Publication: Motor Fan
Format: Road Test
Date: September 1965
Authors (Roundtable): Atsushi Tajima, Susumu Tanaka, Kazuo Kumabe, Osamu Hirao, Michio Ibaraki, Isao Kawase, Mineo Yamamoto, Akira Kawahara, Kenji Higuchi, Atsushi Watari, Yasuhei Oguchi, Kenzaburo Ishikawa, Yoshio Akutsu, Motor Fan Editorial Staff (uncredited)

A Pillarless Hardtop

Magazine: We had an opportunity to test the Corona Hardtop immediately after it went on sale. Our test focused mainly on the 1600S, but it seems there are quite a few other variations, so let’s begin with an explanation from the manufacturer.

Publication: Motor Fan
Format: Test Drive Report
Date: September 1965
Authors: Kensuke Ishizu, Shigeo Ozeki, Taisuke Fujishima

Driving the Corona Hardtop

Publication: Motor Fan
Format: Road Test
Date: September 1968
Authors (Roundtable): Masuo Amano, Tsuneo Ando, Kazuo Kumabe, Kenji Higuchi, Osamu Hirao, Atsushi Watari, Masaichi Kondo, Mineo Yamamoto, Kenzaburo Ishikawa, Shunichi Mizutani, Akio Miyamoto, Yasuhei Oguchi, Taizo Tateishi, Minoru Onda, Motor Fan Editorial Staff (uncredited)

Emphasis on Improving Braking Performance

Magazine: First of all, could you give us an outline of the new Corona 1600?

Publication: Motor Fan
Format: Test Drive Report
Date: November 1972
Author: Tadao Suzuki

Nostalgia for the “RT55”

A well-equipped hot model with a 120ps 2-liter engine, 5-speed transmission, rear stabilizer bar, and a body weighing less than 1000kg–it immediately brought to mind the old RT55. And yet…

A Genuine Sporting-Car Specification

The Toyota 1600GT–better known as the RT55 and fondly remembered as one of Japan’s great sporting sedans–was derived from the Corona. Its popularity and success in competition have long since become part of the Corona’s proud past, while the twin-cam engine that defined its character has since grown in displacement and found a new home in the larger Mark II GSS. Likewise, much of the Corona’s sporting role seems to have been handed over to newer models such as the Celica and the Corolla/Sprinter.