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Carletti @ Oct 31st 2007 1:12PM
Marginally interesting, fundamentally boring.
SOhp101 @ Oct 31st 2007 1:58PM
Why do you (and all the other whiners) constantly gripe about it being boring? It's not meant to be an endorphin inducing car--it's meant to get you from point A to point B and not much else. Newsflash, but not everyone is looking for what the auto enthusiast looks for in a car. The Corolla never was, never is, and never will be the type of car you would want to drive.
Toyota and other 'standard' car companies stopped producing the real drivers' cars because there aren't enough enthusiasts that would purchase it to make it profitable. It makes more sense for a company to make their luxury models the sporty ones because those customers can afford to pay extra, and even in those cases most shoppers don't care that much.
Chuck U. Farlie @ Oct 31st 2007 2:30PM
SOhp101
"The Corolla never was, never is, and never will be the type of car you would want to drive."
...the AE86 is sought after by a lot of people, because it was and is the type of car you'd want to drive!
SOhp101 @ Oct 31st 2007 3:09PM
RE: Chuck U. Farlie
Would you really want to drive that today? It was cool during its time, but the main appeal of the car is its FR layout and its ease in performance mods. But Toyota realized it wasn't worth spending millions on R&D for a car whose image wasn't one that it really cared to project anymore.
Most people don't know the difference between RWD/FWD, let alone drive their cars to feel the difference, and the only performance figure they care about is the hp rating. Most car companies will occasionally try to appeal to the enthusiasts' demands, but the reality is that a 'value' (the price range of the Corolla) performance car isn't a profitable segment.
Plus, the last year the AE86 was produced was nearly 20 years ago. It's about time to look to another model/company for performance.
SherbornSean @ Oct 31st 2007 10:59PM
I guess what's hard to understand is that Toyota delayed the Corolla for a full year because they saw how successful the Civic is with its more radical styling and decided it better to bring out an exciting model a year late than a boring model quicker.
Failure.