2009 Corolla XRS vs Our 3
 

Thanks to mazda 3, the competetion seems to be ever hotter. Toyota reveals its new Corolla for 2009, trying hard to match the Mazda3 with its XRS model (top of the line). Its front and orverall design, seems to me, has hints of the current mazda3. It certainly is no match to the mazdaspeed, you be the judge if the XRS is ever closer to the Mazda3 with 2.3L engine. (will be 2.5 in 2009?) Toyota plays games with the Corolla before, with a low starting price, and a long list of desired features on option.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-corolla.html


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ITS TURBOCHARGED?????????

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nooooooo, the XRS will come with a 2.4L 158HP engine.
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meh, the 2010 (or '09's) mazda3's will get a 2.0L engine, or a 2.5L engine making closer to 200 hp

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so wats with the intercooler?

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oooh looks sexy. buttttt i think the mazda3 looks sexxier

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That was just a model they made for SEMA, not the production model.

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LAME

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I don't know, but the the Corolla, is very clean and looks good. The 3 still looks good.

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FUGLY....The 3 in it's current state is much more attractive.

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+1... they only trying to 1up the mazda3 by placing that damn intercooler!!! without it, it looks like the 2008 accord..and thats pretty low.

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the corolla has been competing with mazda. bsck when they had the protege the corolla did better but ever since the mazda3 they have had some awesome success and the corolla sales have been going down. its because the mazda3 is soo much nicer and it is around the same price. the highest end corolla doesnt looking as good as the mazda3.

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Toyota it seems is never going to be on the leading edge, part of the burden that comes with wanting to sell amassive volume ... you have to make sure no one it turned off by your style, as much as you are interested in turning people on.

What jumps to my mind in looking at the photos, is the new Mitsubishi Lancer. Seems everybody is converging toward the same basic look. Kind of annoys me, that in a couple years, my M3 will be less distinctive.

http://www.mitsubishicars.com/MMNA/j...x.do?loc=en-us

http://jalopnik.com/cars/sema/sema-2...009-317355.php

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yea that lancer looks soo different. i hate the new one compared to the older one. the older one was soo sexy i loved that car sooo much :D

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That's exactly how I felt, here and there on the new corolla styling, you see the imprints of the mazda3. it's a huge improvement from previous/exisiting corolla's which have bland styling like a piece of bread being squeezed upward. I remembered my test drive of the corolla, turning out from deader to the highway, wanted to test accel, pushed the gas, engine roared, car didn't respond. the quality of toyota cars is sliding as well, they had better built cars in the eighties.

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actually i gotta disagree that it resembles the lancer. the lancer more closely resembles the new lexus is250. the corolla looks more like a baby camry to me. the lancer has sharp edges, looks more boxy than the corolla.

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The car looks like a small Camry, andthe XRS'front lookslike a civic with a bigger grille. The inside is asplain as a cracker, andto give the Corolla any kind of distinction you have to compare it to a hyundai elantra or kia rio. The Corolla is nothing compared to the 3.

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best comparison yet. lol

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+ 1 right there that is awesommme hahahha

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Ah. Toyaota's are soft and don't handle well, and I have no doubt that this one is any different. That's just Toyota's (suspension) MO these days. /they are more into the ride than the handling/fun factor.

Man o' Man!! I am on my mother's computer and I hate this keyboard even more than the one i usually use!!

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And BTW: I've been saying for a while now that the current Camry, from a distance, looks very much like the 3 comoing towards you. Then it gets closer and it's just FUGLY!!! Looks like a bull in heat.

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haha welcome back richard and i have to agree with you. that car is ugly. yet my dad wanted one. butt i dono. i almost bought a corolla (shoot me now) i went there and they would give me a good deal. buttttttt i found the 3 wayyyyyy more appealing. it was soo much sexier

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I agree it looks like a small Camry. Personally, the new Camry is very easy on the eyes. What I do not usually like about Toyota products is their interior. I usually find them boring. This is why I usually choose a Honda product. That said, the Mazda 3 has a great interior, especially at night, where it lights up like a christmas tree, and I love the contrast between the blue gauges and red centrecontrols andred illuminated steering wheel controls.The Mazda 3 interior is way better than the Corilla or Civic IMHO.

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the corolla is boring. the whole car is boring. whats the point of that. why not get a car that actually looks good and is the same price.

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lol i just had a thought about the members of a toyota forum somewhere and them bashing on the mazda 3. mayb they're saying something like "the mazda3 looks a child's toy. it doesn't look like a car for ADULTS." LMAO... i guess its all about the way you look at it. hahaha..

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LOL. thats a good point. they are prolly like omg the mazda3 sucks big time the corolla looks soo much better.

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http://www.toyotafans.net/2008-and-b...rolla-f130.htmmwahahahahahah i dont know if there is something.. ill check it

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looks like toyota stole the old protege design and mixed it in with the 3's taillight design they copied as well

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Since this is a Mazda forum, Iguess I will be able to talk crap about Toyota all I want. Personally, I think Toyota is overpriced, overrated, UGLY & bulky, and not to mention BORING. Yea I admit I m a Toyota/Lexus hater, and I will never ever buy a Toyota/Lexusthe rest of my life. Toyota is well know for realiabitity and good solid gas mileage, but that is more historically speaking. And Toyota become more and more cocky when it comes to it. Well I can go on forever with bunch of Toyota hating craps, but I won't throw it all in here, I will probably bored the hell out of all of you.

Lets start with the so call Corolla will last forever because it is so realiable, ok don't make me laugh over there. I personally know a few friends that own Corolla. I will compare and give 2 of my favorite examples. I have a friend own 99 Corolla with 50Kish mileage cuz he hardly drive much. I own a 99 Protege with 137K mileage. His corrolla been through shop for more repairs than mine, and this is the true story, not made up. Plus his 99 corolla rattle like crazy every bumps and sounds like is about to fall apart, mine 99 Protege, only 1 minor squeaky noise that is hardly noticeable. So which car is more realiable now and which car got better quality now? I mean 50K mileage vs 137K mileage car with the same exact year. Plus I drive my Protege hard (cornering, hard acceralation, u name it) half of the time and been through a lot of 1000+ miles long distance road trip. Another friend got 2003 Corolla, a different newer generation Corolla than the 99 model, his Corolla been through the dealer shop more than my 99 Protege. And each visit his Corolla cost him average $200-$300 repairs and still keep getting more problems. Another true story. So how the hell can a 03 Corolla worse than a 99 Protege? Is that what ppl so call definition of Toyota is realiable? Toyota reliability reputation is call history, maybe for the pass 3 decades (70s, 80s, and 90s). But today, toyota is no longer the realibility king, most other cars are just as realible as toyota these days and in fact some are even better than toyota.

And there comes the gas mileage, yea corolla probably got like marginal better gas mileage than Mazda3, but I will buy a 3 over Corolla anyday for so much more from the 3 than corolla can ever offer for around the same price range. The styling alone, Corolla iscomparable toa grandpa out of style and 3 iscomparable to ahealthy young adult in style. Even though I don't own a 3, but my sister does and yes I have driven it before and yes I alsohave driven Corolla onlong road trip from rental car before too. So I am not someone that is talking crap about toyota without driving it or knowing friends that own them. Only reason I haven't buy a 3 is because my 99 Protege is so damn realible and problem free that I am attached to it. Still fun to drive as well also. There goes my biased opinions for now. And I only getting started....lol! Sorry for dumping these trash talk over here if I offended anyCorolla or XRS fans here (which I highly doubt it)!

Moderator, if you want to delete my message because I talk crap too much, feel free, it won't hurt my feeling. But please let me know so that I know the limit of what I can discuss or not discuss in this forum in the future.

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i think that it looks like a VW and a corolla had a really ugly love-child.

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Two ugly animals can't breed a cute one.[:-]

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If you go off of Richard's Adage that the Camry looks like a Bull in heat, I guess the Corolla looks like a Calf trying to be in heat LOL

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well its like they say 2 wrongs dont make a right :D. however i wont lie i was looking at this car when buying my mazda3. it was cheaper for the XRS then for my GS 3. but i drove one the other day. sooo much difference. the XRS doesnt feel right. my parents wanted me to get a yota or a hondur. but i didnt want it. best car in its class for the price range is for sure the mazda3. best handling, 4 wheel disc brakes, best looking * i looooove the ass on my car* and i see more mazda3's then i do honda ****vics or toyota crapporollas.

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I remember posting that somewhere here, but I"m surprised you remembered it. It must have made some impression on you?

And petroxg, Moderators are only here to enforce the rules of the site and help keep things on track. I don"t see that your post violates any site rules. You"re fine. :D

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Except that his adage is wrong, because bulls are male. [8D]

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Thanks!

And I thought the new 09 Corolla supposed to be a completely new redesigned model. I am sorry, but to me I hardly see anydifference at all.Seemsto me itjust minor tweak and facelifted front and back, that's it! And from various sources of car reviews here and there I have read. Let's put a little comparison there, rated #1 is the newly redesign Civic from 06and Mzd 3 still sit solid on#2 or #3 even though it was out since 04. Way before any of the current Civic or Corolla on the market. Guess where the 09 Corolla is sitting at? The bottom 1/3 of the list of the compact cars segment at #11. Hey, that is not from ppl that hates Toyota, these are actual professional car reviewers rating that had been fond of Toyota in the pass.