I bet it’s been a long time since you’ve seen one of these. It is a coupe variant of the Corolla, featuring a wedge-shaped design and pop-up headlights. This Toyota is in great shape and has low mileage. It also has a five-speed manual gearbox for extra power. The name of the Toyota Corolla comes from the Latin word for “little crown,” which some lower-class men wore during the Renaissance. It’s a silly name for what are basically pleated khaki pants for cars, but a Corolla can be more special than you think. Take a look at the stylish 1989 Toyota Corolla SR5, which has two doors, pop-up headlights, a slim body, and gold. It’s beautiful. You can also buy it on Bring a Trailer, which is a part of Hearst Autos, and on Invoice Pricing. The sixth-generation Corolla went to war with the famous Honda Civic when it came out in 1987 by giving all of its models front-wheel drive, even the capable compact all-wheel-drive All-Trac wagon. Most of them were solid but dull sedans, but Toyota did make some that were fun to drive. For Toyota fans, the GT-S model was still available. It had a Yamaha-designed engine head and quick handling. There was still a Sport Coupe with a less exciting four-cylinder engine if you wanted a little more style to go with your reliable and cheap passenger. This car has an SR5 form of the 1.6-liter DOHC four-cylinder engine with fuel injection, which made about 113 horsepower when it was new. Only 48,000 miles have been put on it, so not many horses have left the barn, and the five-speed manual transmission is ready to use their power. At a time when almost all car companies made coupes with fairly standard chassis that were meant to look stylish but not break the bank, this car could be seen as Toyota’s answer to the Honda Prelude. This Corolla is a nice little car with 13-inch alloy wheels, air conditioning, and a tape player. It’s not a steely-eyed drift machine for late-night street racers. Even though it hasn’t been driven much, it looks like it’s in great shape. You could picture someone driving this car home from work on a Friday with enough hairspray to protect it from hurricane-force winds. They were going to stop along the way to get a VHS copy of Single White Female. If you keep the oil changed, you should be able to drive this car forever, just like most Toyotas from the golden age. It won’t ask much of you, and because it was made in the late 1980s, driving it will be different from driving any other car today. People will exclaim, “It’s been years since I’ve seen one of those!” at your local car show, and you might be able to make some extra money if a movie studio makes a movie about the Clinton government. There are probably faster and more expensive Toyotas out there, but this little coupe has stood the test of time and is now a one-of-a-kind car. The crown should go to a real winner. The sale ends on March 5.
