Build quality is Job One, to quote another car manufacturer's phrase 
I honestly believe this is the last Toyota (of all models) with the '80s-90s build quality and precision (Honda's last great car was the '98-01 Accord).
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2006/11/and-then-theres-corolla-dependable/
Even to a novice car person, he or she can probably spot the impeccable build quality. Whether it's NUMMI or Canada or Japan, these cars were really well-built and are almost reminiscent of 1st-gen Lexuses from '89-94.
With a 5-speed stick, these will run deep into the 8s and high 7s; with the XR-S they will run sub-7 sprints and hit 135. Even the base auto will do the job between 9-9.5s and hit 113, good enough to run with older 350 Caprices and 351 Crown Vics.
I'd even take one of these over a later Lexus (the '98 GS400, while fast, was not that well-built and had problems).
Corolla is a way to feel like you took your car purchase seriously even if you don't have tons of cash. And while the Mazda3 may be faster or sportier and handle better, a decade from now you'll have the Corolla and the Mazda3 will be recycled into the aluminum tray you eat your food on at you workplace cafeteria
other than the clock dimming and the 299,999 issue these cars are gold. And besides, most cars won't ever make it to 300,000 unless they are Toyotas, old American trucks or specific W-chassis Benzes (W116, W126, W123, W201).
I honestly believe this is the last Toyota (of all models) with the '80s-90s build quality and precision (Honda's last great car was the '98-01 Accord).
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2006/11/and-then-theres-corolla-dependable/
Even to a novice car person, he or she can probably spot the impeccable build quality. Whether it's NUMMI or Canada or Japan, these cars were really well-built and are almost reminiscent of 1st-gen Lexuses from '89-94.
With a 5-speed stick, these will run deep into the 8s and high 7s; with the XR-S they will run sub-7 sprints and hit 135. Even the base auto will do the job between 9-9.5s and hit 113, good enough to run with older 350 Caprices and 351 Crown Vics.
I'd even take one of these over a later Lexus (the '98 GS400, while fast, was not that well-built and had problems).
Corolla is a way to feel like you took your car purchase seriously even if you don't have tons of cash. And while the Mazda3 may be faster or sportier and handle better, a decade from now you'll have the Corolla and the Mazda3 will be recycled into the aluminum tray you eat your food on at you workplace cafeteria
other than the clock dimming and the 299,999 issue these cars are gold. And besides, most cars won't ever make it to 300,000 unless they are Toyotas, old American trucks or specific W-chassis Benzes (W116, W126, W123, W201).
