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#44 of 3074 06 Civic getting NAVI by bklynguy Apr 28, 2005 (1:06 pm)
I just read that the 2006 Honda Civic will get a optional navigation system, is there any chance the 2006 Corolla could get one ?
#45 of 3074 Navi? by chris65amg Apr 28, 2005 (3:03 pm)
I bet sometime in the future. I had a navi installed in my Corolla aftermarket, and I just wish that they had made it a factory option. I think that Toyota should also lift a Camry 2.4L and put it into the LE sedan so that it could compete more upmarket with the Jetta and these higher powered Cobalts. Also, the XRS should continue, as it is a pleasant conjunction of good performance and a pretty good price tag. But, I am forced to think that the cladding on the XRS looks a little... immature? (Ah, i'm getting old). So I think that the lineup should look like this....   CE- maybe add power locks as standard. Otherwise, keep it the same. Moving the price up would make it too expensive. It's already among the more expensive non-Jetta compacts.   S- Er.... add locks/windows as standard equipment. Maybe include 2.4L as option.   LE- 2.4L engine and auto standard. Also power locks, windows, possibly 4 way power seat.... navi option would be nice, leather still an option,   XRS- maybe try to tune the engine for a little more power.. And maybe 5-10 more torque.   The best thing about a 2.4L engine option would be that the Corolla would be able to whip its clone.... i mean, its to be fellow pseudo expensive compact car, the Jetta. (The 0-60, 0-100 and slalom speeds for the Corolla and newest Jetta are almost exactly the same, and the Corolla has 130 hp)
#46 of 3074 chris65 by nippononly Apr 28, 2005 (3:16 pm)
I like your line-up! The only change I would make is the S really needs a replacement for the granny tires it gets now, to go with its sporty looks. And ALL the compacts, Jetta and otherwise, are getting keyless entry these days. If I had Toyota's ear, I would strongly encourage them to make that standard across the board for the '06 refresh. If they needed to save money on the S, they could skip the power windows as long as they did the tires and the keyless.   The CE is sold all day long for $12,9 right now. I think that is low enough. You can bet the days of Civic VPs will go away for a few years with the redesign this year. Hyundai and Kia have moved upmarket $1000 or so, and the least expensive Cobalt goes for more than this too. I thikn Toyota would be safe in adding a few hundred $$ to the bottom line on the Corolla CE.
#47 of 3074 Hmm by chris65amg Apr 30, 2005 (3:55 pm)
True about the tires. Also the price, but a CE auto is already about 14.5. The CE manual is 13.7, and you can get about 500$ in rebates, so i guess 13k isn't too bad.   I would love to see a larger engine option: the Corolla just asks for it when other companies are giving multiple engine choices. However, the Corolla has outsold the Civic since its redesign, and the Civic comes with a gaggle of different engines.   I think that even though GM has said it's moving away from rebates the Cobalt will have them before long: the stench of the Cavalier lingers.
#48 of 3074 multiple dealers by nippononly Apr 30, 2005 (11:45 pm)
within a 50-mile radius of me have been advertising all auto Corolla CEs in stock for $12,9 for months and months now. Those are probably base models without options, but still, the price of a new Corolla is pretty low.   I was thinking - why couldn't the S have the same wheels and tires as the XRS? As for faster engines, the Cobalt S/C is actually a SMALLER engine than the regular one! But the point is well taken. Would be kind of cool if they could squeeze the 2.4 from the Camry under the hood of the LE. Or perhaps just the 148 hp 2.0 the RAV used until 2004? Updated for emissions of course.
#49 of 3074 Emissions by chris65amg May 03, 2005 (3:58 pm)
I don't want to launch an attack on the environment, but a lot of cool engines are blocked from the US for emissions reasons.   The Corolla just tickles me pink because here you have the Civic, Focus, Elantra, Mazda3, Forenza, Aerio, Neon, Sentra, Cobalt, PT, Spectra, Lancer, Reno, and Golf all in the same price range. The Corolla has been criticized by many reviewers for being too boring and too expensive, yet it outsells them all. Yet the Mazda 3, which is the car reviewer's best friend, hasn't (and probably never will) sold as well. The Corolla has a name that Toyota has stuck with since the beginning, and now there are people who will buy a Corolla on name alone. It would be sad if I didn't own one Nah, I bought a Corolla because they look classy. They look good with xenons, I have discovered.   A redesign is welcome for the Corolla. Just don't lose the name, because that's important.
#50 of 3074 Xenons by nippononly May 03, 2005 (4:43 pm)
aren't available on Corolla in the U.S.! Where did you see that?
#51 of 3074 My Corolla by chris65amg May 04, 2005 (2:02 pm)
I put xenon headlights on. I found them on EBay. They're the lens type. As well as a lot of other stuff not usually found in a Corolla. I had the exhaust system redone, put a very low profile air intake in, got one of those performance chips, had really good leather put in, put in a navi, replaced the steering wheel. It's my little grand tourer. I think I'll try for heated seats sometime in the future. It gets about 165 hp now and 155 torque.   Mines an 04, I didn't really like the grille on the 05. I was wrestling in my mind over whether to wait for the XRS 05 and then I saw the silly cladding. Replies to this message: toyfan30 (Jun 09, 2005 11:02 am) kirstie_h (Jun 09, 2005 11:04 am)
#52 of 3074 but by nippononly May 04, 2005 (4:16 pm)
the very silly cladding is bolt on, bolt off.   I wouldn't mind THAT being optional for '06 on. They make it a package with foglamps and such on the Matrix.
#53 of 3074 How about VSC? by thefaf Jun 07, 2005 (6:29 pm)
I've been wondering why Toyota offers Stability Control only on automatic equipped Corolla's. VSC is the best safety advancement since seat belts. It helps you avoid an accident, instead of helping you survive one. I'm hoping Toyota will let us manual shift types get VSC in the 2006 Corolla and Matrix. Or I could get a Scion xB, (VSC standard)

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