Toyota the flavour of the month!.
Submitted: Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 20:35
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Member - Axle
Hi.
Was reading a article this morning in regard to the toyota corolla.
Australia gained a significant place in automotive history 40yrs ago this month, when it was chosen as the destination of the first toyota corolla exported from japan. It has become the biggest selling car of all time with 32 million sales to the end of october 2006, including more than 20 million outside japan. It means that on average one corolla has been sold somewhere in the world every 40seconds over the past 40 yrs., Incredible achievement i think.
Cheers Axle.
Reply By: Member - John R (NSW) - Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 21:09
Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 21:09
We retired the missus' KE30 after just under 400,000 trouble free Km. The only things we put in it was a 2nd hand engine (old one ran out of puff after 250,000 but no smoke), and brakes.
And it was an Aussie built (from memory).
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 21:52
Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 21:52
Mate they were a
well built vehicle back then, and as safe as sex then too.( ha ha.)
Cheers.
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Follow Up By: Member - John R (NSW) - Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 13:38
Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 13:38
Ha Ha Axel :-) We used to take 'Bessie' down to Hoxton
Park airport some nights and watch the plane races ;-)
For those of you from the Bankstown area, it was like watching the submarine races on the George's River.......
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Reply By: friar - Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 21:36
Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 21:36
G/Day Axle, just traded a 2005 m0del on a new prado, great car,nothing much ever seems to go wrong with them , my mum has just up dated from a 1972 model to a new Echo, 80 next year she needed the power steering, but could not be talked in to an automatic,
young apprentice at toyota got the old corolla,which was in excellant condition with just over 100,000
miles on it,the first set of tyres perished off it. Just had to share that bit of trivia with the
forum. Friar.
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 21:48
Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 21:48
Friar, Congratulations to your mum, Hope I'm as good at that age!!!.
The apprentice sure coped a good thing , hope he looks after it like your mum obviously did.
cheers
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Reply By: Member - Oldplodder (QLD) - Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 21:59
Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 21:59
I would debate that the corolla has been a continous model except in name.
It has changed shape and configuration a good few times, so the only relation the current model has to the first model is the name, and it has been made by the one manufacturer.
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff H (QLD) - Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 22:32
Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 22:32
Come, come ,Oldplodder: may the Children play. Just close your eyes. JH.
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Follow Up By: Member - Oldplodder (QLD) - Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 22:49
Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 22:49
Yes, you are right. Just let Toyota play with the figures.
Ford's model T made 15 million, VW beetle (type 1) made over 21 million, both kept the same shape and engine configuration.
Wonder how many Morris minors were made, the older versions and the mini?
Or ford falcons, US and australian production?
Or VW golfs, MK 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5., all front wheel drive and same shape?
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 23:19
Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 23:19
Of course there playing with figues, But even so, if there still achieving good sales by model name from 1967 - 2006 then i think there going ok, its not like they stopped production, & some other company trys to start a re-run, VW, MINI,
Ford involment with japanese models rebadging etc.
Axle.
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Follow Up By: disco driver - Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 00:55
Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 00:55
Couldn't resist the opportunity.
Continuous body shape?
What about the Landrover series which was born in 1948
Series 1,2,2A,3,90,110,Defender. Even the new 06/07Landrover Ute/van/5dr still looks a landrover. As it should!!!
Sitting back and waiting.
Disco
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 09:34
Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 09:34
you're right disco and 90 % of those landrovers are still on the road, the other 10% made it back home....
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 13:58
Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 13:58
The 90% on the road were the ones that just kept travelling around, and probably still are. , the other 10% wanted to come home.
Axle.
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 14:33
Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 14:33
heheh whatevere u wanna believe Axle :)
if u do buy one make sure they put it up on the hoist for you, so you can see it in its natural environment
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 15:38
Saturday, Nov 25, 2006 at 15:38
Ha Ha. Bonz,!! since the nissan 3.0L came on the scene its hard to find a vacant hoist these days.
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