Same, this one is a little too gramma basic, if you’re gonna go then go all out.

Oh wow sick burn.

There’s one in Why Women Kill, a blue ‘62 122S.

Based on a quick google it looks like you’re getting peak tq in the Corolla only between 4-5000 rpm

IMO merging at anything less than the flow of traffic is unsafe. Handling and adequate power are important especially on those tight circle onramps that don’t give you a lot of merge lane. This is the thing about smallish 4cyl that have decent on paper hp and acceleration but have to be absolutely worked to death to…

I enjoyed Starfleet Command III although II is better IMO. There is (or was, not sure anymore) a huge modding community for III though which made the game a lot better. Tons of ships and modules you can add to the game and it was super easy to modify stuff in it yourself if you wanted to go crazy and make your…

My point is you still have a lot more of that power across a much broader range than a peaky small NA 4cyl. Peak numbers don’t mean much, especially when comparing a smallish 4cyl to a V6.

I used to own a car with a 138hp 2.0 that got to 60 in a little over 8 seconds. I’d have to drive flat out to merge at 70+. Maybe you have longer onramps where you live but a lot cities don’t give you a lot of runway.

My guess is that Toyota knows it doesn’t have to spend the money on a new small displacement turbo 4 here. Not like they’re having any issue selling whatever they make. That peak hp number doesn’t mean anything unless you keep the gas to the floor, making the CVT hold the engine at redline which in the C/D review says…

That’s unfortunate, where I live it’s usually the opposite, with cars entering the highway as if they’re rejoining a race they just fell behind in.

The important number is that 169 is at 6600rpm and torque peaks at 150lb-ft. I can’t imagine this 2.0 having a great powerband either.

A ‘98 ML320 has 233 lb-ft of torque which is the more important number vs peak hp. This Corolla Cross has 150 lb-ft and I’d bet not as broad of a powerband as your V6. Doesn’t make the ML any faster to 60 but does make it better at passing and more responsive in general.

That is too slow. How many Corolla drivers are going to hold the pedal to the floor on an onramp while the CVT screams at near redline so they have a chance to merge into 70+ mph traffic at close to the speed of the flow? It’s these cars that merge over doing 40-50 causing a whole chain reaction of traffic jams.

Exactly. I still remember my manual Elantra 13 years ago that had a 0-60 time of 8ish seconds and I’d have to drive it flat out to comfortably merge onto the highway. Passing definitely took some planning. Not everything has to get to 60 in under 5 seconds but they need to have enough power to be safe. This thing…

That grey interior really gives it a low end rental car feel. 

I think the car could look amazing if they hadn’t grafted on the Camaro tail lights and cheap, cartoony headlights. It’s a great overall shape let down by Chevy/GM cheap and ugly flourishes.

If this were a real car it’d be owned by people that’d have their housekeeper or gardener keep the plant watered lol.

Exactly, a luxury tax on higher end ICE cars that increases in relation to mpg’s decreasing would make a lot more sense. 

Well 65% of Americans are homeowners so they make sense for however many of those have a garage or appropriate place to charge. My apt building has EV spaces with free charging too so that seems to be a rapidly changing issue. Even many large corporate campuses are installing them, not to mention malls and shopping…

The upside to your ‘B’ is that we’re being treated like every other demographic, which is at least a form of equality that didn’t exist not too long ago. Corporations have always done this because they exist to get people’s money. We can acknowledge that they are not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts while…