The Toyota Corona

Toyota Corona

The Toyota Corona is an automobile manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota between 1957 and 2002. Traditionally, the competitor from Nissan was the Nissan Bluebird. The word Corona is Latin for "crown"...

 T190 was launched in March 1992. The exterior dimensions and engine sizes remained in compliance with Japanese size regulations so as to continue to offer a product for Japanese buyers wanting to reduce their annual tax liability. This generation of Corona made its European debut at the Geneva Auto Show as the Carina E, which replaced the Carina II

Toyota Carina II

The Toyota Carina line of large family cars was introduced in Japan in 1970. This was introduced in Europe in 1971, with A40 and A60 series subsequently appearing soon after their introductions in Japan...

 (T170 Corona). The Carina E was built at Toyota's factory in Burnaston

Burnaston

Burnaston is a village located in Derbyshire, just south of the city of Derby.The village is famous for its huge Toyota car plant - one of several British car plants built by Japanese carmakers as part of cost-saving measures to avoid such expenses as import duties and shipping costs...

, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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This generation of Corona was marketed as Corona Absolute in Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

, or Corona Exsior in the Philippines, Thailand and Taiwan.

Badged as a Carina, this was the 1993 Semperit Irish Car of the Year

Semperit Irish Car of the Year

The Semperit Irish Car of the Year award was established in 1978. It is organised and judged by the Irish Motoring Writers Association . It is sponsored by tyre manufactuer Semperit and specifically by their brand - 'Semperit'....

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Trim levels

The Carina E was offered in XL and GL trim levels, but in UK they were marketed as Xi, XLi, GLi, GTi and Executive between 1992 and 1996.

From 1996 S, GS, CD, and CDX trims replaced the previous trim level scheme. The high performance GT-i with 3S-GE engine was offered in small numbers in certain European countries.

The model range for the 1992-1996 Carina E was:

• 1.6 Xi
• 1.6 XLi
• 1.6 GLi
• 1.8 XLi
• 1.8 SLi
• 1.8 GLi
• 2.0 GLi
• 2.0 Executive (hatchback/saloon only, no estate)
• 2.0 GTi (hatchback/saloon only, no estate)
• 2.0 XLD
• 2.0 GLD

From 1996, the revised range was now:

• 1.6 S (hatchback only)
• 1.6 GS
• 1.6 CD
• 1.8 GS
• 1.8 GLi
• 1.8 CD
• 1.8 CDX
• 2.0 GLi
• 2.0 CD
• 2.0 CDX
• 2.0D GS
• 2.0D GL

All versions (apart from GTi/Executive) were available as a four-door saloon, five-door hatchback or five-door estate car

Station wagon

A station wagon is a body style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door , instead of a trunk lid...

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The T190 is the last Corona for most export market, trim levels are XL, GX, and GLi with 1.6, 1.8, or 2.0 liter engine.

The five-door model was called the Corona SF in Japan, while the station wagon had become a separate line there, from 1993, called the Toyota Caldina

Toyota Caldina

The Toyota Caldina is an automobile manufactured by Toyota for the Japanese market and was released in 1992. It replaced the Toyota Carina Surf....

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Production in Japan ended in 1995, but in Europe and South East Asia lasted until 1997 when replaced by the Avensis

Toyota Avensis

The Toyota Avensis is a large family car built in Derbyshire, United Kingdom by Japanese carmaker Toyota since 1997. It is the direct successor to the Carina E and is available as a four-door saloon, five-door liftback and estate...

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