Recently, a video was circulated on Twitter: a young foreign woman wearing a mask poured bottles of Corona beer into the sink, and said that she was "eliminating Virus". The virus she is talking about is the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV that is currently spreading. In English, the word coronavirus is “coronavirus”, which coincides with the name of the beer brand Corona, which has led to embarrassing misunderstandings.
Corona beer was innocently implicated in the new coronavirus and its sales were affected, just because its English name is exactly the same as the "corona" in coronavirus.
Some of you may ask where the name coronavirus comes from? Actually it doesn't come from the name of the beer brand. In Latin, it means "crown". When the virus is examined with an electron microscope, the viral particles give off a crown-like appearance. When Toyota named Japan's first batch of export cars, it was inspired by this Latin word.
The Toyota Corona was first put on the market in 1957 and lasted until 2002. In the United States, it originally arrived in 1960, sold alongside the Toyota Land Cruiser. Remember, Toyota was not the global automotive giant it is today.
In 1970, Toyota's business in North America had been stabilized, and the fourth-generation Corona was also introduced.
Although this is nothing special, Corona has earned a reputation for excellent quality and reliability.
Like all modern Toyotas. But it wasn't until the debut of the fifth-generation Corona in 1973 that Toyota finally gave it a certain sense of design. Before, it looked so bland. The new design, especially the two-door design, looked great, and at the time Selling well in the US market.
However, due to safety regulations, American models have longer bumpers to meet impact standards in the event of an accident.
For power, it uses a 2.2-liter inline four-cylinder engine with less than 100 horsepower and a torque of about 119?N.m. Although it is not very powerful, its features such as economy, durability and easy maintenance have won it a good reputation.
But the Toyota Corona soon faced fierce competition from other Japanese brands and models, especially the Honda Accord. The Corona is available in rear-wheel-drive form, while the Honda Accord is front-wheel-drive, making it more economical and better suited for most Americans.
The sixth-generation Corona entered the U.S. market in 1978, but just a few years later, in 1982, Toyota launched the front-engine, front-drive compact car Camry to replace the sixth-generation Toyota Corona. It also marked the official establishment of the Camry car series, which has achieved great success in the US market.
Looking back at the long history of Toyota Corona, one of the best versions was the fifth-generation product, which unfortunately was not introduced to the US market. Unexpectedly, it was only sold in Japan that year.
The protagonist we are talking about today is the high-performance version of Toyota Corona? 2000? GT.
At that time, it was available in sedan and hardtop coupe versions, both powered by a 2.0-liter twin-cam 18RG engine purchased from Yamaha. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a five-speed manual gearbox.
Even in Japan, this car was not mass-produced, so it has become a rare item today.
After a lot of searching on the Internet, we finally got good news and found a vehicle for sale in the US market. This is a 1974 Toyota Corona 2000 GT. The seller is asking $27,995 and is currently located in California, USA. Because it is a model exclusively for the Japanese market, it is a right-hand drive car.
According to the seller’s information, this car was purchased from a private collector in Japan a few years ago and then imported to the United States. It currently has only 20,226 miles on it, but has some internal corrosion.
The interior is fantastic for a car of that era, but some modifications were made such as adding a Nardi steering wheel and a Mikuni carburetor.
It’s just that the seller’s asking price is a bit high. It seems that the coronavirus has not affected the car price! But considering the rarity of this car, it's actually not unreasonable. ?
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