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New edition - Toyota Corolla 1200 in (historic) test

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Created on March 8, 1975

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Paul Simsa

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Toyota Corolla (1974) - the third Corolla generation was sold in Europe from 1974 to 1979

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1974) - Deluxe version

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1975) - two-door model

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1974) - Sedan Deluxe

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1974) - Sedan Deluxe

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Toyota Corolla (1974) - two-door sedan of the third Corolla generation

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1975) - Sedan Deluxe

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1974) - Silhouette of the sedan

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1975) - Rear

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1975) - Trunk

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1974) - the third generation with sedan and coupé

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1974) - Coupé

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1975) - Coupé for the Japanese market

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1975) - Hardtop

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1974) - Coupé rear

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Toyota Corolla 1200 Coupé (1975) - elegant and sporty variant presented as a novelty - Geneva Motor Show 1975

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1975) - Station Wagon

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1975) - Estate car with rear hatch

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1974) - Station Wagon

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Toyota Corolla 1200 (1975) - Estate car with large loading area

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Summary

The new Toyota Corolla was designed to stand out more from the other Japanese models in 1975. Various helpful equipment details nevertheless made it a typical representative of Japanese virtues. Living up to its name, the Corolla was the most stylishly attractive Japanese car of its time with decent performance. This test report from back then reveals what customers could expect.

This article contains the following chapters

Compared to the previous model
Interior
Guidance on the road
Plus points
Minus points
Overall verdict

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The German Toyota sales figures dropped considerably in 1974, Datsun made much more progress. For 1975, Toyota is aiming for 12,000 cars, Datsun for 18,000. In Japan, Toyota is larger and lost less in 1974. The reason for Toyota's hopes for 1975 in Germany: every second Datsun was a Cherry; Toyota still lacked the corresponding small model, which was only launched on the German market in December 1974. In addition to this Toyota 1000, the new version of the Toyota Corolla 1200, competitor to the Datsun 120 Y, was now to provide a boost. Deliveries of the previous Corolla model had stalled since mid-1974 due to a management crisis. The import center was taken over by the factory for 1975.

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