savagegeese
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I said to Toyota what the F is with all your marketing, like the Larry Chen videos of that thing power drifting, because that's nothing that car ever does. You can't break rear end loose on any dry pavement under power. The chief engineer basically said the Yaris was the fun short wheel base car that you can flick around and it rotates. The Corolla because it's longer, larger the goal was safety, stability and ease to drive.
So while it has AWD which in my approximation makes it an amazing all season car if you got it for 35k. That's the MAX I'd pay for it. It feels more like a shit box compared to the Type R. The seats are flimsy the interior is very dated right now and the human and cargo capacity make it a harder sell as a primary fun car. Again at 35k sure. But when you push 45k no way.
I drove all the versions of the Corolla. The Akio version was the best on track, (tires, stiffness etc.) But after driving it for 30 min I was over it. The other big thing that kills it for me is while 3 cyl sounds better than Type R. Engine power fell off big time with heat soak and was not eager to rev to redline like K20.
Is the Type R 10k better than Corolla, yes. But, I could see GR being a blast in winter and bad weather where the Type R will always be FWD with no manual parking brake like Corolla.
To be fair to the Corolla it was basically vaporware when it launched. Toyota barely even got the press cars for the event and few were really early pre production cars. Not even enough cars for all the people there to drive and the track config they had us on was so nerf. You could go foot to the floor 90% of the time I had to purposely force it to get completely loaded up at high speed (80MPH)and lift off to get it oversteer. It was a car that was very understeer prone in every mode in fast driving.@savagegeese thanks for the great review video! Could you maybe speak to who the GR Corolla would be better for and who the Type R would be better for? I know you touched on the Type R feeling more edgy and quick, but was wondering if you had noticed any other major differences in character?
I said to Toyota what the F is with all your marketing, like the Larry Chen videos of that thing power drifting, because that's nothing that car ever does. You can't break rear end loose on any dry pavement under power. The chief engineer basically said the Yaris was the fun short wheel base car that you can flick around and it rotates. The Corolla because it's longer, larger the goal was safety, stability and ease to drive.
So while it has AWD which in my approximation makes it an amazing all season car if you got it for 35k. That's the MAX I'd pay for it. It feels more like a shit box compared to the Type R. The seats are flimsy the interior is very dated right now and the human and cargo capacity make it a harder sell as a primary fun car. Again at 35k sure. But when you push 45k no way.
I drove all the versions of the Corolla. The Akio version was the best on track, (tires, stiffness etc.) But after driving it for 30 min I was over it. The other big thing that kills it for me is while 3 cyl sounds better than Type R. Engine power fell off big time with heat soak and was not eager to rev to redline like K20.
Is the Type R 10k better than Corolla, yes. But, I could see GR being a blast in winter and bad weather where the Type R will always be FWD with no manual parking brake like Corolla.
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