Comments on: Toyota Corolla packed with a lil’ action?

By: Phill

Phill — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:02:13 +0000

Some car ads are reaily dumb,Is Toyota saying Corollas are for Theiving Pussy’s and kitterns???Bronze medal for them.4th Ford with there two fingers campain,If you invert the fingers you get a whole different meaning,Silver medal to Holden for there sportwagon line,”It’s a wagon with the word sport infront of it”.But gold goes to Nissan for there X-trial ad,The car thats not for Pretenders,But has Boris the pretend crocodile in it,classic.

By: mrengine

mrengine — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:45:42 +0000

corolla is Australia’s most reliable smart driving car however the new models are just too big to be named a corolla….they are alot larger than the old school camrys….what are you doing toyota ? wake up!!!!

By: grant ennew

grant ennew — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:39:24 +0000

wheel nut,,, well you are a nut i understand why you use nut now i no…. ford and holdens are at the end of sales bannner… why then i’ll answer you cause they are owned by the same company and just like coca cola and pepsi they want us to fight over witch is better, and well ford and holden or issusu and issusu do you see make the same shitty cars … no brainer … the little honest company gets the business smart thinking , we the customer are not dumb we see value for our dollars …. go toyota and as a fact there is and never was a car company soley owned in this country…..holden and ford american till sold out to issusu …japan owns the hole car industry so only the little guy is gunna give you that honesty…so support it don’t knock it and wake up ….

By: grant ennew

grant ennew — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:02 +0000

remove the plastic feul tanks in all cars and give back the steel tank it is smarter than the tank that splits in less than 2-3 years or if you have an accident , walla bang you are gone … burns burns burns…..you on fire…. to late you bought it…4×4 mit sub isi…get a real car toyota now jump…mr issusu you are wrong…..

By: grant ennew

grant ennew — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:43:13 +0000

well all you lot should realise that you are not buying anything other than a badge made by issusu wow WOW stand by honesty toyota not yet issusu , Corrola loyalty to the customer that’s why it’s the bigest seller in australia we like honesty,HONESTY… car manufactues wake up or just realise we are not dumb, keep rockin toyota and stay away from issusu the rip off company , they own holden ford mazda nissan etc most of the car industry…holden sold to issusu 1974 ford sold to issusu 1980 so why give anything to them for a product that kill’s example mitubissi’s burns…plastic plastic plastic where is the sub frames wake up australia and give us a real safety test on all cars and not let 1 company rule the market…..and lie to us …..>>>>

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:42:36 +0000

QUOTE Wheelnut: “If it’s got enough to kill the bogan cars; despite the fact that you can’t really compare them as its RWD vs FWD….
then why is the Aurion – in both standard and TuRD form unable to outsell the Falcon and Commodore [incl FPV n HSV]

I mean given that the Aurion [supposedly] has better engineering, more power and is more refined then surely it would be a “no brainer” to go for the Aurion… Bearing in mind that according to the stereotype – Bogans aren’t that bright.”

Well Commodores have long been Aussie pretenders fooling the entire nation. They started off as ‘Frankenstein’ getting a donor body from Opel then engines from Buick, even Nissan and what-have-you. Then they’re rebadged with Peugeot knock-off lion emblems to make it seem they’re originally from downunder. The VE’s body may have been designed here, but everything else still comes from overseas.

The bottom line is there’s no logical reason to get this kind of car. It’s unnecessarily big, with yesteryear 4-speed autos matched to a V6 less powerful and economical than what the others have to offer. Factor in the electrical glitches, paint mismatch and what-not, and we’ve got the bestseller. Go figure!

The Falcon is actually the most ‘Australian’ car you can get. The epic 4-litre straight-six is among the class leaders, with a better thought out dash than its Holden counterpart. It is better in just about every way, but why isn’t it selling so well?

You said it yourself, bogans aren’t very smart, but I do have to agree that Toyota are missing the point in their TRD lineup. The supercharged Aurion is at the end of the day just a more powerful version of mum’s Camry, and the HiLux doesn’t have sport in its vocabulary no matter what. But they are indeed better made than any RWD Oz sedan or ute. They should get it right in the Corolla, shoehorning the non-supercharged V6 and sorting out the suspension to come up with a better performance car.

By: RoFlmaTiC

RoFlmaTiC — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:33:45 +0000

Yeah I think lotus do squeeze a little more power out of the engine (180hp to 190?), but it’s unfair (to toyota) to suggest that Lotus double the power.

As far as I know, this is how it works:

1zzge – 1.8L (140hp) engine used in the (previous) corolla and mr2, and current elise in some markets

2zzge – 1.8L (180-190hp) engine used in the celica, corolla sportivo and elise / exige in some markets.

In addition, in some areas you can get a exige s, which I believe has a supercharger on the 2zzge engine, increasing power to 218hp.

Lotus didn’t need to do much to the engine, it was pretty maxed out. The compression ratio was 11.5 or something. Where they come into their own is with suspension and chassis etc.

The 2zzge was a great engine for its time, (until euro IV came out anyway!). It was toyotas first mass produced all aluminium engines which replaced the highly regarded AGe engines. They provided one of the best power to engine weight ratios which is why lotus sought them out to use in their cars.

See the graph for yourself!

sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/thecar/engine/ratio.jpg

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:28:10 +0000

Roflmatic – the engine in the Lotus may be a different engine than what’s in the Corolla – even so I’d say that Toyota would still have a contract to supply Lotus with a similar engine[s] and I’d say that Lotus would still be [willing and] able to get more power out of it than Toyota.

Remember Lotus have far more F1 experience than Toyota do and F1 is supposedly the pinnacle of automotive engineering

By: Flying High

Flying High — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:04:14 +0000

Sam, r u sure you’ve got the right website?

By: Spider

Spider — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:03:17 +0000

71 comments, yet “Toyota has no soul”?!
What a bunch of tools!!

By: Motorhead

Motorhead — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:08:34 +0000

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By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:49:35 +0000

I am 31 years old and have had my corolla for 10 years. I bought it new. It has been a great car. This model was the last small car built in Australia. I am ready to buy another car and I would happily buy a new Corolla if they would only make one that is better than the one I already have. Perhaps I should have bought 2 in 1998 and kept one all locked up!

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:37:22 +0000

J&H – Not only does it look as big as a Camry.. but it also looks like a mixture of the 3 Model Camrys [2002-08]

By: JEYKL & HYDE

JEYKL & HYDE — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:41:43 +0000

is it just me or does the corolla sedan in the above picture look about as big as a camry???go the ninja pussies!!!

By: craigMM

craigMM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:40:26 +0000

Oh and another thing.
If I was shopping for a performance car , Toyota doesn’t even cross my mind.
They’ve had plenty of opportunities to change their image over the years. They just keep pumping out appliances!
Im getting fired up now so Im gonna stop before I lose it!

By: craigMM

craigMM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:30:59 +0000

It might reduce the age of corolla drivers down to about 60ish.
I firmly beleive there are two groups that work in Toyota:

the ones that want performance cars and the ones who refuse to allow any thought of Toyota being connected with genuine perfomance.
Guess who wins most of the time?

By: Flying High

Flying High — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:28:51 +0000

The add is attrocious, but if you are a Toyota fan you might like it. Actually, ‘Toyota fan’ is somewhat of an oxymoron, as a ‘fan’ would imply passion of some description. And Toyota is Japanese for boring, soulless, bland forms of transport for the masses.

By: VW Freak

VW Freak — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:14:40 +0000

Oh, forgot to mention, just referring to your article CA, stability will finally be available from December production onwards. There’s also (for some strange reason) changes to the gear ratios for the 6 speed manual?!? Couple of other little changes as well. No CVT or 5 or 6 speed auto… or Valvematic, or V6, or 2.4… yawwwwwwnnnnn

By: sleepy

sleepy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:50:52 +0000

the ads sucks…. no imagination.

yah…they should put their $$ in R&D.

give us some proper suspension

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:42:23 +0000

You know what? I have just realized something. Even if Toyota did do a hot hatch, we car interested people would probably still rip on it. And you know they’d stuff it up anyway. Neither of the TRD models so far have been particularly memorable and I don’t think the Rav4 TRD is going to be all that good, considering the 200kw Rav4 is truly crap. I think that Australia should get the V6 Corolla. Seems like the sort of thing that would sell here. And you should definitley get a diesel.