In 1993, American car buyers could still get a four-speed manual transmission in a new Hyundai Excel (and its Mitsubishi Precis twin), a Pontiac (Daewoo) LeMans and a Toyota Tercel (plus a handful of ...

Older Toyota Tercels are renowned as rugged little cars that are more capable than they look. But not all Tercels are built alike, as one driver found out the hard way. By that I mean—they had to be ...

The Tercel of this era was a sturdy (if boring) transportation appliance, and the '95 was by far the cheapest new Toyota car Americans could buy that year ($10,348 versus $12,498 for a 5-speed Corolla ...