▁vehicle ▁in ▁Japan ) ▁joined ▁the ▁line up , ▁as ▁did ▁the ▁" To y og lide " ▁two - speed ▁automatic . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁the ▁range ▁got ▁a ▁fac el ift , ▁mostly ▁safety ▁up gr ades ▁to ▁reflect ▁new ▁American ▁legisl ation . ▁The ▁dash board ▁was ▁now ▁p added ▁and ▁used ▁non - reflect ive ▁glass , ▁while ▁the ▁front ▁b um per ▁was ▁mounted ▁somewhat ▁higher . ▁Also ▁new ▁were ▁a ▁four - speed ▁column - shift ▁option ▁and ▁the ▁better ▁equ ipped ▁Cor ol la ▁SL ▁two - door ▁sedan , ▁using ▁a ▁tw in ▁car b ure tt ed ▁K - B ▁engine ▁and ▁an ▁extra ▁. ▁The ▁K - B ▁engine ▁was ▁not ▁available ▁with ▁a ▁column ▁shift . ▁In ▁early ▁April ▁the ▁" Cor ol la ▁Spr inter " ▁coup é , ▁using ▁the ▁SL ' s ▁more ▁powerful ▁engine , ▁was ▁introduced . ▁ ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁the ▁engine ▁was ▁upgrad ed ▁to ▁ 1 1 6 6   cc . ▁A ▁special ▁tw in ▁car b ure tt or ▁ 3 K - B ▁( 1 1 6 6   cc ) ▁engines ▁was ▁again ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁SL ▁and ▁Spr inter ▁models . ▁ ▁Japan ▁Japanese ▁market ▁engines : ▁K ▁— ▁ 1 . 1 ▁L ▁( 1 0 7 7   cc ) ▁I 4 , ▁ 8 - val ve ▁O H V , ▁car b , ▁ 6 0