Toyota Corolla 2007 test drive - 2009 hatchback

The Scarlet Flower

The name of this car comes from the Latin word Corolla, which means a wreath of flowers, but from the entire bouquet of modifications, the consumer must choose one single one. Pavel Leonov acted as a florist consultant. Photo: Konstantin Yakubov.
PEDIGREE
The tenth-generation model debuted in the Japanese market in October 2006 under the name of Corolla-Axio. The next month she was shown in China, and, finally, at the Helsinki car dealership, the car was introduced to European customers. Moreover, under the usual name of Corolla, only a sedan is sold. The hatchback received its own name Auris, but now we are not offered the station wagon. Official sales in Russia started in February 2007.
The European and Russian versions are mostly identical, the latter is distinguished by a more capacious battery, other suspension settings and a clearance of 150 mm. In the design of Japanese there are much more Asian motives. In addition, the car is 65 mm already 130 mm shorter than the requirements of local standards.
Mazda-3, Honda Sivik, Mitsubishi-Lenser, expensive Ford-Focus, Hyundai Enterton, etc., are competing in our market with Korolla. In general, it is 510%more expensive than its European and Japanese classmates, but love for this brand (over more than 40 years of production, her name has become a brand) and Toyota brand do their job: according to the results of 2008, 63,986 cars were sold in Russia, which allowed Corolle to take fifth place in the ranking of the most popular foreign cars.
Configurations and prices
The most affordable Corolla costs 674,298 rubles (in January 2009). For this money, you get a car with a 1.4-liter engine (97 hp), a 5-speed manual gearbox in the original configuration comfort that the poor language does not rotate (see our certificate). More advanced eleans starts with 812,447 rubles, and the minimum price of the richest configuration is prestigious 874,943 rubles. In the latest version, in our opinion, there are many excesses, and you should not overpay 62,496 rubles for them. The most reasonable choice, it would seem, eleganes, but there is one significant but, which will be discussed below.
  The manufacturer did not provide any additional options apparently, in order to reduce the cost and acceleration of the production process. While buyers swept the goods from show rooms and lined up in line, the company suited it. But now, we believe, the position will be revised.
Dealers come to the rescue: they offer to understand the car with the protection of the crankcase (4900 rubles), anti -iron locks on the hood (10,000) and on the box (15,000), as well as an aerodynamic body kit (60,00070,000), which includes pads on the front and rear bumpers And on the thresholds, as well as the spoiler on the edge of the trunk. The last thing is the taste, but it is not worth neglecting additional protection against theft, as well as the protection of the motor compartment. In general, take another 25,00035,000 rubles and put it down.
Power units
In addition to the already mentioned 97-horsepower VVT-I engine, familiar in the previous generation, another 1.6 liter of a 124-hp engine is provided. with the Dual VVT-I system (it varies the phases of gas distribution by changing the time and height of the rise of both intake and exhaust valves).
In our opinion, it is worth preferring a more powerful motor, because in terms of economy indicators, it is not much worse than a younger brother (in a mixed cycle it consumes fuel only 0.2 liters more); True, it will have to pay 46 050 rubles for it and taxes will be slightly higher.
Both engines have a chain drive of the gas distribution mechanism and are aggregated with 5-speed mechanics, and for more powerful, a tandem with a robotic Multimode box (IAC with automated control) is also provided. Among all the robotic units offered on the market, this is perhaps one of the best, but still he is still far from the usual machine guns. The main complaints are caused by thoughtfulness and delays in switching.
Here we got to our BUT. It would seem that if the automatic shift of the gears is not fundamentally, it is worth choosing a mechanical box, but the manufacturer deliberately pushes customers to the robot, offering mechanics only in the basic configuration of comfort. If you want a more generous list of Alternatives, Multimode is not!
SAFETY
All cars, as noted above, have at least four airbags and are equipped with ABS with EBD and BA already in the database. In versions, richer there is also a knee pillow for the driver and the safety curtain. It seems strange that with such an abundance of safety devices do not offer a stabilization system.
In the Crash test conducted by the EURONCAP, the car was awarded five stars for protecting passengers, gaining 34 points (out of 36 possible): 15 (out of 16) for the frontal blow and 17 (out of 18) behind the side.
The manufacturer did not forget about the children: the rear seats are equipped with isofix mounts, and the front passenger airbag is turned off. For the protection of Corolla pedestrians, she received three stars (out of four possible).
Note that a machine equipped with seven airbags participated in the Crash test, so the basic modifications can hardly count on the same level of security.
Five stars in EURONCAP Crash tests are one of the best results in the class.
MAINTENANCE
The manufacturer gives a guarantee for all the queens for three years or 100,000 km (which will come earlier). But the interval intervals by modern standards are only 1,000 km. Those who have the average annual mileage is not too large, they can still put up with this, but if you wrap 20,000,000,000 km for the reporting period and more, the inconvenience will become noticeable.
The first visit to the maintenance station will be ahead after 1000 km. All work will carry out for free. The cost of the next three, each of which includes the replacement of oil, oil and salon filters (coal, by the way), as well as checking the main nodes and assemblies, is 7445, 8677 and 8325 rubles respectively. Almost certainly you will be offered to carry out additional work. They are not included in the list of mandatory ones and do not affect the warranty, but if you take into account special operating conditions, they will not be superfluous and will help to extend the service life of the car. This pleasure will cost 704, 2299 (1507, if the engine is 1.6 l) and 704 rubles. Well, the most expensive service with a run of 80,000 km; Among the work performed, replacing the spark plugs, fuel and air filters, brake fluid, etc. These procedures are crossed out of the budget 22 218 (1.4 l engine) or 20,722 rubles (1.6 l).
There are no long queues for that, you just need to sign up for one or two days, and some dealers are ready to serve on the day of circulation. The queue for body repair is much longer on average a month or two.
Since the beginning of the sales, Toyota conducted two service campaigns: during the first, the steering column was checked, during the second, the steering shaft was replaced (part of the cars from the first parties). All work was spent free of charge at a convenient time for the client. Any owner can learn about the need to visit the service on the website of the Russian representative office of the brand by introducing a VIN code in the corresponding section.
The main reasons for the claims and complaints of the owners include: the creak in the front suspension (treated by replacing the bushings of the reproach stability by others, larger diameter), knocking in the steering mechanism (this is the theme of one of the service programs), repsevation of paint in the area of \u200b\u200brapids and rear arches (gluing the rear arches (glue Special protective film) and the change in the settings of the robotic box over time. The fact is that it is able to adapt to the driving style, but with the growth of the run, one of the functions, the so -called help at the start, disappears: you release the brake, and the car does not roll. In this case, it is necessary to initialize the box. But this is not a panacea after several days of movement in Moscow traffic jams everything returns to its own circles. They are about to promise the appearance of a new version of the firmware, which should eliminate this problem. In general, the car surpasses most competitors in terms of reliability and margin of strength.
This model habitually occupies the first lines in reliability ratings.
PURCHASE
Buy Corolla is not a problem all modifications in stock. You can leave home on a new car on the day of circulation. There are 11 representatives of the brand in Moscow, and there are fifty of them in Russia, including authorized dealers. A special order, for example, for a rare-colored car, will be executed for two to three months.
A loan is possible in Russia are units of CJSC Toyota-Bank, which serves exclusively buyers of cars of this brand.
You can also book a attracted car by concluding a preliminary agreement (it records the cost and equipment) and depositing no more than 25,000 rubles. But in case of refusal to buy, the money will not be returned. If the purchase breaks on credit, then everything will be returned to a penny.
Puelibility and secondary market
Corollahs are popular not only among honest buyers. Therefore, despite the presence of a full-time immobilizer, dealers recommend acquiring additional gaskets, as well as to equip the car with a specially designed Escont-Korner complex for 20,000 rubles.
You will also have to overpay for the CASCO policy, because no one canceled the correctional coefficients. On average, insurance will cost about 10% of the cost of the car, but this consumption can be reduced to 6% by installing both mechanical and electronic anti -thefts.
It is not worth neglecting insurance also because the manufacturers did not provide side moldings on the back of the city operation of the scars on the paint and varnish coating will not be long to be expected.
It will not be much difficult to implement a car in the secondary market: liquidity indicators of the best. Moreover, taking into account the rate of inflation, it is often possible to sell a two to three-year-old car more expensive than its initial cost. Such an entertaining arithmetic.
Summing up, we recall that the Toyota-Corolla of the current generation won the Grand Prix at the wheel of the 2007, whose jury is the many thousandth army of motorists. And their trust is worth a lot. And in comparative tests, she repeatedly entered the leaders among classmates (ZR, 2007, No. 6; 2008, No. 1).
The editors thanks Toyota Kolomenskoye for help in preparing the material.
Our choice of Corolla with a 1.6 liter engine and a mechanical box in the configuration comfort. Index ZR 19. Price 720 348 rubles.
Considering that hijackers experience great love for the brand, it is not worth neglecting additional protective complexes.
Toyota Corolla 1.6
Engine: gasoline p4, 91 kW/124 hp at 6000 rpm; 157 Nm at 5200 rpm.
Transmission: front -wheel drive; The gearbox is mechanical 5-speed.
Body: 5-seater 4-door; base 2600 mm; Dimensions (length x width x height) 4540x1760x1470 mm; trunk volume 450 l; equipped mass 1300 kg; road clearance 150 mm; Tire size 205/55R16.
Maximum speed: 195 km/h; Acceleration to 100 km/h 10.4 s; Fuel consumption in a mixed European cycle 6.9 l/100 km.
Index ZR
It is calculated as a difference between two values. The first maximum permissible value of the cost of the car during the year, which, in our opinion, supported by the prevailing practice, should not exceed 40% of the initial cost of the machine. The second ratio of expenses for the operation of a specific modification of the car for the first 30,000 km of the run to its initial price (expressed as a percentage). The cost of OSAGO and CASCO policies is taken into account (the price of the first is established by law, for the second we take average value), transport tax (according to the tax service), the cost of planned ones (according to the regulations and prices of official dealers), fuel costs (we consider the manufacturer recommended by the manufacturer and the manufacturer and the consumption in the mixed cycle indicated by him). Subtracting the second one from the first digit, we get the index of ZR. The larger it is, the relatively cheaper operation. For example, for Toyota-Korollah we have chosen, the expenses of operation for the first 30,000 km are 21% of its price. We subtract this indicator from the maximum 40% and get an index equal to 19.
As the calculation shows, Corolla (index of ZR 19) in operation is cheaper than Chevrolet-Latsetti (index of ZR 16), but more expensive than Ford-Fouzhn (index of ZR 24).
Our certificate
The list of equipment of the basic version Comfort includes four airbags, anti -lock brake system (ABS) with the functions of distribution of efforts (EBD) and emergency braking (BA), disc brakes of all wheels (front ventilated), air conditioning, central castle with du, immobilizer, side mirrors with electric drive and heating, front electric windows, headlight washing, heating the front seats, folding (60:40) rear seat, CD-audio system (MP3/WMA formats) with four speakers, backlighting the Optitron dashboard, multinformation display, steel wheels with tires 195/65R15 (engine 1.4 liters) or 205/55R16 (engine 1.6 l), full-sized spare wheel, splashes of the front and rear wheels, etc. Eleans adds climate control, rear electric windows, safety curtains and knee pillow For the driver, a leather steering wheel, an audio system with six speakers and fog lights. Prestige of cast wheels, light and rain sensors, an automatically obscured rear-view mirror, cruise control, access system for Smart Entry and the engine starting the Push Start button.
 

Source: The magazine "Driving"