I was unaware of the coming historic snowstorms, even as I motored my way up and over Raton Pass behind the wheel of my canary yellow, 1982 Toyota Corolla-Tercel two-door sedan.

It's not that the Tercel is entirely unloved – there is a small following for the car in South America – but not enough love for anyone to radically modify one to rear-wheel drive. Vintage ...

You couldn’t even get an automatic transmission on the 1985 Tercel SR5 (it was available for an extra $350 — about $1,019 in 2023 dollars — on the regular front-wheel-drive Tercel wagon that ...

The original Tercel was the first Toyota sold in North America with front-wheel-drive, with the first-generation cars available here for the 1980 through 1982 ...

So, Toyota created the All-Trac all-wheel-drive system, which (often) had a differential-lock option but required no crucial driver decisions over how many wheels should get power. Starting in the ...

Toyota Tercel 1986 Wheel size Wheel size for the 1986 Toyota Tercel will vary depending on model chosen, although keep in mind that many manufacturers offer alternate wheel sizes as options on many ...

This made the hood a bit tall, but enabled Toyota to add a driveshaft out the rear of the transmission for the four-wheel-drive Tercel wagons that appeared in 1983 and sold pretty well.