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[edit] NOTE REGARDING THE TIMELINE

Until Toyota releases a press release regarding the 2009 Corolla and whatever happens to the Matrix, DO NOT UPDATE THE TIMELINE BASED ON A RUMOR. User:buterfly0fdoom Sunday, 2007-02-25 T 22:35 UTC

[edit] Corolla years

I agree with the person below me. I think they should probably be grouped by generation, then where the market is, then what years they were produced. Japan has many variants, but few are described.

Also, a website alljapanesecars.com has pictures of every Corolla, post-TE72.

[edit] Made a few corrections Asteroid2C 10:57, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I've made a few corrections.

E80 series: Removed reference to Holden Nova as it is not relevant to the E80, only the E90 and E100 series. (http://www.redbookasiapacific.com/au/vehicle/vehicles.php?make=HOLD&family=PSNOVA&year=19898)

Corrected the 1C diesel engine entry as diesel engines do not use carburetors - the 1C uses mechanical injection. (Toyota 1C, 2C, 2C-T engine repair manual August 1985. Part number RM025E)

Corrected Australian E86 entry as it is RWD and available as a 2 door coupe or 3 door hatch like the European version. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_AE86_Sprinter_Trueno)

E110 Series: Corrected the Japan 2.2l diesel engine entry. It is a 3C-E, and uses EFI. (http://www.cars-directory.net/specs/toyota/corolla/1998_4/ )

As for adding information on the Japanese domestic models, I might be able to help. However information on these is quite scarce making it difficult to verify. Auto Vladovostok (http://english.auto.vl.ru/catalog/toyota/corolla/) has a very large catalogue of information on the Japanese domestic models, unfortunately it doesn't have much further back than the E90 series. I am also reasonably familiar with the Japanese diesel models as they are fairly common here in Australia (I own a CE100 myself). If the regulars here don't mind i can try to add what i can on these models.

Asteroid2C

[edit] Splitting up "Toyota Corolla"

I believe that the Toyota Corolla page should be split up into variants to make the information more useable and manageable - i.e Toyota Corolla Sedan/Wagon/Fielder (JP), Corolla Levin/Sprinter Trueno, Corolla Ceres/Sprinter Marino, merging Toyota Corolla II with Toyota Tercel/Corsa, Corolla Spacio/Verso, Corolla FX/Corolla Runx/Allex/Auris/Blade, Corolla Rumion/Scion xB, Sprinter Sedan/Wagon/Carib, Sprinter Cielo/Corolla (EU late 80s fastback), Corolla USA

Well, that would be how I would split it - by model. This is due to the current Toyota Corolla page being too confusing and therefore overwhelming to someone looking for a specific model or piece of information. Anywhere possible, information could be taken and translated from the japanese wikipedia page for the same model. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joescotchman (talk • contribs) 20:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I believe the best way to split this overly long article is by generation (ie by model). I have created a number of pages for each generation:

Currently they just redirect back to the main Corolla page. I would like to shift the information from the generation sections of the main page to each of the above new pages. Only a short summary and a link would be left in each generation section on the main page. If there is no major objection then I will start the shifting on 16 May 2008. Stepho-wrs (talk) 22:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

While I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea of splitting this article in general, that's an awful lot of articles. Maybe we can find something else by which to group them? IFCAR (talk) 23:54, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. While I commend you on all the work you've done, Stepho-wrs, I believe the original page was much easier to navigate than all of these new articles and wish to go back to the original version and find another alternative.--Flash176 (talk) 20:05, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
The problem is not the number of articles - there is an awful lot of articles because there was an awful lot of Corollas (and yes, I'd support the split of E85/86 from the E80). The problem is the lack of summaries that are usually left in the main page. We need a summary for every generation under each section head! PrinceGloria (talk) 20:24, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
You're right, that's a better way of putting it.--Flash176 (talk) 20:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
I could have sworn I left a comment on this discussion page asking someone else to do the summaries but somehow it got lost (possibly I forgot to save it). Anyway, I've added summaries for up to the E90 generation. I have lots of information up to the E80 generation but very little after that, so hopefully someone else will do the other summaries. If not, then I will have to read the articles for the later generations and then write my own summary. I only like older cars, so I hope someone else does the newer generations for me :) We should put one or two representative pictures for each generation here as well. Stepho-wrs (talk) 03:44, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

There has been no discussion about the proposed merging of the E10,20,...140 articles back into a single Corolla article so I assume nobody else wants them merged. If nothing substantial changes then I will remove the merge tags on Saturday, 13 Dec 2008. Stepho-wrs (talk) 23:30, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

I agree, there's too much information to merge them back. A lot of other car articles have gone this way too (e.g. VW Golf, Holden Commodore, etc.) so I don't see what the problem is with the current layout. --Zilog Jones (talk) 19:09, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alternative Versions - Using the Corolla name

"The Tercel was a front wheel drive spin-off of the rear wheel drive Corolla introduced in 1980, called the Corolla Tercel which later became its own model in 1984.

The Tercel chassis was used again for the Corolla II hatchback."

If my understanding is correct, what the writer is trying to say is: Corolla Tercel used Corolla's name only. It had no mechanical lineage from Corolla. But the sentence "spin-off of RWD Corolla" may give readers an impression of otherwise. North wiki (talk) 19:38, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Info box: Successor Auris (except Australia)

I think Toyota only replaced Corolla with Auris in the European market only.

Should it be more specific to reflect this in the info box? Otherwise, it may be viewed as to mean the world market. North wiki (talk) 19:53, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

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