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The most interesting man in the world may prefer Dos Equis, but more interesting is today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Corona. It comes with a six pack of a motor, but will its price make you interested? More »
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Someday people will look back upon the Camry with fondness and desire, and when that day arrives, I hope to be long-dead. Until then, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has its predecessor for you to get all nostalgic about. More »
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We stumbled onto this image while digging through Toyota's media archives. It's a scan of an ad for the 1970 Toyota Corona sedan. Where have all the Hot 1s gone? Loooong time passing. [Toyota Pressroom] More »
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OK, all you guys who wail and gnash your teeth every time you see a Junkyard Find that "should have been saved," here's your chance to walk the walk! If this classic Toyota doesn't sell, like, now, it's getting scrapped. More »
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Featuring music by Hideki Naoi and Alphaville, this quartet of Japan-market ads for the mid-80s Toyota Corona let potential buyers know that the LASRE 3A engine gave the Corona magical powers! More »
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This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. How could you not love this battered old Toyota? More »
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The people will survive. In their environment. The Nice Price or Crack Pipe — Of this Toyota. It's gotta' Mazda mill. The better to go fast. You could have a Corona, $3,000 deposit. . . More »
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Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Last time around, we saw the beat-to-hell Dodge Colt Turbo take the win over the totally trashed Chevy Sprint Turbo in the Choose Your Eternity poll. That's great, but what if you want a cheap Japanese car that doesn't rely on turbocharging to give you the power needed to set your town's all-time record for Exhibition Of Speed tickets issued in a single week? You'll need to go the engine swap route, of course, and everyone knows the best way to do an engine swap is to take on someone else's partly-finished project! See, that way someone else screws up performs the dirty, sweaty part of obtaining the engine and getting it into the recipient car's engine compartment, leaving only thousands of a few maddeningly difficult easy tasks remaining to complete the job.
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You can't go more than a block or two in Berkeley without running across some sort of interesting old car; we saw the Jag XK140 that Herr Johnson shot for us last week, and now we're going to look at a car that's nearly as rare (though not quite as sought after). The Toyota Corona has more or less disappeared from North American streets, but here's a '72 I found still thriving in Berkeley's upscale Claremont neighborhood. More »
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As Gibby says, "It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done." In my case, this painful truth comes back to sting me every time I want to write about some beater car I got for cheap back in the day- and there were dozens of such cars in my misspent hoon youth- and I realize once again that I didn't take photographs of any of them. Damn you, Film Camera Era! However, some of my relatives owned cameras and used them, and thanks to one of them I've managed to get my trembling hands on a circa-1982 photo of me with my Very First Car Evah! That lil' beige beauty is a 1969 Toyota Corona, which was purchased from the gas station around the corner for $50 when a customer abandoned it there. 1900cc engine, 4-speed, and snow tires! More »
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Talking with some Chevy boys this evening who had to haul a trailer from Detroit to San Diego earlier this month but got caught up in the frozen craziness going on in the plains states. They mentioned something about 10 miles in 3 hours and an inch of ice on the road. And when you're hauling a trailer, you can't exactly make that time up. So we got to thinking, what was our worst? More »
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As we all saw yesterday, a Wankelated Hillman Minx stomps Grandma's '71 Ford LTD in the Project Car Hell competition, with close to a 75/25 pro- (or anti-, depending on how you define the term "Project Car Hell") Minx split in the voting. Today's PCH contestants should be a bit more evenly matched in the Hell department, as we go for a couple of Axis Specials... More »
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Strange to imagine a time when Toyotas were considered quirky-yet-sensible little vehicles, rather than the relentlessly staid competition-annihilators they are today. Straddling the period between the "aren't these Toyopets cute?" era and the "why the hell should I buy a Cavalier?" era, the Corona was sold on these shores from 1964 through 1982 (and well beyond that in Australia, where Toyota shoppers were fortunate enough to have a Corona ute version to purchase). The site below has a nice selection of Coronas to view, including some interesting right-hand drive models. – Murilee Martin More »
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While we're not huge fans of vehicle confiscation, Mr. Terrence Lord of Gisborne, Australia makes a good case for the authorities. His 1980 Toyota Corona was seized after he'd been caught driving drunk on four occasions, including once blowing a 0.15. He'll also be rightly jailed for 15 months and disqualified from driving for four years. Next week, another hoon will be trying to save his 1996 Ford XR6 from going to the auction block. For those who've lost their driving privileges may we suggest the "I am the Hoon of the Day" shirt from the Gawker Store? It's what all the felon hoons are wearing these days.– Matt Hardigree More »
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Sure, old-school date-code-worshiping car collectors think Toyotas are a snore- you know, if it runs, it's not collectible (plus the stolid rep of Toyota's current lineup doesn't exactly help). But the Gray Lady did some digging and found that a younger generation of car freaks has discovered the cars of Toyota's early forays into the North American market. An 8,000-mile '66 Corona just sold for $16,740 at auction, and that price may seem steal-esque in the years to come. Be sure to check out the nice slideshow in the article: 2000GT sighting ahoy! – Murilee Martin More »
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