I got into corollas, because originally when I decided to start speedway, I wanted to race a Datsun Sunny (dattos seem to bogan cars :P), and had no respect for the lil Toyotas... six months down the track, I still hadnt found a Sunny for under $500, decided to go Corolla and within two weeks I had two of the f@$kers for under fiddy bucks!!
Glad I made that decision, Corollas are little weapons of a car, and I'll tell you what... They look shitloads! better than the Datto...
So I guess it was the availability of the cars that got me into it first, and then I was hooked on the cars. I now own three of them :P