Was cleaning up my computer, as I was fast running out of memory; & came across this olde advertistment in Modern Motor magazine, dated March 1968.

 

The manual model was more expensive !

Cheers Banjo

Edited June 24Jun 24 by Banjo

Lol! Was it that horrible BorgWarner that went into the KE70 as well??    I know the Girls KE70w as a horrible thing when we bought it, any long uphill was a nightmare, and the gearbox weighed half as much again as the manual that replaced it.

An ad like that should be sued for fraud!

For those of You, who might find the advertisements small print a bit hard to read, I've typed it out, here below.

Now Toyota Corolla 1100 gives you the choice- all synchro 4-speed gearbox, or brand-new fully automatic Toyoglide transmission !  Slip the stubby Toyoglide lever into "drive. No need to change for traffic lights or hills.  Automatic kick-down gives first gear acceleration for any emergency. Slip into "L" and Corolla holds first gear.  You can't change from neutral to reverse accidentally.  "P" for Park brake on the transmission.  Flashing performance from Corolla's 60 HP.  36 m.p.g. plus fuel economy.  Built-in heater/ demister . . .  hipster reclining bucket seats . . . windscreen washers . . .  2 speed wipers . . . and more. Now have your excitement machine without changing gears  !

Cheers Banjo

Edited June 26Jun 26 by Banjo