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—.i i.—— 11 '■ — —— The spirit of GR A gMJlIgb, TURI S M O Be s on! rtoric limited edition print, YOURS /fF// Il - M I W for test driving the new Corolla GT, you //Jg /# II vCKz five a magnificent limited edition print by /Mf /# J LwJjiWt, WaIaFTA. wR v sphen Cumming This offer is limited to // // g wk iber of prints available, so. to avoid / W ic— ~AJ nntment, come and test drive the lilSPy?'* •-,■/’ —i— ~ your nearest Cable-Price Toyota ership today! / " x \'\ -■— nted edition, individually signed and/ 7 tbered by the artist. i—\\ ■> / Printed on high quality I \\ Japanese When you sit behind the wheel of the new Toyota Corolla GT, lineage, this should come as no surprise. ~-n you’ve stepped into a legend — a legend of European The gearing is beautiful, with heaps of .. thoroughbreds; a proud history which finds its beginnings way K torque all the way through — 0-80 km/h back in the 20’s and 30’s. As you sit there at Cable-Price Tbyota, \ 1 I in 6.2 seconds, 0-100 in 8.5 and, (if in this Gran TUrismo of the 80’s, pause a minute before you turn fA’"* you're safe, on a private road), put your opOUIIIUauVI IO ' < the key; breathe deep the smell of leather seats; savour this Hr foot to the floor — just a few seconds wBF In —2—— moment of anticipation, the delicious expectation more will show you what 195 feels like — heady stuff! — ENGINE .,^f — —Sage - of supreme GT performance ... and think of . engine is tbe t>igb point of tbe car and proves that you . ' e ' 4 c y i in-line & dohc the others who have savoured that same .- don't nocessariiy need turbocharging to obtain top perjbrmance Bo re and stroke (mm) bi »n MBMRMMHKhn moment in other GT‘greats’ — names like Displacement (cc) 1587 1 Fangio, Moss, Amon and Hill. Think of those • Gears (NZJ Spnng w&a. Z:: ; • \ :: ■” - compression Ratio io i 94 great marques of the past — Alfa Romeo, ... and through the bends. Chris Amon (there’s that name Max Fewer xw/rpm <din) ' w xw 6600 rpm Bugatti, Lancia, Ferrari and manv others .. . again), has fine-tuned the all-independent suspension .. . —Max Torque Nm/rpm (din) ——l33 um soqorpm i turn the key ... MacPherson struts and coil springs, low pressure gas-filled p—'me Plain fact is that the Toyota handies and anti-roll bars at both ends - he’s done welL The £XLy (l „ reS ) ’ Iso .. tmtry bit as well, if not better, than the most steering s rack and pinion and you ve got discs all the way round. electrical s" , . It’s been described as very‘forgiving on Battery v/ah ~ — Tm Motor (UK) week encfcng March 3$ 1985 .'• corners — mid-corner bumps nre no Alternator a go ... and yes, the spirit of Gran Turismo is problem, and try killing the power on lock sianer kw ..._03; alive and well! The 1.6 16-valve twin cam engine bursts into life bffllt ' s xXa — the nose just tucks in gently and GLUTCH > ———-z— ————r— — with stallion-like eagerness — ‘this is no toy’ you think, this is a HP-" sJ fl| progressively, requiring little or nothing in s ' zeandType | Xg" 1 ' driver’s dream and with the same engine as the revolutionary jlcu. ® ® ®® Bl the way of correction to maintain the transmission MR2, it comes as no surprise that you’ve got more power than /IgNk M chosen cornering line ... to put it another Manual Type 5-Speed. floor shin an forward gears some of the Corolla GT’s extremely respectable, but vastlv more way, it could be on rails, the way it handles synchr °? le „ sh . . expensive, competitors - the VW Golf GTi for instance, the Volvo corners! Gear Ra,loS Xo B , 6 S: R 3.2'50 360 GLT and the Peugeot 205 . . . • • • before you complete your test drive, suspension , v , - > w just try one more thing — take it into town, crawl Front Type I MacPherson strut with double-acting hydraulic "But u>bat makes tbeCaroUo GT special—and, indeed, sets it through the worst traffic jam you can find — unlike its GT |_ telescopic shock absorber and stabiliser bar. I '• •• ancXs the Corolla GT doesn’t need blowing out every few suspense ‘ \ ' ■-1 minutes, the plugs don’t get oiled up -it just sits there are | ± ' r- _ iS meekly as a iMini. steering •. ■ but listen, do it! Dont just read what someone else thinks 1 Rack and pmipn vanawe gear ratio 22-249 . . . into first l/’wH about this amazing car — try it out for yourself — there wouldI — 10 < rang . vour right be few cars in its class, (and‘none at its price), where driver and BfIAKES - machine become so much of a’one-ness’and that’s something Types • the accelerator you have to experience first hand. hydraulic system. — the G’s push you deeper into the seat and you’re ‘red lining’ at There’s a Corolla GT waiting for you right now at your nearest wheels and tyres 7,600, the sort of heady revs you would normally associate only Cable-Price Toyota dealership. So get down there and discover size and Type ~ I MJ £ el I l^^ l ™ n,urn wheels wl,h 185/60 with Italian exotica — but considering the Corolla GT’s proud what true Gran Turismo is all about — you’ll be driving a legend. —l—— ‘Betted, Petted, Se/usioo. Hhffigl TOYOTA | Cable-Price Toyota: Cnr Robert and Carruth Streets, phone 82-179, Whangarei; 7-15 Great South Road, Newmarket, phone 540-009, Auckland; 702-708 Great South Road, A ohone 278-7019, Manfckau City; 770 Te Rapa Road, phone /592-989, Hamilton; 292 Te Ngae Road, phffine 59-199, Rotorua; Lyttelton Avenue, phane 376-104, Porirua; Cnr Brunswick and x High Streets, phone 694-899, Lower Hutt; 64-67 Cambridge Terrace, phone 851-889, Wellington; 27 Halifax Street, phone 80-169, Nelson; 26-28 Tuafti Street, phone 797-840, Christchurch. LMVD