2000 Toyota Corolla GS vvti review from UK and Ireland

No major mechanical problems. Lots of annoyances though. Gears are very notchy, especially 1st to 2nd change.

Drivers seat very unsupportive, and getting worse by the day. I am not a tall or heavy person.

MPG is also dropping, car is regularly serviced and oil changed etc, full Toyota service history from new, so its definitely not neglect.

Acceleration also deteriorating at low end. When it came back from the last service, the mpg was worse still, I'm only getting 28mpg now where I was getting 35-40 before.

This car is superb round town and on short motorway trips, the acceleration is fantastic once you get into the power band (2500 revs), but suffers badly at low revs, its gutless below 1500. Interior trim is flimsy, the paintwork is atrocious, it scars even if you look at it. Annoying mystery "jingle jangle" sound from the suspension, cannot find the cause. Onboard stereo has great speakers let down by rubbish head unit. Biggest annoyance is the rear seat, this is totally crazy. Toyota provide a split rear seat, but only the back splits, the seat part doesn't!!!??? What is the point of this? absolutely useless and it must be an oversight by Toyota on this model, as I have seen this on several other Corollas. Road noise mentioned by others is very tyre dependant, I changed the supplied tyres for a set of Avons and it's a lot quieter nw. There is very worrying noise from the underside when you drive over gravel or grit, this is due to lack of soundproofing on the floorpan. I am very happy with the car overall, but there are a lot of corners cut in the production of this model.