Telling one Corolla from the other

For some reason, there are people who never tell one car from the other.
Imagine there are two or three cars classified as Corollas, how do you tell one from the other?
In July 2013 Toyota reached a milestone of having sold more than 40 million Corollas over a period of 11 years.
Toyota is a mass producer and this explains the huge family tree. Away from Corolla, Toyota produces other cars such Harrier, Kluger, Rav4, Cressida, Chaser, Brevis, Carina and Corona, among others.
However, today we shall stick to understanding which Corolla is which.
Like is with other auto makers, most cars and vehicles are differentiated by factory codes or generation models.
So Corolla has a family tree stretching from 1966 with 11 generation spread over the years.
Corolla started with an E10 model that was released in 1966 and sold up to 1970. Between there, there are 10 other models with the 11th generation classical being the latest.
Among these, are station wagons, vans, pick-ups, hatchbacks and sedans with the most popular on the Ugandan market being E100 popularly known as Kikumi, which is loosely translated to mean one hundred.
The difference between these cars can be told from the shape or simple modifications on lights and windscreens.
Here you will notice slight differences, especially among those that have similar outlooks but with different modifications.
The name Corolla is part of Toyota’s naming tradition that uses names derived from the Toyota Crown for sedans, with “corolla” Latin for “small crown”.
Corolla’s traditional competitors have always been Nissan Sunny, which was introduced in the same year as Corolla. However, later Honda Civic picked up from where Nissan Sunny had stopped.
The older models of the Corolla were more triangular compared to the current ones that are more curved.
Its chassis designation code is “E”, but can also be differentiated on body style, size and any other name apart from the generic Corolla name. Corollas can also be classified as base, medium or high spec depending on model with specifications such as X, G, S, Z, Z Aero, GT, GL, GLX and T Sport.
Some of the popular Corollas on the Uganda market include Vista, Altis, Fielder, WiLL VS, Tercel, Corolla II and the twins that come in the form of Allex and RunX.
Others Corollas are Ceres (similar to Sprinter Marino), Corolla Levin and Sprinter Trueno, Corolla FX, Auris, Corolla Verso which is also sold as the Corolla Spacio, perhaps the name most Ugandans are familiar with.