The Short Version
- 5×100. Not 4×100, not 5×114.3. Five studs on a hundred millimetres, across the entire family for thirteen years.
- Carina bore: 60 mm. Confirmed on individual grade pages.
- Corona bore: never researched — despite the Corona sharing hubs with the Carina.
- The GT grade is not different. No sporting-grade hub anywhere in the range.
The Pattern Nobody Associates With Toyota
Ask what bolt pattern a mid-size Toyota of the 1990s uses and you will be told 5×114.3. That is right for the Mark II, the Chaser and the Camry. It is wrong for this family.
We read 314 Carina grade rows and 178 Corona rows, spanning the T170, T190 and T210 generations from 1988 to 2001, plus the Carina Surf estate, the Carina ED hardtop and the Corona EXiV. Every single row returns 100 mm, 5 holes.
5×100 is a pattern most people associate with Volkswagen and Audi, and with the GC8 Impreza in the Japanese world. It was Toyota’s front-drive mid-size standard for this whole era, and it is one of the most commonly mis-stated figures we encounter.
Factory Specification
| Model | Chassis span | Example grade | Wheel | PCD / Holes / Bore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carina | Q-CT170 to GF-AT212 / ST215 | 1.5 Ti My Road 5MT (GF-AT212) | 5.5J×14 +45 | 100 / 5 / 60 |
| Carina | GF-AT210 | 1.6 GT 6MT, 1998.08–2001.12 | 6J×15 +45, 195/55R15 | 100 / 5 / 60 |
| Carina ED | E-ST180 to E-ST205 | 1.8 X Limited 5MT, 1992.08–1993.10 | 6J×14 +45 | 100 / 5 / 60 |
| Carina Surf | E-AT170G, E-ST170G, Q-CT170G | estate grades | — | 100 / 5 / 60 |
| Corona | Q-CT170 to E-ST171 | 1.6 GX Lucia 5MT (E-AT190) | — | 100 / 5 / Not researched |
| Corona EXiV | E-ST180 to E-ST205 | hardtop grades | — | 100 / 5 / Not researched |
The Twins That Disagree With Themselves
Here is something worth knowing about the sources everyone uses, including us.
The Carina ED and the Corona EXiV are badge-engineered twins. They share the same chassis codes — E-ST180 through E-ST205 — and the same hubs. There is no physical difference.
The database gives the Carina ED a 60 mm bore on every one of those codes, and gives the Corona EXiV nothing at all on the same codes. We opened individual grade pages on both sides to be sure it was not a display artefact. It is not; the Carina ED page states 60 mm and the Corona EXiV page states unresearched.
The same thing happens between the Carina and the Corona sedans. So the honest position is: if you have a Corona, the Carina figure almost certainly applies to your car, but the database has not said so. We are telling you where the number came from rather than quietly copying it across.
No Special Hub for the GT
We looked specifically for a sporting-grade divergence and did not find one. The GF-AT210 Carina GT, 1.6 with the six-speed, sits on 6J×15 at +45 with 195/55R15 on the same 5×100 / 60 mm as the 1.5 My Road. Larger wheel, same hub.
We also could not find the earlier Carina GT-R with the 4A-GE at all — the database’s earliest Carina entry is a Q-CT170 from 1988, and the celebrated ST162-generation GT-R predates that. So we have nothing to report on it, and we would rather say so than infer from a sibling.
Sizing
Offsets sit at +45 across almost the entire family, on 14 and 15-inch rims. The realistic upgrade is 15×6.5J or 16×7J in the +38 to +48 band.
The 5×100 pattern is your constraint and your opportunity. Wheels are less abundant than 5×114.3, but you can shop the GC8 Impreza and Celica markets, and a good deal of European stock, provided you check the bore — European 5×100 wheels are usually bored 57.1 mm for Volkswagen, which will not fit a 60 mm Toyota hub. This is the single most likely way to waste money on this car.
Importing
The T170 generation is entirely past 25 years. The T190 is eligible now through 2027, and the T210 follows to 2026 and beyond. None of these reached North America as a Carina or Corona, though the platform underpins cars that did.
What We Could Not Verify
- Hub bore for any Corona or Corona EXiV grade. Marked unresearched throughout, on the same chassis codes where the Carina shows 60 mm.
- The Carina GT-R (4A-GE). Not present in the database at all; likely outside its coverage window.
- Corona Premio and Corona SF, which we did not open.