Corolla = fugly!

 

I drove a '05 Corolla just Friday, as I had some cool things done to my box (it's still a secret...)
Anyway, I see the same window switches that are in the xA and xB are in there; the pickup was really about the same as my xA, so that can't be good. I did not like the fake wood grain in the Corolla; that's just me.
Trunk space was HUGE in the Corolla. Gas mileage not as good as the xA. The outside temp guage was cute, but in a bad place, really. And boy, once you drive cars with the speedo in the correct place (the center of the dash), it's hard to go back to one in front of the wheel.

Plus, DRL's are stupid and the Corolla, when the DRL's are on, the dash lights light up, which would drive me crazy at night. I might forget the lights aren't on all the way.

I did like the A/C in the Corolla better then the xB.
The speakers are laid out the same as the xA.

The auto stick control is the same as the xA.

 

i drove an older camry (not mine) that has 125HP like the new corolla, it accelerates alot faster than my xA, i guess the 2.0L engine helps compare to the 1.5L xA engine . i'll be honest, i'll pay up to 1000 more just to have a little more power in my xA, perfer to have about 125Hp, that is a good range for today's car.

 

That's not a good comparison the Corolla, as it is a 2.0L engine, which has a LOT more torque than the Corolla's 1.8L.

I personally owned 99 Corolla LE(for a brief time), and the 0-60 it posted (auto) was 9.2 vs the xA's 8.8 0-60 (manual). I never looked into the 5spd Corolla's performance but it can't be too far off.

 

the xA is 10.6 sec i believe, i saw it on emunds's car's spec.

 

8.8 according to Motortrend. . . 10.6 must be with the auto.

 

must be, lol, my neighbor just bought a brand new corolla LE for 15.5K before tax, i paid 14K for my scion xA auto, everything is the same, the corolla has a bigger engine than mine, but it's also about 400 pounds heavier, it doesn't have anti lock break, and mine does, My car also came with a full blown Pionner system, something that the corrolla is missing, the corrolla also it costs 1.5K more. I think i came out ok with my car, i wish i have a bigger engine but i'm ok with the one i have now. With about 400 more pounds, the gap between the corolla engine and the xA is reduced dramaticly . My neighbor is trying to show me off or something, i freaking just bought my car a week ago, today he came home with his new corolla the same color as mine and he parked right next to my car lol.

 

I think he may be trying to give some "brotherly" love.