# Buying a 96 Toyota Corolla **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 13, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-96-toyota-corolla/3061 "2007-08-13T18:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mark\_Bauman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@Mark\_Bauman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mark_Bauman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-96-toyota-corolla/3061/1 "2007-08-13T18:22:29Z")
I have an opportunity to buy a 96 Toyota Corolla with 106K miles, auto transmission, 1.6 liter engine. I read somewhere that the 1.8 L engine is preferable. Why? ---
**Author:** ![glengrab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@glengrab](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glengrab)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-96-toyota-corolla/3061/2 "2007-08-14T15:19:36Z")
The 1.8 liter engine has a little more power, and is a more recent design. Buying a '96, I would be more concerned about the condition of the engine - get a compression check! ---
**Author:** ![hd72mm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@hd72mm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hd72mm)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-96-toyota-corolla/3061/3 "2007-08-15T01:17:37Z")
More power. everybody wants power like a v8 but the 1.6 does ok and true later on they do burn a little oil but with good maintanece they will go 250000 easy ---
**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-96-toyota-corolla/3061/4 "2007-08-15T21:07:49Z")
Check the tranny and see if it is 3spd or 4spd. I think the 1.6 came with 3spd and that is a bit annoying. Poor gas mileage at fwy speeds and lots of noise at those speeds.