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Like it does every October, the Mecum Auctions road show rolled in to the Schaumberg Convention Center in Schaumberg, Illinois, late last month. As usual, the Mecum Chicago event boasted its share of big-ticket, six-figure classics—the top seller of this year’s show was a rare Calypso Coral 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 (pictured below) that went for $275,000.
Test Drive: 2020 Toyota Corolla XSE
2020 Toyota Corolla XSE in Celestite Gray Metallic
2020 Toyota Corolla XSE
Class: Compact Car
Miles driven: 920
Fuel used: 25.2 gallons
2020 Ford Mustang with the EcoBoost High Performance Package at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois.
Like many auto journalists, the editors of Consumer Guide Automotive attend manufacturer-hosted press events to get our first look at the newest vehicles hitting the market—that’s how we produce most of our First Spin test-drive reviews. However, we also attend “smorgasbord-style” press events that allow us brief access to a broad variety of new vehicles from a host of manufacturers, for quick-take impressions and helpful back-to-back comparison drives.
2019 Toyota Sienna SE Premium AWD in Silver Metallic
2019 Toyota Sienna SE Premium AWD
Class: Minivan
Miles driven: 1234
Fuel used: 54.3 gallons
2019 Toyota C-HR Limited
Chicago radio legends Steve and Johnnie take the 2019 Toyota C-HR Limited for a video test drive. What did they think of their test vehicle? Watch and find out.
2019 Toyota Prius XLE AWD-e in Electric Storm Blue
2019 Toyota Prius XLE AWD-e
Class: Compact Car
Miles driven: 419
Fuel used: 8.2 gallons
Test Drive: 2019 Toyota 86 GT
2019 Toyota 86 GT in “Oceanic” metallic dark blue
2019 Toyota 86 GT
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 593
Fuel used: 22.1 gallons
Test Drive: 2019 Toyota RAV4 Limited
2019 Toyota RAV4 Limited in Magnetic Gray Metallic
2019 Toyota RAV4 Limited AWD
Class: Compact Crossover
Miles Driven: 448
Fuel Used: 17.6 gallons
1988 Toyota Corolla FX16 GT-S
by Don Sikora II
Note: The following story was excerpted from the October 2018 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine.
If our readers were asked to rank Toyota Corolla traits, we’d guess sportiness and enthusiast interest would fall pretty far down the resulting list. Still, there have been Corollas capable of piquing a cheap-wheeler’s curiosity, and we think the 1987-88 FX16 GT-S “hot hatch” is one of the cars from this subset.
