Toyota AE85

The Toyota AE85 is the economy member of the rear-wheel-drive Corolla Levin and Sprinter Trueno range, built by Toyota from 1983 to 1987 within the fifth-generation Corolla (E80) family, which was otherwise front-wheel drive. It shares its chassis and basic design with the better-known AE86 but was designed for economy rather than performance, and it differs mainly in its engine: a carburetted 1,452 cc SOHC two-valve inline-four, the 3A-U, carried over from the previous generation to keep costs down. The Japanese Ministry of Transport rated it at 26.4 km/L at a constant 60 km/h. It had solid front discs, rear drums, rack and pinion steering and a cable-clutch manual gearbox, and was sold only in Japan as a coupe and a liftback in SR, SE, XL-Lisse, GL-Lime, XL and GL trims. Pre-facelift cars are called zenki and the 1985 to 1987 cars kouki.