Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 14:22:38 -0600 From: "Mark A" <manopsamchboard.net> Subject: Re: Corolla 2004 Information from a Corolla S-Type owner
Joseph Oberlander <josephoberlandernopsamhlink.net> wrote in message news:<3F596B8D.3050704nopsamhlink.net>... > FaisalCorollaS wrote: > > You forgot the Sentra SE-R. > > > The Corolla has 130 HP engine that produces 126 foot pounds of torque > > as opposed to 114 foot pounds by the Civic and 116 foot pounds by > > Protege. > > The 2.5L Sentra is 165HP and 175ft-lbs. Does not require premium gas. > $15,000 after rebates they currently have running. ABS and side airbags too. > > > I parked a titanium silver Corolla Sport ( eventually I got the same > > color and type) right next to the other cars and I did not need to > > think any further about the looks of the car. Definitely a stunning > > car for it's class. My Corolla Sport make heads turn all the time, > > which makes it all much more sweet. > > Then there's the SE-R Spec V. ;) Nice looking too. More power. > They fixed the grill on the 2004 as well - slick looking - the > yellow color almost looks like a micro Audi A4. Sweet. > > I know which one I'd buy. Yeah, I saw the Nissan Sentra. Nissan is a great company. They have came out with really nice cars lately and the way they turned things around for themselves after returning from the brink of bankruptcy is nothing less than amazing. That is very true that Sentra is more powerful than the Corolla, but I have family members living in North Carolina and they have an 2000 Altima. Most of the issues with the car have been about reliability. My brother-in-law is not too fond of the car since the distributor went out at 16K miles. Besides, comparing Sentra to Corolla I could see the Corolla Sport styling as very aggressive and eye catching. I was a bit iffy about the back of Sentra etc. It is purely a matter of choice here. Corolla has a great gas mileage. I can get about 700 KM in a 50 litre gas tank (works out to about 38 miles per US gallon with auto trans.) so my decision to go with a Corolla was that it had a bit of everything. The Corolla engine although not as fast as the Sentra, yet is so efficient that 0-60 mph tests done by Car and Driver magazine showed that 150 HP Sunfire and 150 HP Cavalier could not compare to the performance of the 130 HP primarily because of Corolla's better torque.Then again, I totally agree with you that Sentra has some good points and it really depends on where your priorities are.
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