Corolla XRS, Would you buy one? Options

[Celicav]

Alright, so there is a 2005 Corolla XRS for sale at a local dealership. As you may know, this car is the short-lived and limited production hot-rod version of the current gen Corrolla...6-Spd, Celica GTS engine basically (but 10 less HP and about same torque). I drove it the other day and have to admit that it was fun, esp. when you hit that lift at close to 7K RPM and it throws you back in your seat. It is marginally sporty compared to our Celis...Corolla S exterior look, nice strut tower bar, Matrix XRS 16" wheels, spoiler, 1/2 in. lower than other Corollas...BUT if anyone has driven a Corolla, you feel a lot higher up in the air, and the seat height does not feel sporty.

What do you think? I like it, but it is just not as sporty and cool as the Celi. But it is a rare car, sort of a "sleeper", and it's Toyota...and faster.

[pure_dx]

wow, the first few posts

shows a lot about this site nowadays.

Anyways, debadge the XRS and no one could tell the difference if you're looking for a sleeper. And the XRS is ugly? It may be 4-dr, but drop that thing with no wheel gap and it's golden. Heck, it comes with a grounding kit already, at least it's not naked like the base model. I say get it, not a lot of XRS rolling around, I've seen 2 my whole life. And they are a low 15s car, couple mods and you should be hitting mid high 14s no problem.

one more thing, i would never get a civic, I give respect where respect is due, but you see civics everywhere, and anything you can imagine being done to a car, it's been done on a civic already.

[tomazws]

wow, the first few posts

shows a lot about this site nowadays.

Anyways, debadge the XRS and no one could tell the difference if you're looking for a sleeper. And the XRS is ugly? It may be 4-dr, but drop that thing with no wheel gap and it's golden. Heck, it comes with a grounding kit already, at least it's not naked like the base model. I say get it, not a lot of XRS rolling around, I've seen 2 my whole life. And they are a low 15s car, couple mods and you should be hitting mid high 14s no problem.

one more thing, i would never get a civic, I give respect where respect is due, but you see civics everywhere, and anything you can imagine being done to a car, it's been done on a civic already.

I do think the Corolla is ugly. I like the non-US Corolla hatch-back a lot more. The new Civic is common, but imo it looks 10000x better than the Corolla.