2004 Toyota Corolla xli from Egypt - Comments

Nothing wrong have ever occurred to this car.

I love my Toyota Corolla, this my second corolla and my third Toyota (my wife's car is a 2000 Echo) and my fourth car will be probably a Toyota (still considering between the new Toyota Avanza or the new Yaris).

Why do I love my Corolla? because:

1.It is a very reliable car, built with excellent quality, never let me down.

2.The car performance is great and it is fun to drive, although it is only 1.3 but the vvti tenchnology is really a break through it is making the car alive.

3.It is ride is very comfortable, I drive it for about 500 km continuously (about 5 hours).

4.The car is very roomy for its outside dimensions, it has enough room for me and 4 more passengers with all our luggage.

5.I love the cars image, Toyota really scores with its new car designs, my Corolla feels like a Mercedes without being a mirror image of a Mercedes (know what I mean?!)

6.This model in Egypt is one of the most sold cars, about 50'000 units have bean sold since 2002.This is a very good number considering that the overall cars sold in Egypt are about 120'000 units per year.

7.The advantage of the 1.3 vvti engine is not only its great performance, but also its very low gasoline consumption which is about 6.25 liters for 100 km.

8.Toyota Egypt is one of the best (if not the best!) car agent in Egypt.

Need to say more?

I agree that In Egypt Corollas are the safest choice in their price bracket due to their reliability and excellent dealer, I used to run a 2002 model and replaced it only 4 months ago, the 1.3 VVTI engine is exceptionally smooth and quiet for its size, the build quality is top notch nothing ever rattled or buzzed just typical Toyota... the negative thing about it was some cheap plastics on the dash-albeit well screwed together- and the handling which can be described as safe and soul-less in fact it applies to the whole car, for all its strong points I never connected with the Corolla and never loved it, it was just an appliance to me and a very good one at that.

I'm the Corolla owner, now the car has made 87000 km, it is still as good as new, I did not face any problem of any kind (minor or major) with the Corolla, the only maintenance I do is oil and oil filter change every 10000 km and the 40000 km maintenance at the dealer.

I know that if I want to sell it I will get the highest price, so although all these great things about the Corolla (most of which are absent from many other cars) still I hear the comment that the Corolla is soul-less or other frustrating comments that has no proof, I don't understand what people want with a car?? Or what is so cool about other cars that they consider more fun, but have many problems by their confession?? Will anyone tell me!