Toyota Corolla test drive since 2010 hatchback

Test drive of the new Toyota Corolla, 2007

Follow the A-2 highway, in the direction of Tarragon, navigation orders with an iron voice, and a series of rocky peaks jumps out of the turn, and the sun beats through palm trees in the face. On the road is new Toyota Corolla. It turns out that you can just go by car without listening to the engine without forcing it to roar and scream with rubber and not checking its notorious maneuverability, jumping like orangutan from a row in a row.
Japanese engineers seem to be carried away by artistic modeling, so the latest models are similar to plasticine crafts of children from kindergarten, woning the time before a quiet hour. Corolla lines are too smooth and rounded, and the headlights seem to be casually squeezed out with a plastic knife. It seems that the Corolla body can be closed with a finger, it seems so soft. To speak seriously, then Corolla turned out to be solid, it is not shameful on such a car to drive up to the office, and to the house of the parents of his girlfriend. From Camry, she inherited a concentrated and frightened look, while becoming less bulky and clumsy than her predecessor.
Having conquered the cherished keys to Corolla 1.6 with a warning colleagues from other countries with Multimode robotic mechanical transmission, we are going to look for my fellow traveler among the cars built into a row. The immobilizer goes to a small box under the armrest: in the most expensive configuration in the car there is a Stop-Start button. The gaze stops on the instrument panel that burn, as it seems at first, with one bright orange spot. Small numbers and bulbs are full of eyes, and the shooter of the speedometer and tachometer is not visible due to too bright lighting. But the person is adaptable, and after a dozen kilometers, reading fuel consumption indicators on a small display inside the speedometer does not seem such a problem. The only thing that persistently attracts attention is the so -called hint that in a car with mechanics shows with arrows, where and when to switch, giving rise to an offensive feeling of inferiority from the driver.
The central panel is made in gray-black tones and on the graceful bend puts a modest radio and climate control. There is no need to talk about the convenience of buttons and the location of the adjustments, everything is quite predictable, but it does not cause enthusiasm or rejection everything as it should, in the same way. Despite the presence of a large number of all kinds of pockets and boxes, you can only place a couple of bottles of water and an umbrella here, which will more than suit a city resident.
About 10 minutes I had to set up the seat intensively, which did not obey, being sure that a long -legged coach on volleyball was sitting at the wheel. But then it turned out that the head can be thrown back on the headrest and at the same time see the road both forward and back in two large side mirrors.
Now you can stomp to the floor, especially since few people travel in the left lane on the Spanish Autoban. As usual, the robot thought, threw off the program, and the motor began to roar strayly. A car with a 1.6 liter engine should drive, like 124 horses, up to 100 km/h, it accelerates in 10.4 seconds.
However, you won’t get rid of the harmful Moscow habit in one day, so we press the sport button and leave the highway to the desert mountain paths. The car begins to roar menacingly and brings the tachometer arrow to 5.5 thousand revolutions, switching is becoming less thoughtful. The light steering wheel responds very well, and even in steep turns you feel safe: the car, only tilted slightly, passes them perfectly, and most importantly, gives an almost childish feeling of power over the machine. Only in the corners it is not very convenient to adjust the gear shifts with steering lines, which are located on the steering wheel and turn along with the steering wheel, so at the most crucial moment you have to frantically feel the entire steering wheel. But the checkpoint itself with short passages between the few modes allows you to switch to the back with lightning speed and, for example, not every machine can give such a luxury in a small alley. Finally, in order to consolidate the impression of the goodness that should have already developed, let's say about the brakes: a little heavy pedal grabs, although not immediately, but somehow reliably and somehow confidently.
From day to day, Corolla sales should begin in Russia. The Japanese will bring here engines 1.4 and 1.6 liters with mechanical and robotic gearboxes. According to Toyota representatives, the new car will be half a higher than its predecessor, but it will be in the same price range as the main competitors. The lower price bar will be fixed at the level of 18,600 dollars, Corolla, starting from a button, with a cruise control, cast discs and light and rain sensors at $ 24,600. Only in addition to monetary units, the buyer should have European exposure and excessive prudence, since Corolla, like many other foreign cars, is just a car that Russians often forget about.
Technical characteristics of Toyota Corolla:
Complex: 1.4 mt 1.6 mt/at
Price: from $ 18,600 from $ 19,950
Engine volume (cm): 1398 1598
Max. Power (L.S.): 97 124
Twisting the moment (Nm at rpm): 71/6000 91/6000
Maximum speed (km/h): 170 195
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (sec.): 13 10.4
Fuel consumption/city (l/100 km): 8.6 9
Fuel/route consumption (l/100 km): 5.7 5.8
Fuel consumption/mixed (l/100 km): 6.7 6.9
Submissive mass (kg): 1225 1240
Fuel tank volume (l): 55 55
Length (mm): 4540 4540
Width (mm): 1760 1760
Height (mm): 1470 1470
Wheel base (mm): 2600 2600
 
 
 
Elizabeth Badalova
Autonews.ru
 

Source: Drom.ru