Toyota Corolla E10 1. generace

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The Corolla E10 was the first generation of cars marketed by Toyota under the Corolla name.

The Corolla was launched in Japan in November 1966 at a Japanese dealership sales channel called Toyota Corolla Store . Eiji Toyoda said it took hard work to create popular demand, and disputed that Toyota rode a wave of private car ownership that was taking off in the mid-1960s. The Corolla's major competitor was the Datsun 1000 , released a few months earlier, along with the Subaru 1000 earlier in May. Its companion, the Toyota Sprinter , was sold at a different dealership sales channel called Toyota Auto Store . The Corolla's development was largely influenced by the success and lessons learned from an earlier, smaller vehicle called the Toyota Publica , which used an air-cooled two-cylinder, boxer engine, inspired by the Citroën 2CV . The dealership that was named after the Corolla in Japan was previously known as the Toyota Public Store , to sell the Publica.

The initial car, the KE1x series used a 2,285 mm (90.0 in) wheelbase. The transmission was by a four-speed floor shift manual transmission or a two-speed floor or column shift automatic transmission , with rear wheel drive . In Japan at the time, floor-shift transmissions were considered only suitable for trucks while four speeds implied that the engine did not have enough torque to drive through only three gears (more torque allows each gear to have a wider spread of engine revolutions, thus requiring fewer gears). This was a big risk for Toyota but the effectiveness of the new system gained in popularity.

The suspension in front was MacPherson struts supported by a transverse leaf spring beneath the engine cross-member, with leaf springs connected to a solid axle in back.

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