For Japan's number one carmaker, this humble economy car was a front-wheel-drive revolution.
The Tercel does break with boredom in handling. Turn the wheel and it charges after apexes with a vengeance. There's less understeer than Toyota's ever dared to build into its sportiest Celicas, and if you're willing to horse around with the throttle and steering wheel, you can produce quite a nice sideways view of the world in the Tercel's windshield.
The Tercel does have one strength that supersedes handling, however: It's already selling like crazy. The Toyota dealer up the block from us is sold out for six months. By now the word is out that Toyotas don't break down every time it's raining and you happen to be late for work. Furthermore, recession buyers are checking window stickersand worrying later about the weird taillights and the fact that a Tercel looks nothing at all like a roadgoing rapier.
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