alowed me to focus on getting the studen loans paid off early. True story. I drive currently a 2018 corolla.
A Corolla owner in Toronto got 1 million km with no problems. The dealer kept it for show, when he bought a new one bout 2 years ago.
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2:05 - obligatory John Davis gauges complaint.
To be fair, those gauges are very spartan although totally in keeping with an '80s econobox. Not having a tachometer on a manual shift car is pretty sad but was quite common back then.
It's clear that Toyota doesn't care about an Oil Gauge! The most important of all gauges.
@@Hotlog69 Bull crap! The voltmeter is the most important. Lol.
@@jeffe4297 You can run off little to no volts. The battery will keep up for a little while. You lose oil pressure? Game over.
And the obligatory praise about the lift over height. For a 1984 car he was impressed!
Still a cute little car today!! I miss simple inexpensive cars where you had a great view of the road and great gas mileage!!
Got a tan 1984 and blue 1985 corolla dx with the 1.8l 1c diesel engine theyre rare here in u.s. gets great mpg and sounds like an old diesel
It must be fantastically slow.
@@FoDaddy its also fantastically light!
@@jareknowak8712 84 diesel sedan weighs 2081lbs, 85 diesel sedan is 2110lbs, le weighs more, diesel has cool sound and kinda fun, factory has 58hp
It also comes stock with a turbo capable of handling 500hp and 20psi, with some bolt-ons of course. Don’t be ridiculous.
@@FoDaddy it's not slow, just not in a hurry.
1:27 Motor Week’s ubiquitous lead-filled suitcases.
3:15 medium link throws
- shifts the lever 1ft
I can't see this without rust. Even with 500 miles on it my brain refuses to see it correctly.
Especially in the NE ,, my late granny had one it had a hole in the floor underneath at 30,000 miles of ownership had to scap it
@@avonnorris mine rusted out at 95k the hole got so 14” 🤣 I had snow flying in when I hit snow plow banks on turns. Loved that car! I traded it in with a 180k on a 2000 Subaru 2.5rs !
I know right?? I had to have been 10 years old in 1991 and Granny called my Dad and said it's a hole about the size of a Baseball on the front passenger floor, and she only found out about it going to the car wash under the floor mat.. It must have been leaking for a while. Dad told her not to drive it anymore. She went out after and got a 1992 Ford Taurus LX
@@avonnorris Would've been 7 years old if it was a 1984 but I can totally see that happening.
99k Miles on mine. Small rust spot on hood that someone painted over, other than that. No rust
“….almost feels fast…”
0-60 in 14.5 seconds. My how far we’ve come!
And it was totally fine.
How often You accelerate 0-60 in the city?
Is this a track car?
Ironically the current electric economy cars in Europe are about this fast or slower.
@@jareknowak8712 Oddly enough, not everyone lives in the city. We have these things called highways where I live. Where everyone is going 80 at a minimum.
@@stevend3753
In Europe, where i live, we also have highways, some of them with no speed limit, all at least 80mph, but often higher 😛
I bet this car is capable of 100mph+
Never seen anyone have that much difficulty getting into a back seat
He's a,big man. Later years offered much more badly room
Watched much Doug DeMuro?
its exaggerated
I had a brand new white 87 Corolla FX16 GTS, the 2 door hatch 4AGE(MR2) powered version.
My mom had one of these from 1985 until 2000. She said all she did was oil changes 1 clutch and tires. This car went around the entire US and Germany. Literally the most reliable car she’s owned.
She had it shipped? Wow
@@zzoinks yup military family
47 MPG is insane, even for 1984.
Sad how the non hybrid Corollas do not get as good gas mileage though the Civics still does. Edmunds managed to get 49 MPG on a 1.5T turbo Civic and even my NA 2L Civic got 41 MPG average from 30% city and 70% highway driving.
@@asdfghjqwertyu1858 I'm averaging 36mpg in my civic Si and my wife's corolla is a little over 34mpg. However I have to use premium and no doubt the non turbo corolla engine will probably last longer.
If you took a modern car and stripped off 1000lbs in safety and technology it would probably do the same.
Especially for back then as everything was much more crude.
@@Tool0GT92 What I want is a car designed with todays tech for aerodynamics and crash structure and safety but make it as light as possible and remove almost all the features except for the ones that were available back then. Would be interesting how modern technology competes without the massive baggage.
The Corolla is a nice little car that will last forever. For those of saying the car will rust out, the car is not receiving good care. Those early day toyota has very little rust resist (zinc) added to the steel. Cost is a thing and strength is another. Rust inhibitors is a must for the chassis and any paint chip that thru the metal needs to be repaired immediately. I don't see how a car can rust away when treated nice...
my sister had the same '84 model new when she started college as a freshman. Simple and fun to drive are what I remember. No A/C, rollup windows, and FM stereo. I remember first turning on the radio and Billy Idol's Eyes without a Face came on the radio. Such strong and lasting memories as a teenager.
I also remember the Chevrolet Nova from 1985 through 1988 was made on the same line as the Toyota Corolla in Fremont, California. If the stereo in the Nova was original, it was made by Delco which used to by GM's official stereo company.
NUMMI- New United Motors Manufacturing Company. Closed in 2010. Now Tesla owns the factory.
Also the Geo & Chev Prizm until about 2002...both 100% Yota
My uncle still has the very same 1984 one . Still running beautifully
I just bought a 2010 Corolla with extremely low miles and I absolutely love her.
That's 2010, we're talking about 84, cars from 80s don't die unlike the ones from 2010s not made like they use too!!
Best cars ever made toyota Corolla and camry
I was a late convert to Toyota. Got burnt by GM once too many times, bought my daughter a 2018 Corolla, plain and underpowered but absolutely no problems, I'm a believer.
u didnt buy the nova? 😉
I had an '87 Nova...identical to the Corolla and made in the same factory in Freemont, CA (now Tesla's factory). I always got 43mpg on the open road. I loved that car, wish I had kept it all these years.
@Greg Crabb
It's really true, these older models while with some shortcomings were made really well, and were simple, reliable, and DURABLE too, for very little cost, as long as you maintained these with reasonable care they would last FOREVER. Todays cars might have more styling or trinkets but aren't nearly as good as these older models were, especially for the cost.
I miss the days when it was just normal to send over a manual car to test. When it comes to cars, square is hip.
I remember when the Grand Cherokee was launched in about 1993 I was very surprised MW tested a manual!
Must have been the 4.0L I6 version. Not very many manuals.
Simple, basic, reliable, affordable transportation...kinda wish cars like this still existed
yaris
Mitsubishi Mirage
they do......2012-2014 toyota yaris hatch.....made in japan ...rare these days they are still on the market as used cars.2015 up made in france.
mirage versa yaris
@@trillmixin6999 Those modern day cars are bloated, over equipped, and EXPENSIVE with sub par MPGs on top it all. Not to mention they will never be as reliable and durable as these 80s Corollas.
My 91 Accord LX is still ticking at 61k after 30 years. She's mint.
Sigh...the simpler times.
oh what a feeling!
Toyota! 🎼
I love what you do for me....
Those older cars had low beltlines and big (tall) windows.
And fantastic visibility all around due to just that. I hate visibility in new cars. Maybe safer but driving half blind is not funny.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure IMHO.
Indeed, the A pillars are what kills visibility in todays cars. Though I've noticed that manufactures are now slimming down the A pillars with harder steel to compensate. I have a 2011 HHR as a stopgap car (98 Honda died at 260k, HHR was cheap friends moms car who passed away recently) and it has the worst visibility out the front. The A pillars are huge and the windscreen is unusually small vertically, the rear mirror gets in my way all the time.. I'm constantly moving my head to get a better view.. Never realized how good I had it in the Honda.
@@marcusdamberger I think sides of cars get wider/taller to withstand possible impact but at the same time glass surface diminish. Pillars definitely don't help. I tesr drove Toyota c-hr and difrence from older generation Civics is staggering.
@@karoltakisobie6638 Yeah high beltlines because of high hood for pedestrian safety and side impact protection, and wide pillars for roll-over protection, and as a result you can't look over your shoulder anymore - have to trust the mirrors.
Still a tidy, neat design. Lotta cars from 1984 aged way worse
My first car was a Corolla. Over the decades ive owned a few BMWs n Mercs but nowadays i always say the Corolla is the best car ive ever owned. Unbelievably dependable comparatively.
The first front-wheel-drive Corolla. I can't help but feel that this is EXACTLY what a sedan version of our old Dodge Colt Vista would have looked like!!!!
still see these once in a blue moon, never without absurd amounts of rust damage though
Best selling car of all time.
No.
@@Iamrightyouarewrong Well...with rebuttals like that, there's no need to further discuss. The issue is settled.
Oldest sister had like a 72 or 73 corrola hunter green. Basic but great mileage and never broke down. Not fast but could cruise at 70 all day, took first half of day to get to 70 but oh well lol. Oh and cheap enough for regular minimum wage teens could afford it
back when Scotty Kilmer was a young mechanic~
Get one while you can. Prices of clean ones are climbing, especially FX-16. 👀
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Toyota this old
@@Riptor1998 Most of them rot away about ten years after they're purchased. Just like honda, their bodies rot away before their engines give up. Besides, these aren't really collectable cars.
And most remaining examples are 90% iron oxide. They were for the most part beaten and thrown away. I enjoy the chance to see anything from the 80s still on the road. Supply and demand though both on the small side will keep those prices going up.
I live in Florida, and some 1980s Japanese cars are still on the road if the had EFI. When those weird smog carbs failed, or the devices attached to them failed, it was often the end. Good thing the FX-16 had EFI in the 4AGE engine.
@@Riptor1998 I daily drive an 1986 Toyota Corolla 5door Liftback with only 99k miles. You can barely see it in the photo I took today. (Profile Picture)
A used Corolla was my dream car back in the 80 being a dirt poor student
my mom had the hatcback verison. i use to hate it. but now i wish we still had it around.
Ooooooh those are nice!
Growing up my best friends mom had one too. Even back in the 80s I thought this car felt light and flimsy. Especially compared to his dads big Mercedes s-class. Now thinking back, it probably wasn’t a very safe car in a sea of big American cars, especially not at 2.2k lbs.
@@Wasabi9111 Me gramps has huge Lincoln Town car= 2010. It's amazing carpet ride
Safe too. Weight= 5.000!POUNDS. MILAGE= 600.000!! MILES. IT STILL PURRS LIKE A KITTEN🐯🐯🐯🔱🔱🔱🏆🏆🏆
Camry's were a lot smaller when they were first made. Corolla's continued to get bigger & bigger & I don't think the MPG were ever as good as the smaller versions.
A 2021 Corolla is as big as 2001 Camry
Never understood the obsession with liftover height, why would you dismiss a great car just because you can't lift a bit higher, for just a few more seconds?
It's still complained about even worse today too...except over a 1" lip, not a 1' lip..
@@elkofcanada5003 It's seems to be an international complaint, because even Sweden's motorweek (Trafikmagasinet) complains how ooooh no this Toyota has too high of a lift, now I have to get a Rover or Fiat instead 😡😡
@@Abraxium Perstadt and Glenning :)
Ppl are lazy, but like to talk about bio-food and cardio aerobic :)
@@jareknowak8712 Did you see the episode where the two programs meet? They did one in the 80's and one recently, search for BilTVmedPerstad :)
Family had a 85 Nova, always was Chevrolet's most dependable car because it was a Toyota
Wow i never noticed these back in the days but i do like the look
My sister (husband and 2 kids) had one for 20 yrs….it was the ultimate econo box. 😁
They fill those suitcases with bricks or what@? Dude was having a hard time unloading from the trunk!
Mines a burgundy 1998 LE. 107k miles.
I enjoy it over my ‘14 Elantra Limited
1:49 John: To fold the seat backs fully flat, you have to remove the bottom seat cushion altogether! LOL
I had a 86 awesome care. Until I got hit from behind at 55mph. Yes I was hurt bad.
Had an 88 Chevy nova basically a corolla clone made in California. Had it for 6 months but just wasn’t cool enough for my 17 year old self. Sold it to buy a money pit crx. Kept seeing the dude I sold it to every few years. He still had it 10 years later and said all it ever needed an oil pan gasket. Wish I would have kept it. Bet it would still be running
Still see lots of these on the road on the west coast