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2000: San Francisco Tow-Auction Cars Fill My Back Yard
Going through my old 2X2X2 35mm stereo slide pairs for posting on Cars In Depth (I’ve been messing around with twin-film-camera 3D for about 15 years now), I came across some shots of the ever-varied...
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And the Real Winner Is…
Watching the J30/280ZX/SHO battle for the win on laps this afternoon was pretty exciting, but the Index of Effluency (which goes to the terrible car that accomplishes something orders of magnitude...
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Junkyard Find: 1987 Toyota Tercel 4WD Wagon
When we think of Japanese four-wheel-drive station wagons these days, we immediately picture a Subaru product. We often forget that, in the 1980s, most of the Japanese automakers made four-wheel-drive...
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Back In Southern California: Rare Survivors Abound
When was the last time you saw a mint-condition first-gen Tercel on the freeway? This early-80s Tercel (Corolla Tercel, according to Toyota’s goofy “tack on the model name the Americans already know”...
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Junkyard Find: 1983 Toyota Tercel 4WD Wagon
Here’s a car that you still see frequently in Colorado, both on the street and in the junkyard. You see Tercel 4WD wagons on the street here because they’re cheap, sensible winter cars and they tend to...
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Junkyard Find: 1981 Toyota Corolla Tercel
No, the first-gen Tercel wasn’t related to the Corolla, but the marketing suits at Toyota USA hoped that some of the Corolla’s reputation for reliability would rub off on their smaller, cheaper,...
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Piston Slap: Ter-Sell or not Ter-Sell?
TTAC Commentator Ryoku75 writes: Thanks for your response on my question on modern car grilles, you make a good point on modern cars being a bit taller up-front than needed. Now, I own an ’89 Toyota...
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Junkyard Find: 1980 Toyota Corolla Tercel
Because the Corolla had become such a hit in the United States during the early part of the Malaise Era, Toyota decided to confuse car buyers and parts-counter guys for eternity by adding the Corolla...
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Junkyard Find: 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ
The Tercel EZ sold about as well as the Plymouth Sundance America, Chevrolet Chevette Scooter, and the other zero-frills cars of the 1985-1995 period, i.e., very poorly. Jack Baruth does a fine job of...
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Junkyard Find: 1982 Toyota Corolla Tercel
I know it probably made perfect marketing sense for Toyota to piggyback their new subcompact’s image atop that of the fantastically successful Malaise Era Corolla, in spite of the fact that the two...
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Junkyard Find: 1984 Toyota Tercel SR5 4WD Wagon
I’ve owned quite a few Tercel wagons of this generation (though most of mine were the common-in-California front-wheel-drive type), and I respect these things for their simplicity, cargo capacity, and...
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Junkyard Find: Manny, Moe, and Jack Edition 1991 Toyota Tercel Coupe
A couple of years have passed since the last Manny, Moe, and Jack Edition Junkyard Find, so we’re due for another car that was customized with every manner of stick-on hood scoop,...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1986 Toyota Tercel Station Wagon
The Toyota Sprinter Carib was sold as the Tercel Wagon in North America for the 1983 through 1987 model years, and most examples rolling out of American showrooms came with the more fuel-efficient...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1986 Toyota Tercel Wagon
Used-up examples of the 1983-1987 Toyota Tercel wagon (known as the Sprinter Carib in its homeland) still show up in junkyards today, but nearly all of them are the four-wheel-drive versions; the...
View ArticleRare Rides: A Pristine 1997 Toyota Paseo of the Cabriolet Variety
Today’s Rare Ride is the rarest version of an already rare economy car. It’s a sporty and simple Toyota Paseo cabriolet, hailing from 1997. Toyota first offered the Paseo in 1991 as a sporty...
View ArticleRare Rides: The Paseo-adjacent 1991 Toyota Sera
Only one car combines cheap and cheerful motoring with economical driving and butterfly doors. Fittingly, its Tercel and Paseo siblings were also dredged up in this QOTD post. It’s the Toyota Sera,...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1988 Toyota Tercel 4WD Wagon with 413,344 miles
The Toyota Tercel 4WD Station Wagon, known in its homeland as the Sprinter Carib, sold very well in Colorado, where I live, and tended to be both reliable and well-loved by owners. I still see them in...
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