Toyota Corolla E30, E40, E50, E60 3. generace

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The Toyota Corolla ( Japanese : トヨタ・カローラ, Hepburn : Toyota Karōra ) is a series of compact cars (formerly subcompact ) manufactured and marketed globally by the Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation . Introduced in 1966, the Corolla has been the world's best-selling automobile of all time since 1997, when it surpassed the Volkswagen Beetle . Toyota reached the milestone of 50 million Corollas sold over twelve generations in 2021.

The name Corolla is part of Toyota's naming tradition of using names derived from the Toyota Crown for sedans, with " corolla " Latin for "small crown". The Corolla has always been exclusive in Japan to Toyota Corolla Store locations, and manufactured in Japan with a twin, called the Toyota Sprinter until 2000. From 2006 to 2018 in Japan and much of the world, and from 2018 to 2020 in Taiwan, the hatchback companion had been called the Toyota Auris .

Early models were mostly rear-wheel drive , while later models have been front-wheel drive . Four-wheel drive versions have also been produced, and it has undergone several major redesigns. The Corolla's traditional competitors have been the Nissan Sunny , introduced the same year as the Corolla in Japan and the later Subaru Leone , Honda Civic , and Mitsubishi Lancer . The Corolla's chassis designation code is "E", as described in Toyota's chassis and engine codes.

Corollas are manufactured in Japan at the original Takaoka plant built in 1966. Various production facilities have been built in Brazil, ( Indaiatuba , São Paulo ), Canada ( Cambridge, Ontario ), China ( Tianjin ), Pakistan ( Karachi ), South Africa ( Durban ), Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Turkey ( Sakarya ), and the United Kingdom ( Derbyshire ). Production or assembly has previously been carried out in Australia ( Dandenong and Altona ), India ( Bangalore ), Indonesia ( Jakarta ), Malaysia ( Shah Alam ), New Zealand ( Thames ), the Philippines ( Santa Rosa, Laguna ), and Venezuela.

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