JDM Toyota Two feet of snow is nothing compared to where I'm from in canada.

Agreed. Toyota is simple, reliable and easy to fix.. and now they even have better looks too. I had a Turbo WRX and downgraded to Corolla.. you'd think that's crazy, but I'm saving a bunch of on gas and I can fix anything on this car myself, I can even remove the engine, but the Subaru would've been insane.

Because they are threatened and jealous of the success of Toyota. No one wants to be 2nd tier to someone else. Domestic fans are especially envious, as Toyota dethroned their now irrelevant Taurus, back in 1997.

toyotas are as relieble as any other car and not so cheap maybe in the 80s they were

There's some truth in both the replies from +Khemistry and +Patriot Fieri Back in the 70's and 80's Toyota, along with some other Japanese brands, stood well above other car brands when it came to reliability and bang for the buck. This pushed competition along just nicely, but also turned cars from domestic markets into bland copies of one another. This only got worse during the recent financial crisis. Many people, especially patriots, seemed to blame "foreigners" on the automotive industry's problems - Though I dare say people just didn't want to buy the bland econo-boxes they were selling. On a plus note, their reliability has improved quite a bit over the years, and by now, most western world cars are as reliable as Japanese cars, plus the price gap had been narrowed considerately. By now, I'd probably buy the Ford Focus, because I like it's design. The cars are almost the same across the borders, so it's like splitting hairs on which is better, so it's all down to personal preference. In other words, haters gonna hate, patriots doubly so. Don't worry about it and buy what you like the most.

Grumpy ol' Boot they were also quieter. smoother etc. thats not always true anymore. there was a huge gap between american compcts and asian ones until , say late nineties. huge.only car coming close to refinment was an escort. in compacts. that cant be said anymore. a lot of them got cheap. shit there was 2 or 3 years where consumer reports did not recommend the civic. like 2011 to 12 ? and he even says the toyota is noisy. they were very quiet. and mostly all except for what GM made had independant rear suspensions. who does that now ? i know from experience toyota got cheap in the late 90's. drive a 92 corolla , and then drive a 97. or even a 2004. big difference.

emil sponga Curiously, I've never driven any of the american compacts .. though that may be because I live in Denmark. Most of the compacts over here, during the 70-80's were either barebone automobiles, like the Mini Cooper or the Citroen 2CV, and indeed, those were apalling rackets, but also very cheap,which was a necessity, as WW2 had taken all our wealth away - Literally. Meanwhile, the bigger and more upclass cars, like Mercedes, BMW and Jaguar, they were just fine - Smooth like butter. As for the competition in the compact market, it was pretty good actually, we had Volkswagons, Peugout, Citroen, Fiat and Renault, to challenge the japanese brands. Mind you, the Japanese were still very successful. :)

may flower: Did you end up getting one?

You cannot go wrong with a Toyota Corolla !

Did you buy it?

I have found that sound quality is so subjective. I wish there was an easier way of passing that along but I found when I did comment on it everyone had their own opinion.

budfiend4627 Adele set fire to the rain

Rauf Gonza I know this a dumb question but is this car grey or gold? I’m having a hard time

+Paul Bunch Thanks! No, I have never worked for a car company or a dealer.

I think it is a bit of both. Toyota has not gone backwards per se, but the others have really improved their compact sedans.

The speakers are great

The Corolla isn't particularly known for being sporty.

that is why scion is here. toyota's became like buicks to kids. true. they are very reliable. so is my focus - 09 , 2 dr coupe. which is a mazda 3 underneath. the made until 09 mazda 3

emil sponga I would agree only on the FR-S. the other scions are as boring as mainline Toyotas but in more flashy clothing. Kids aren't dumb, they'll see through that. Toyota does make exciting cars but they all wear the Lexus F sport badge.

mahballzrhari oh , i totally agree. but - that is why we have scion , here. toyota was getting "old peron-ish" . and toyota's idea was to do a scion line in the usa, at least. even if many were already toyota cars.

+thecarelectronicguy Actually, the manual air conditioning comes base on the L, LE and S trim. The only trim that comes with automatic air conditioning standard is the LE Eco trim. Clearly Alex has the LE base trim, and not the LE premium or LE plus package.