This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. “The ride was, in my opinion, one of the car’s high points,” he said. Ride quality in the Corolla S was firm enough to give confidence in the corners, but soft enough to smooth out large bumps. Ride quality in the Corolla S was firm enough to give confidence in the corners, but soft enough to smooth out large bumps and be more than comfortable. “Too much wheel movement, not enough response,” he explained. In the city, Edworthy said handling felt good, but at certain speeds on the highway the steering felt a bit light, or “sloshy.” “Around town or on the highway the car is quiet inside, but when you’re accelerating to get up to speed the engine just drones away until you get to the speed you’re shooting for.” “I’d never driven a CVT before, and it doesn’t shift through the gears like a usual automatic. “I didn’t expect overwhelming performance, but it had no problem getting up to highway speeds,” he said. Article content The S badge doesn’t add extra performance to the Corolla, but it adds some sporty flavour to the car’s looks. Edworthy’s car was equipped with the latter. In the S, the car can be had with either a six-speed manual gearbox or an electronically controlled constantly variable transmission (CVT). torque engine powers the Corolla CE, LE and the S. It’s just like there was no cohesive design throughout the cockpit area.”Įdworthy was aware the S badge on the car didn’t add any extra performance under the hood – the same 132 horsepower, 128 lb-ft. “There’s a piece of leather on the door that matches the seats, but the rest of the door is a hard, hollow sounding vinyl/plastic with flimsy buttons. “Then, the steering wheel centre piece is a hard plastic, with an even worse fake stitching that doesn’t quite match the dashboard. “The upper dash is a nice soft feeling vinyl, but it has a fake stitch pattern along the front edge,” he said. The Corolla’s mix of materials used in construction of the dash and overall interior can be a bit confusing. The mix of materials used in construction of the dash and overall interior, however, confounded him.
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