Our manual transmission-equipped Toyota Corolla is, to put it bluntly, an odd car. One of several stick shifts we purchased to see how manuals compared to automatics for fuel mileage, the Corolla is your basic stripper model. No frills here.
Manual door locks and windows are part of the package, suggesting Toyota believes the few drivers who still know how to work a clutch and shift gears like to keep busy. In spite of this, you can’t get one in the Northeast without power, heated mirrors. Nice to have, but odd to include on this least expensive of Corollas. And they drive the price up.
Where things get weirder is that Toyota, an automaker known for building cars more popular with drivers who prefer to think of automobiles as appliances rather than something that might be enjoyable to drive, has truly outdone itself with this thing. Our Corolla has got to be the least engaging stick to drive since Chevy discontinued the Biscayne with a “three on the tree” in the ‘60s.
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