Corporate says the avalon, rav4 and 14 corolla are off to strong sales. I have been seeing them every now and then on the streets and freeways here in SoCal. They've only been on sale for about a month so I'm sure you'll be seeing em shortly.

 

They've only been on sale for about a month so I'm sure you'll be seeing em shortly.

They have been on sale since 8/27/13 which is well over 2-1/2 months.

 

Wow! I screwed up on that one. I'd only seen them on the lot since mid October and just got mine, ordered on the first day i could do so, Tuesday.

 

What do you most of your co-workers at the NAPO drive? Tundras and Tacomas?

 

Maybe it's still early, I see them at the dealers and have only seen 3-4 on the road so far. Maybe their new design is "too aggressive" for the normal middle or older buyers who's just looking for a point A to B car? I saw a lady driving a white S and the car didn't really suit her so to say. Another time, saw another white S with an old guy driving it, yeah didn't suit him either lol


I did one yesterday during the day with the LED drl on and looks pretty good. At first I thought it was a high end car driving towards me then it drove by and I saw the rear end, it was eh. Doesn't go with the more aggressive looking front =/

 

Maybe it's still early, I see them at the dealers and have only seen 3-4 on the road so far. Maybe their new design is "too aggressive" for the normal middle or older buyers who's just looking for a point A to B car? I saw a lady driving a white S and the car didn't really suit her so to say. Another time, saw another white S with an old guy driving it, yeah didn't suit him either lol =/

You might have a good point there. I drove a '93 Corolla for 10 years and have been driving an '05 for the last 8 years. I waited for months to see the new '14 thinking it might be time to trade up again. I'm 55 years old now and the '14 Corolla just seemed too small to me. After looking at the '14 Corolla, I realized what I really wanted was something with a little more room in it along with a more luxurious/quiet ride to it. I ended up buying a '14 Subaru Forester and am very pleased with it.

 

ive only seen three apart from my own. the dealer i went to practically had a whole lot filled with them but only a few sold. the s model i test drove had like 200 miles on it. so i guess itll start to pick up soon

 

Yes!

We're getting our new '14 Corolla LE (green ext/ash interior) next week. I got $14K for my 2011 LE trade-in (counting a $500 promotional) so I think I got an OK deal. Unfortunately, mine comes with those expensive, worthless, ridiculous floor mats for $299, and I can't talk my way out of that now.
In any case, I think the CVT tranny is fine and the rest of the car is a winner. Looking forward to it!
EW

 

So far I've only seen one, a base (L) one, but it had no plates at all, just a dealer logo, so it was maybe a test drive.

 

I've only seen 2 or 3 of these so far, but come on really, how many people actually NEED a new car these days?

 

you have a good point. a lot of people would rather fix they current ones then buy a new. only reason why I bought new is due to my 40 min commute from white marsh to columbia, md for work

 

thats exactly why i bought mine, 40 mile commute from Glen Burnie to aberdeen.

 

So far, I've seen A LOT in Toronto(mainly Corolla S). this could be because there is a Toyota dealer nearby but I do see a lot further from there. I remember seeing around 10 on the first week it came out!

 

just b/c you dont see 'em, doesnt mean theyre not out there

 

tushay.....

 

I saw a couple today...one was actually a rental as I did see a barcode on it. It seems Toyota did some fleet sales too already.

 

Okay I'm seeing them more and more now. Last night saw one on the road, they have very nice lights. It was driving behind me and had a nice blue flicker but I couldn't figure out what car it was. I let it pass me and it was a corolla. Nice lights.

 

I saw an LE today. It looked pretty bland though as I was passing it. I didn't even realize that is was a new Corolla until I saw the Corolla name on the back. There was a 10th gen Corolla S in front of it that looked much better rolling down the road.

 

I saw an LE today. It looked pretty bland though as I was passing it. I didn't even realize that is was a new Corolla until I saw the Corolla name on the back. There was a 10th gen Corolla S in front of it that looked much better rolling down the road.

It was yours

 

For looks I'd pick the 11th gen Corolla S over the 10th gen any time, I never liked the 10th gen after the front end "refresh" so if I had to buy one and chose it would be the earlier 10th gen.

I would've bought the 11th gen... except the dealer would not give me enough on my trade-in, then I decided to buy either an older IS or a 1st gen XRS which I ended up buying... either way would have to be manual.

Another reason was I wanted to do some light track racing with the car, the 11th gen would've been way to slow at the track and it would probably take me a while before I could get into modding it... out the box the XRS is already faster than either 10th or 11th gen, so it made it a better choice for my wants and needs.

 

new corolla have trouble with elantra...better warranty and look.lot of people d ont care about reliability in long term...

 

Lots? Maybe. Alot more people do care about reliability than don't, as shown by toyota being the biggest auto manufacturer in the world and having gotten there by building reliable cars. Hyundai is building some fine cars these days, as is Kia. They look good (especially kia) and offer alot of value for the money. Try to find hyundais or kias with 200,000 or more miles on the odometer though. You can find tons of toyotas with those miles. The koreans don't last as long.

 

i agree,but why toyota d ont give better waranty than kia for exemple...? buyer look that.lot of corolla 2009 ,2010 have a water pump issue,toy must take care of sale of korean car.in quebec,elantra sale 13000 car,corolla 10000 in 2012...

 

This is very simple. Toyota doesn't have to give the same warranty to sell their cars like Hyundai & Kia do. Toyota sells cars because of their reputation for reliability. I would rather have a car with a 3 year warranty that has the ability to last 10+ years with few issues compared to a car with a 10 year warranty that has to be in the shop to be fixed a lot more, even if it's paid for.

Watch the movie "Tommy Boy" and listen for the line about the value of a better warranty. I'll take the better product every time.

 

Hyundai and kia have to offer the warranty to intice buyers to purchase their products. The hundai vehicles of the 1990s were horrible cars and earned a bad reputation. Hyundai made alot of improvements and started producing a much better vehicle however people remembered the old cars and wouldn't buy the new ones. In order to get customers to buy, hyundai had to offer an incentive, their warranty.

I didn't understand the last part of your post about the elantra sale 13000, corolla sale 10,000?

I didn't know there was a corolla waterpump problem in 2009. The 1.8L engine is essentially the same one from the ninties so I don't understand why there would be a waterpump problem.

 

Hyundai and kia have to offer the warranty to intice buyers to purchase their products. The hundai vehicles of the 1990s were horrible cars and earned a bad reputation.

bingo :thumbsup:

 

since 2009 the motor have new design,it 2zr.last was 1zr.thats why some isue with waterpump,bad design.toyota is my favorite brand but the sale drop slowly and its a warning for toy...

 

The neighbor across the street has a blue 2014 s, her first car, she says she likes it. There's a 2014 silver non s up the hill, parked. Not sure if it's neighbors or not. They're coming!!!

 

Just went to a dealership to check out a corolla, altho I can't say that the service was great (Ehm, let's take them outside with temperature in the 20's and then leave them there while I get the keys)

The price for a S Plus with sunroof, 18,500 before taxes, dealer fees, etc. But including delivery fees

I sent them an email when the '14 just came out, they were charging MSRP

 

havent seen them yet then all of a sudden saw 3 today: 2 S's and an LE premium

 

I live in Huntsville, AL which with the suburban sprawl is about 400,000 people. I bought my white S on 9/10. They had just got 2 of them in that week. A black one and mine. Since then I have seen zero of any model. Hmmmm.:dunno:

 

It appears that there aren't much discounts on the new car now, which I suppose is good for Toyota's case, and that most of the remaining 2013s have been sold (likely with incentives). Right now the Civic has more incentives than the Corolla, so it is leading the pack. I expect Toyota to crank up the rebates soon so that they don't lose any more marketshare to Honda and the others.