Something is wrong with this Camry. Somebody stole the rear doors…or it is a rare hardtop Solara…no. This is a rare XV10 3rd generation Toyota Camry (1991-1996) 2-door coupe, which was the only generation of Toyota’s super-selling sedan to offer a coupe version that wasn’t called a Solara and Toyota didn’t sell many of them. […]
I saw a Toyota Sera parked on the street the other day and I started instantly raving to the “normal” person next to me “Hey, that’s a Japanese market Sera, it’s got gull-wing or scissors or butterfly doors and was never sold here…”. The poor unsuspecting family member (or perhaps it was a stranger, I […]
Imagine you are in a situation where a 70s Corolla wasn’t cheap enough for your driving needs. Imagine you needed a car that was cheaper, more fuel efficient, more manual, less options, less stuff to go wrong…and you might assume you had nowhere to go. But you’d be wrong, because Toyota sold a car in […]
I knew someone (well, still know her, truth be told) who an almost identical car and it was remarkable for being unremarkable aside from the happy yellow paint. The car was totally gutless, but reliable and got its passengers to/from destinations without fuss, fits, or air conditioning. Today’s example is technically the smaller Tercel subcompact […]
The typical 80s vintage Toyota wagon is powered by a sub 2-liter inline-4 that barely puts out enough power to get out of its own way. There isn’t anything wrong with driving a slow car (I’ve had the pleasure many times myself!) but today’s Toyota wagon or Wagon is something of a Frankenstein. Power comes […]
Toyota’s 3rd generation of Corolla (E30 in sedan form) won’t knock your socks off in any measurable sense…but it will give you some idea as to why the Japanese manufacturers started bearing American big-3 at the economy car market. These things are relatively cheap to operate, maintain, and own. Don’t expect it to be as […]
Who donates a car that looks this nice to a salvage yard? I get when you have a car that doesn’t run/drive and an older owner…it’s gotta go…but this thing runs/drives and looks amazing for the age. I don’t like dealing with craigslist flakes or furrin scammers on the facemeltbook, but you could get a […]
Some cars are worth a feature because they are rare or fast or super well preserved or a custom El Camino…but other cars are worthy because they look interesting to own. This next car falls into that final category. It is a crazy looking rally conversion of a classic 90s Celica and while it might […]
This next car came in the DT tips line as a “Toyota Dolphin” which reminded me of a (long lost) acquaintance who had made a short list of next potential career moves that included dolphin trainer and rabbi…which always made me wonder what kind of food you’d serve your guests at a dolphin’s briss. Anyway, […]
The third generation of Toyota’s Corolla was sold from 1974 through 1981 and is probably the vehicle you could credit with putting Toyota on the trajectory from a small Saab sized company in 1974 to the worlds biggest builder of horseless carriages in 2009. The Corolla Liftback wasn’t the fastest, sportiest, or most luxurious car […]