Toyota Has An Identity Crisis 

Hey as long as they're still making affordable, quality, reliable cars and still making cool performance cars at the same time then I'm all for it! Never been as big of a Toyota fan till now!

If you want unmatched quality, buy a Japanese vehicle. I used to drive European Fords for many years, thinking car breakdowns was normal until my father bought a Corolla. It never broke... Ever! So I bought a corolla, my sister bought one, my two brothers bought corolla. Now today i have a Toyota hilux, my father still drives his 1992 Toyota corolla. It has rust on the bodywork now, but still going strong at 350000 kms. He lives in a town with only gravel roads. Toyota is in our family to stay. Its just absolutely brilliant.

Toyota doesn’t have an “identity crisis” what Toyota does have is a “Jackal and Hyde” personality where they can be whatever they want to be when they need to be it. I also feel like there’s two teams working at Toyota/Lexus.. the team who are car enthusiast catering to the 20% of car enthusiast in the world and the other team for the mass market catering to the 80% of the world. I’ve been a Toyota/Lexus guy since the 1990s I know exactly what Toyota is capable of. Their top tier but they can be stubborn at times

Corolla just one example. They certainly are for example my Toyota GT86 pulls up against Toyota C-HR and it is crazy how different some stuff Toyota make is. That is even without comparing GR Supra to a Tacoma also, I do love Toyota for this but you don’t see Audi or BMW diversify this much in cars from one model to another,

13:14 This version of the corolla was EXTREMELY underated, my mother used to own one when we lived in portugal, it was an european market exclusive, it was quite literally, the best car, ive ever had in my life, and I miss it so god damn much, I wish people talked about it more, I love its little bug face in the front and those big circle headlights, my inner child always gets happy when it sees it, truely the most underated corolla. Its engine varied from hatchback to coupe, it could have the 4AFE or the 5AFE, both extremely good and reliable engines that could literally go on a tank it would still survive. I am now in brazil and I am afraid I will never, ever see a car as good as that one, ever again, and it breaks my heart to know that.

I put a deposit on a gr Corolla ( hoping for the circuit - will be happy if I even get a core edition). I never thought I would Move on from my Fiesta ST till 3 weeks ago when the gr announcement came out! I was concerned with the weight of the Corolla but considering that I just sold a 993 with 275 horsepower and 3150 curb weight - The gr just maybe a great replacement For both❗❗❗ As to how I drove the fiesta I will be more likely to not hesitate to trash the GR down any random gravel or dirt roads.

damn, every time Toyota doing something with Yamaha, something beautiful was born

Funny thing, here in Europe, the E120 (2002-2007) had a spiced up version of up to 225hp, using a 1.8vvtl-i with a supercharger bolted on

Always wondered how the 86 of Initial D turned into the bland Corolla of the 2000s. Great Video guys!

Love my 2005 Corolla XRS, rev it out to 8600rpm on the daily

14:33 You showed E120 when you were talking about the E140 and you showed the E140 when you were talking about the E170. The E140 also had XRS trim with 2AZ, so not the most boring.

There is no identity crisis. They produce reliable road cars and sports cars, that's it. They have done this with the Celicas and Supras of the past, and they will continue to do so in the future.

There were more interesting corollas: tom's 7a-fte engine for australian ae112. A lot of enthusiast has made same swap of celica's engine and drive train building wrc version of corolla ae111. Also were corolla fx - short hatch With the 4age engine.

Reminds me of a story my dad told me he read in a car magazine in the late 90s. A guy was flying down the Malaysian Expressway when he spotted a car up his ass in the rear view mirror, so he decided to floor it to pull away but to his surprise the car kept up and eventually overtook him....the guy was so stunned he tailed the car all the way to one of the toll stations to asked the driver what car is that to which the driver replied "its a Corolla"....a Ae101 in fact

In my country the corolla has a special place in our heart since most of our family members once owned or still owns a corolla and alot of the corollas here are modified with engines, turbos, etc. Alot of people here also track race their corollas or some even rally race them.

I can’t believe this channel only has 121.000 subscribes? I’ll see you in a year with 1Million! The quality, editing and sound is amazing. As well as the editing and information 😍

proud corolla enthusiast here ;}, early corollas were rallied too

I wouldn’t say they have an Identity Crisis, I’ll say their vehicles are diverse and they have something for everyone in any market, you want a huge luxury barge well there the Lexus or the Century or let’s say you want a cheap econobox there the Yaris and Aygo, they have over 4 minivans for different places, they have vehicles for the outdoorsy people, they have the family carriers, they have the luxury cars, they have the EV’s and fuel efficient vehicles, I think this is what makes them unique and so profitable. You could be in a $60,000 Supra and pull up next to a Prius at the stoplight and in no less than 5 minutes see a Tundra. I think this diversity is so awesome, and those cars allow us enthusiasts to have our cars

Honda has even more of an Identity Crisis, they discontinued the recently confused fat "NSX" and the only true international sportscar they currently have is the Type-R Civic.

This channel is amazing and you guys are like donut media before they got too big and became diluted

When I was a toddler, our family car was a Corona. Just before I started to drive, my dad had an '84 diesel Corolla 4-door hatchback with pop-ups. Eventually I got an AE102 and fell for the Corolla. The year after I got my FRS, I also had an AE110. Now I have a Tacoma as my daily and still have my ZN6 and plan on keeping both indefinitely. If I ever have a car collection, it will contain a Corolla of every generation.

The Corolla XRS was produced until 2013. The later models had a 2.4L i4 making 160 hp.

My current car is a 2002 Toyota corolla Levin. It's an e120 4 door hatch back with a body kit from the Toyota sportivo (the 2zzge variant) With RWD corollas or those with the nicer engines being very hard to fine I settled on the Levin (which is equipped with the boring 1zzge engine - although id argue its still quite zippy/nice to drive). When I got my car home after paying a mere $3000aud for it I swapped the engine for a refreshed 1zzge that had 140xxxkms on it (the original having 280xxxkms and burning oil like no tomorrow) I wish I swapped in a 2zzge engine from the sportivo variant but price wise I was limited. As a car enthusiast I have had 45 cars in my life at 28 years old and several of those were all corollas (all boring variants) and something about the corolla just keeps pulling me back (I prefer them more than the wrx's, the 300zx's, the r33's, the European cars like the w126's etc that I've owned over the years) I think its a similar to how Honda lovers treasure the civic, you've got an unsuspecting FWD in many cases that are cheap and easy to wrench on and you make it into something nice and unsuspecting. Seeing a car with a boring look (interior and exterior) be transformed into something sporty looking and then you start adding suspension, brake, tyre and engine mods and you create a car that is still economical and unsuspecting but has some performance it just makes me smile. Its funny having a corolla that looks like shit wrx clone (but sexy in its own right). I think the main draw I had to the car was the fact its a Levin (in Australia) that nod to the previous 86 and sporty generations really sold it to me, I have many hopes and dreams to pour into this car as time moves forward and I only hope I am able to do it some justice when all is said and done but I do plan on settling and keeping this car for as long as possible. One day when I have a house and garage (cant justify the silly prices here ATM) I also hope to have a fun RWD variant to restore and drive alongside the modded e120, should I ever be unlucky and have my car be stolen or crashed (life happens) I will definitely upgrade to a gr corolla, but at the same time, I hope I can keep my current one for life and continue fixing and upgrading it.

Very nice video. One thing, you didnt talk enough of the body variant , specialy with kE70 and AE80 series. Offering coupe 2door, sedan, hatch3door/5door Wagon and E90 have hatch 5 door in long body (seca aka chevy nova) and short body (fx16) Wagon AWD (sr5 ae95) aka carib Sedan AWD ae95 AE82 was the first FWD The AE90 was the upgrade of the AE82. The MR2 is a mid engin corolla based.

Dude no mention of the supercharger they offered in 2003 and 2004 I had one on my matrix XR Super fun I was hoping you were gonna mention it I still have it in my garage waiting to put it on a Corolla someday

Glad to see another video! In all honesty I definitely appreciate this more than the other GR cars for the U.S. line up.

Thanks for all the great learning. Loving my six speed manual 2022 Rolla Hatch. Makes for down sizing from my 2017 TRD Sport Taco. It’s all good. Back in a stick again at my old age. Peace Be The Journey!

At this point Corolla can be a brand itself

i don’t think they have an identity crises, they know exactly what they’re doing which is producing reliable cars for all sorts of consumer segments.

Hey corolla xrs owner here and It's still very very fun the xrs always will be a fun car who doesn't love toyotas v-tec aka lift

Toyota should start making rwd sprinters again in limited numbers

1 thing I think is interesting that the video didn't mention/ got wrong, the 1st gen tercel is actually just a fwd corolla and it was built in 1980. its actually called the "corolla tercel". it was basically just a corolla trim option. These early tercels are basically just corollas with a front axel. Their engines and transmissions were even set up as if the cars were rwd. basically the only shift that happened to the corrola in the mid/late 80s was they turned the engine sideways, they had already produced fwd corollas in 1980.

Thank you for verbalizing what I've been thinking for a long while. I worked (briefly) as a Toyota car salesman and while on the car lot I couldn't help but think to myself "where is the sporting spirit?" Oh I saw lots of TRD stickers on Tacomas but other than that customers would have no way to know that Toyota had a long history in motorsport and a very respectable racing pedigree. To be fair this was after the Celica was discontinued and before the newest Supra came out, but even with the Supra I wish Toyota did more to bring the excitement and success they have achieved in WEC and other motorsports to their road car division.

The word "E30" keeps messing me up. Lol

Bring back the Celica! The sexiest car of all time!

The best generation of corollas were the 90s corollas e100 and ae110....independent rear suspension, EFI, DOHC, front rear disc brakes and could actually compete with the 3 series of that gen being the E36 if not better than it. E36 still running with the old SOHC engines of the E30 while the Corolla had a DOHC and EFI for alot cheaper 😮 everything that came after that was a step backwards probably because of the Japanese recession....

The 86 also had rack and pinion instead of a recirculating ball system like the one before.

My cousin has three Ke-25's + about 30 other toyotas in his carage and yard and house and cottage and.. (the bath tub was last time filled with carburatos) and his barn was full of alloys even though he said he had just recycled about 192 rims :D You would love it! He has the gt corolla, double turbo dx-diesel, almost every model you can think of except the land cruisers. Everything you can amagine from time before around 2000'ish. Some might br up for sale like his few celicas

You guys forgot about the Toyota Corolla Sportivo. They also collaborated with Yamaha to build the 4ZZE engine.

When Toyota first released the e210... Holy fuck, I knew I had to get it. Sold my 2014 STi and got the 2020 Nightshade Edition, it's most reliable, fuel efficient & fun car to toss around. Only problem was that it was so underpowered for how aggressive it looked and wished they would release one with more HP/TQ.... Welp, my wish came true and the GRC got announced. I honestly can't wait to get my hands on one! I'll be passing down the 2020 rolla to my wife (she loves the car as well) and having a family of Corollas! 🤣🤣🤣

I always thought this way ab Honda like if car companies were people Honda would be some teenager that had to grow up quick but hasn’t grown up yet 😂

The Corolla XRS did have the 2ZZ with 170hp. But it was detuned compared to the Celica GTS' 180hp motor.

The real missing link is this. For the US, the actual Toyota made Yaris secretly exited stage left around mid 2013 or 2014. When the new Vitz was released in Japan in 2014, we never saw that car. The Mazda 2 was given a little cosmetic nip/tuck to look like similar USA Toyota offerings. Also the Scion iA was a limited run of basically the same thing but maybe 2 extra doors? Anyway we haven't seen the sub compact Toyota made cars since 2013. The newer corollas are as cramped as possible and need a bigger forehead. Sorry I had to say it. And the blindspots!!!!!!!!!!!!! Side note - the USA market Yaris was assembled in France with tires made in France but still had 40% Japanese parts.

Im just curious. Whats the closest thing we have now that would represent an AE86. For me, the GR86 is good, but it has a boxer engine and medioce fuel consumption. Is the GR yaris or corolla more up to par?

man idk who does the writing for u guys but the story telling is next level

This one solid video fam! I really loved the backstory on the Corolla. A very interesting topic for sure and very well presented !! 💯🔥

It’s kind of crazy to me that the GR Corolla is 3,400lbs. My Golf SportWagen 4motion is way bigger and only weighs 3,100lbs. It also has an iron block 4cyl. I’m sure the Corolla will be a better drivers car, but by how much and will it be worth the compromise in space and practicality?

Love the content man, keep it up!

Hey, e140 owner here! You had the wrong generation of corolla during the section of the e140. The e140 had an xrs with the 2az from the camry, still lame compared to the older 2zz-ge.

omg this is the best car channel on yt imo

Apparently didnt do enough reserch if you did you also would have found that the 9th gen did have an si version of the corolla names the xrs which was only made for 05-06 that only came with 6spd transmission and the 2zzge engine

Here's something you need to know in Akio-era Toyota. Akio Toyoda is not popular among all Toyota employees: he's liked by the factory workers and engineers for his hands-on approach, but hated by the middle management/accountants: the same people who made Toyoda the most boring brand in the 2000s. Akio Toyoda purged most of those bean counters in the early 2010s but needs to keep a few around otherwise the company collapses. Because of this we see this self-contradictory identity. Because of this, Akio Toyoda established Toyota Gazoo Racing and Woven Planet Holdings as two separate mini-empires within the bigger Toyota empire. The former for developing sports cars and latter for developing autonomous driving/connectivity technology. These companies are manned by his most loyal employees and operate independently from Aichi HQ. The problem going forward is that Akio is close to retirement, and he doesn't have a succession plan. It's a Toyoda family tradition for the successor to start from low ranks and work up the corporate ladder, and if he/she underachieves, an outsider is chosen as president. Akio's son is still too unexperienced to take over, and the bean counters are planning a comeback. It will be a great shame Toyota goes back to the 2000s appliance brand after his retirement.

Save 20% on your system and your first month is free when you sign up for interactive monitoring. Visit SimpliSafe.com/albon to learn more! What generation Corolla did you first drive? I'm sure everyone has driven at least one. I drove plenty of E100s but the E140 Wide was the one that I drove a ton. The steering was so bad on those cars, absolute rubber band,

As someone who own a TE70 i can say that its very reliable and do pretty well on track

I don't think Toyota has an identity crisis; but they are willing and have the resources to build every type of car for every type of driver

I'm looking forward to the GR Corolla and have been considering getting one OR the Integra Type R if that happens.. I may grab the Corolla in the end though

Seems like they’re getting it sorted out pretty well to me

Loving the Toyota content so much. Would be great to see a MR2 video!

Was that DP visiting Albon in the ad?

Unpopular Opinion Inbound Warning: Asking the Toyota Corolla to be a red blooded sports car is ridiculous. As much I as I think the Corolla GR is cool it'll be too expensive for most people. Paying well over $34,000 for a hatchback Corolla will be a hard sell in the USA. Personally, I think they should just take a base SE and breath on the 2.0 for 220+ hp, stiffen the car and call it a GT-S. Turbos and AWD add immense expense to what is *supposed* to be a fun little economy car.

Jeez🙄, Corolla after AE86 isn’t that bored. As you see they still have 4AGE choice until AE111 and later in 90’s that block is a “5 valves per cylinder engine”. It’s still fun to drive whether it’s E90, E100 or E110 model. And not just 4AGE that can be enjoyable with, the FE version (4/5/7AFE aka the economy one) is a good machine too.

Great work guff fantastic as usual man awesome 👌 👏 I love videos about Toyota thanks sir

Many people think this is the first turbocharged corolla but its not the first sporty turbocharged corolla was the toyota corolla sportivo ae112r

I’m excited for Toyotas future! I really hope they stop this roller coaster ride of “fun or boring cars”

I think you guys should explore Toyota's MC platform you would see a ton of cars that you didn't know existed. examples- Toyota primo the Toyota allion a Toyota Corolla axio and the Toyota Corolla fielder wagon etc.

Wow I've never even seen a first generation Sprinter Corolla. I think I'm in love.

Why does one of you have a Volvo 245 behind you?

I want one! I have to have one! I'm going to get one! No ifs ands or buts! I haven't desired a 4-wheeler as much as when I got my Mitsubishi EVO! Sorry Honda..... I've owned 7 of your 4-wheelers, but was never excited by your Civic Type R (regardless of the rave reviews) simply because it's FWD. I've been spoiled by the EVO's fantastic AWD.

Lucky that GR Yaris available to buy in my country. But I don't have moolah of course.

I think you guys missed a few year models and the type s ones

A Toyota chr GR would have been amazing tbh 😂 😂 😂

Another great video my guy!!!! Can’t wait to see this in America. I’m a toyota fan. But a fun car fan so I don’t currently own a toyota.

I think you forgot about the 2nd gen xrs corolla and matrix.

LETS GO. love these video man keep em comin'

New Corolla looks like a modern rally version of the Honda Jazz

i love this video, y’all keep doing y’all thang! earned a sub from me ♥️

Love the content!! (N.B. 'Notorious' is a *negative* : = famous for *bad reasons* (e.g. notorious crime boss, etc - so an engine would be notorious say if it was famously unreliable))

hey, I like both e90 and e110 corollas. I can carry hackintoshed pcs in there.

I love the gr86. It’s amazing. And in that nice bright red! It’s amazing. Also manual transmission, and etc. amazing car! Ngl. But the be Gr Corolla. At first I thought. “Well this thing is going to be powerful and blah blah blah I’m a idiot”. Then I was like. “Ok this sounds interesting”. And me now. “Give… me… this… NOW!!!!!”

I hooe I can get my hands on a GR 86 at a reasonable price. Ive almost given up all hope on getting the fancy rally hatch Corolla because I worry dealership mark ups will be way to insane

Is that a Speed Academy hoodie?

proud owner of the Matrix Xrs. had an 04 corolla S 5-speed they are fun corollas even though it is fwd

Even the E11 corolla was a funny sporty car and are very nice looking when modified. Very fun cars to drive and race when modified

they just need to bring back the camrys with supra engines

Bro. We’ll done. Content is exciting regardless level of interest. Love it!

And my dads 2zzge matrix xrs ecu swapped scion XA is crazy

Aaah guy E140/E150 Corolla did have Xrs model to but had the 2azfe 2.4 and anyone who remembers toyota did make a trd supercharger the that engine that can make that engine output 280 or 350ish hp if you want to grenade the bottom end

Each cylinder gets its own exhaust pipe on the new Corolla ‼️🔥😳

This isn’t a Chrysler situation where they’re churning out high-performance speed machines with slim pickings for their economy cars. Toyota knows where their bread is buttered; they earned their right to produce goofy cars because they’ve made sure they put their normal cars first to secure their spot in the market. I’m not a Toyota owner or really a fan, but their strategy seems like one worth keeping a close eye on.

I can’t believe I’m getting hyped over a COROLLA!!! Great vid!

the 2005 xrs is one of my favorite cars of all time

6:33 whoopee cushion

Are ya guys gonna get the new manual A90 Supra????

Where is the Corolla RunX and Allex?

Its not an Identity Crisis, but an order from Akio Toyoda himself for the company to stop building "Boring" cars.

You say identity crisis. I say renaissance..

You can say the same thing to Mitsubishi and Subaru, their car, Lancer and Impreza respectively at first a boring economy sedan then they make the sportier and powerful version, the Evolution and the STi

Crazy the corolla had more hp in the 70's, than my saturn in the 90's 😆

I have a 7th generation, I love it ain't never letting it go

Where's the GR Prius 🤔