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This version of Corolla was officially known as Toyota Corolla Levin (TE27). It replaced Toyota's first (european) rally car, the Celica 1600 GT which was too heavy with too little engine power. Corolla was smaller and though it used the same engine than previous Celica, the power had been increased by third from 135 bhp.
Small and light car was good compromise under threat of fuel shortage because of the 1974 oil crisis. It was not a match for more powerful opposition and purpose-built rally cars like Stratos stole most of the limelight of the time. However, in hindsight it is easy to see that Corolla was very important first step for Toyota.
One curious fact about the car is that it's first win was at 1973 Press-on-Regardless by Walter Boyce but first win for official, TTE-prepared Corolla came only two years later at 1000 Lakes Rally in 1975 by Hannu Mikkola.
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| Debut WRC event: | Sweden 1973 |
| Best WRC result: | 1st by Walter Boyce in USA - PoR 1973
1st by Hannu Mikkola in Finland 1975 |
| Rallies contested: | 0 | (works entries) |
| WRC starts: | 0 | (works entries) |
| Outright wins: | 2 | 0.0 |
| Podiums: | 3 | 0.0 |
| DNF's: | 0 | (DNF's to starts ratio 0.0 %) |
| Points scored: | 82 | (manufacturer championship points) |
| Avg points per rally: | 0.0 | |
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| Group and class | Group 2 |
| Engine |
| Location: | Front longitudinal |
| Turbo: | No |
| Cylinders: | 4 in line |
| Valves: | 16 |
| Bore x stroke: | 85.0 x 70.0 mm |
| Cubic capacity: | 1588 cc |
| Power: | 185 hp |
| Torque: | 185 Nm |
| Compression ratio: | 10.5:1 |
| Dimensions |
| Length: | 3945 mm |
| Width: | 1590 mm |
| Height: | 1335 mm |
| Wheelbase: | 2335 mm |
| Front track: | 1270 mm |
| Rear track: | 1295 mm |
| Weight: | 800 kg |
| Transmission |
| Drive: | RWD |
| Gears: | 5 |
| Sequential: | No |
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Toyota Corolla, driven by Chris Sclater in 1975 RAC Rally
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