Real Life Pictures of the 2008 Toyota Corolla!

JCF110 submitted on 11/21/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:33 AM
from: www.autospies.com

[62] user comments | category: Spy Shots

Tags: 2008 Toyota Corolla

2008 Toyota Corolla

I'm sure this is the American version of the 2008 Corolla considering the signals are orange! What do you think?

If it’s for 2008, it should be on sale next spring! The Corolla had been delayed a year because it needed to catch up on styling to compete against the overrated Honda Civic!

Maybe going back to the drawing board was worth it!

Comments:

Images hosted in your AgentSpace can now be posted in the comments section using the following syntax (case matters):
[img]IMAGE URL[/img]
Example: [img]http://agent004.myautospies.com/users/150/Sample-Gallery/sample1.JPG[/img]

PlanoA4 - 11/22/2006 11:44:54 PM

+1 Boost

Looks like a cross between a quasi-Lexus and a Camry. A bit boring but also a safe design. Just what Toyota is all about.

reply to this comment

XYZZ - 11/23/2006 3:41:19 AM

+1 Boost

and what BETTER forebears could any car have, than lexus and camry?

this little prince will go far.

reply to this comment

TominNH - 12/25/2006 10:39:05 AM

+1 Boost

Looks just like the Yaris? Is it????

reply to this comment

Mark - 11/21/2006 7:49:07 AM

+5 Boost

And it looks like a mini Camry. Which isn't too bad, but I think the styling of the current Camry is a little too much.

But it's still popular.

reply to this comment

delan - 11/21/2006 7:52:11 AMView My AgentSpace

+1 Boost

"The Corolla had been delayed a year because it needed to catch up on styling to compete against the overrated Honda Civic"
__________________________
What?

reply to this comment

S4cabriofoxone - 11/21/2006 10:22:26 AMView My AgentSpace

-6 Boost

Yes, it's true. Toyota felt they weren't brave enough when they saw the new Civic, so they tried to de-bland the new Corolla.

Personally, I don't think it worked. The Corolla, like the Camry, somehow looks both bland and ugly at the same time.

ToyotaLexus - 11/21/2006 8:27:56 AM

+5 Boost

The back is typical corolla but the front is a baby camry indeed

reply to this comment

mstangpny07 - 11/21/2006 8:59:32 AMView My AgentSpace

-5 Boost

I'm bracing for Will's comments of: "OH! HOW Beautiful! I love it! Ughh! Lovely!!"

reply to this comment

S4cabriofoxone - 11/21/2006 10:22:58 AMView My AgentSpace

-8 Boost

It's boring AND ugly.

mstangpny07 - 11/21/2006 10:39:56 AMView My AgentSpace

-6 Boost

S4, I said that because Will loves corollas.

S4cabriofoxone - 11/22/2006 2:04:06 PMView My AgentSpace

-3 Boost

I know.

courtstone - 11/21/2006 9:59:06 AM

+2 Boost

Its okay, but its does not look better than the Civic!

And JCF110 - what do you mean "Overrated Civic"

reply to this comment

jeffy210 - 11/21/2006 10:23:23 AM

+6 Boost

A simple car with conservative, but not bland, styling. It goes for the exact market it's trying to capture. These are the people who want efficient point a to b cars, and I think this Corolla will be spot on.

(granted you'd never see me buy one, but then again, this car isn't aimed at me, or for that matter, probably most of us)

reply to this comment

DallasMR2 - 11/21/2006 10:37:07 AM

+5 Boost

overrated civic? whatever. obviously you have never drvien the thing. the design may not be for everyone, but you can't deny good driving dynamics, quality, and reliability.

reply to this comment

courtstone - 11/21/2006 5:13:37 PM

+1 Boost

DallasMR2 - I am from Dallas too, where in Dallas do you live, I live in Plano...Its nice to know that there are other car enthusiasts close by. I party at JR's at times...

AlexTx - 11/21/2006 5:52:32 PM

+1 Boost

I'm in Plano as well!

Rupert - 11/21/2006 5:58:13 PMView My AgentSpace

-1 Boost

i'd be very suprised if he had driven the civic, he is 12.

Rupert - 11/21/2006 5:59:09 PMView My AgentSpace

+1 Boost

courtstone, you're forgetting planoA4, who has been absent for a while from threads.
he lives in plano, tx too.

courtstone - 11/22/2006 3:34:05 PM

+1 Boost

Wow, its nice to see that there is so much representation on ths site from the DFW metroplex. And your right Rupert I haven't seen PlanoA4 in here in quite some time...Where is that fellow?

JCF110 - 11/22/2006 5:14:14 PM

-1 Boost

any car fans from toronto???

PlanoA4 - 11/22/2006 11:42:49 PM

+1 Boost

Somebody mention my name? Guess what I am back!

PlanoA4 - 11/22/2006 11:46:28 PM

+1 Boost

Where did all of these DFW people come from? We need to have an AutoSpies get together!

courtstone - 11/23/2006 7:37:05 AM

+1 Boost

Nice to see that you have come back to play with us, PlanoA4. At least you know that you have been missed...kinda sort-of. But we do need to have a DFW Autospies get-together.

EL34 - 11/21/2006 12:35:22 PM

-3 Boost

Looks like more of that Toyota wannabe race car F1 look.

reply to this comment

Autoegr525 - 11/21/2006 12:56:32 PM

-3 Boost

reminds me of the IS the way everything on the front of the car is triangular...the cat eye look has been around for well over a decade now can't we try something else, thanks

reply to this comment

XYZZ - 11/25/2006 4:24:08 AM

+1 Boost

no, MB can't progress beyond triangular headlamp covers/enclosures until they get it RIGHT. current versions are poor copies of those on other cars.

since with wind tunnel fine tuning so many cars these days have similar profiles, the LIGHTS --front and rear-- are major factors in design today.

the japanese stylists have been battling it out in this arena for YEARS. euro makes just dabblers still; they've been spending all their design efforts on whole front FACES.

Murcielago_LP640 - 11/21/2006 1:49:07 PM

-1 Boost

The European Corolla (Auris WTF?) looks extremely boring.

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/images/article_images/ToyotaAuris_1_560px.jpg

When you look at that and then look at teh Euro Civic

http://www.autoxperience.tv/filecontent/images/21795.jpg

I'd choose the Civic anyday.

reply to this comment

JUGNU - 11/21/2006 2:55:11 PMView My AgentSpace

+5 Boost

Looks great.Offcourse the new Class leader.The next biggest volume seller.The next money maker.........
THE NEXT BIG THING.

JUGNU

reply to this comment

2JZSoarer - 11/21/2006 3:35:05 PM

+4 Boost

I shall call it "Mini Me" (Camry)!!!

reply to this comment

lexusis350 - 11/21/2006 3:43:56 PM

+2 Boost

The headlights look like the Camry's but the fog lights look like the Lexus IS foglights. The back is typical Corolla though. Civic looks better in my opinion, but this has a practical style to it while the Civic is for the younger crowd.

reply to this comment

lexusis350 - 11/21/2006 3:45:59 PM

+2 Boost

This car might have a navigation system because it looks like there is a backup camera on the trunk lid. I bet it will also have SmartKey to compete with the new Sentra.

reply to this comment

XYZZ - 11/23/2006 3:54:06 AM

0 Boost

mite be JUST a rumor, but i read somewhere toyota may offer the ls460's self-parking feature on the new corolla.

a rear camera would be needed for this.

XYZZ - 11/23/2006 4:21:09 AM

+2 Boost

note the shape of the C pillar.

alone in this class, it is "grown up." suggestive of earlier generation lexus LSs, rather than competing 'boy racers.'

the logo placement, like on the camry, is toyota's answer to the M-B hood ornament. this car is modern looking and yet elegant in an understated way.

i predict they will sell tons of it!

laurent - 11/21/2006 4:17:59 PM

-4 Boost

How not impressive this is!

I mean, there is abslolutly no suprise. If I had to imagine the new corolla, it would have looks exactly the same.

A bit disapointing.

reply to this comment

audirevolution - 11/21/2006 4:33:15 PM

+3 Boost

Smaller Camry....
And I really do not like the new toyota "indian dot" grilles.
Take that part off, and its a great car.

reply to this comment

JCF110 - 11/21/2006 5:22:57 PM

-1 Boost

RACIST!!!

Rupert - 11/21/2006 5:59:53 PMView My AgentSpace

+2 Boost

jcf thats not racist!
it does look like a bindi (for that is the proper word)

AlexTx - 11/21/2006 5:48:29 PM

-2 Boost

I did not know that this was a racist thread.
Please refrain from such comments...

reply to this comment

huu76 - 11/21/2006 7:46:13 PM

+3 Boost

Very nice looking car.

Audirevolution,
What does the BMW propellor look like to you? Fear makes you say and do stupid things.

reply to this comment

Matthew1 - 11/21/2006 10:56:44 PM

0 Boost

Racist?

Man you guys are weak.

Commenting on something from another culture, isn't racist.

Man that word gets thrown up all the time by thumb-sucking morons.

reply to this comment

huu76 - 11/21/2006 11:39:48 PM

+6 Boost

Perhaps, but one has to wonder when the only criteria used by so many German fans is basically what country the car comes from.

It's as though they cannot accept a superior car that isn't from Europe, regardless of reality.

i.e.
Civic out does new Rabbit, but being German apparently was the key deciding point. The new Rabbit barely matched the 7 year old Corolla.

GS450h defeats A6 and E420CDI, but its smaller trunk and "non German sporty" feel (in a touring car) were much more important than EPA and performance, eventhough these were what original criteria they were testing.

IS300 faulted for being more sporty than the last 3-series (I thought that was BMW's hallmark) in a Consumer Reports review from about 3 years back.

Hybrids not being accepted eventhough facts show they're cleaner, and more efficient than diesels, simply because Japan (and N.America) have adopted hybrids.

Racist, arrogant. Coming from Europe, it's practically the same thing.

btw, you should go back a few months. Certain words do get thrown around quite often when the Germans feel threatened.

reply to this comment

Matthew1 - 11/22/2006 2:01:13 AM

+2 Boost

Well,

Do I like European cars JUST because they come from Europe?

Or do I appreciate the values and mindset Europeans share when it comes to building a car?

It is possible I don't agree with the 'disposable' Japanese mindset, where their cars (although they last a long time) are designed to look good for only a few years.

Maybe it's because I appreciate fine aesthetics and have an eye for design that I would rather drive a car from a design-leading continent? Where cars are part of the national culture, and not some 'accessory' which needs to be in a Fast and the Furious movie to get noticed.

Am I stereotyping? Maybe.

But that is my opinion, and that is why I drive an Italian car:)

reply to this comment

S4cabriofoxone - 11/22/2006 11:35:39 AMView My AgentSpace

-1 Boost

No. We don't like cars for their countries of origin- WE LIKE EUROPEAN CARS BECAUSE THEY'RE EXCITING. Everything they do, they do well. I agree 100%!

If cars like the VW Rabbit or BMW M5 were Japanese, I would still love them!

S4cabriofoxone - 11/23/2006 10:53:08 AMView My AgentSpace

0 Boost

Well, Will, we could do an even longer list on why we love Euro cars. Just because you think Japanese cars are better, it does not actually mean they are better. The same goes to us and cars form the EU.

"I happen to value Japanese cars, who have the upper-hand in quality, value, reliability, efficiency, the list could go on for days..."

A lot of that was subjective, too. You could say that the Mercedes S-Class is a "good value" because it's a Bentley Flying Spur competitor for half-price. Then again, the S600 is the only Bentley competitor, but it's still $40K less.

Quality, too, is very subjective. Define "quality". I could say that Audi makes well-built cars- does that mean they have great quality? Probably. They feel like bank vaults when you shut the door, a key factor that makes a lot of people love German cars.

Reliability isn't so subjective, but it depends on the owner, too, something that a lot of people overlook. Anyone who has a Range Rover that's always breaking down obviously doesn't take care of it. That, or they got a lemon.

Efficiency? I'm guessing you mean in gas mileage. When you're talking about non-hybrids, the Japanese have no upper hand in efficiency to speak of. No non-hybrid Lexus has better mileage than a German competitor, unless it has an advantage like weight or a smaller engine. I happen to believe that most German carmakers are more efficient when it comes to power. I mean, a 4.7L Toyota engine with 268hp? BMW has made almost twice that much out of a 5.0L! Audi can squeeze 420hp out of a NATURALLY ASPIRATED 4.2L! The list goes on...

EL34 - 11/22/2006 9:25:21 PM

-1 Boost

This car is ugly from front to back with it's silly pseudo race look.

reply to this comment

huu76 - 11/25/2006 2:05:05 AM

+2 Boost

When the same thing is on a German car, you refer to it as sporty.

S4cabriofoxone - 11/23/2006 10:47:17 AMView My AgentSpace

0 Boost

IMHO I'd rather have a Civic (especially an Si coupe or sedan), but this will undoubtedly remain competitive.

Sometimes I just wish Toyota had better designers. Starting with the current Solara, this design theme is getting pretty old. You can be simple and stylish- look at the VW Rabbit!

reply to this comment

XYZZ - 11/25/2006 4:34:39 AM

+1 Boost

the Solara may be overdue for freshening, but nothing dated about it. could be i just don't see TOO MUCH of 'em here, but i haven't tired of it yet.

it's been described as sort of a mini lexus sc. there IS a resemblance, and stick V6 is prob'ly sportier.

it's at least a FAR MORE distinctive camry, than the previous camry 2-door.

huu76 - 11/25/2006 2:04:02 AM

+1 Boost

Foxy,
More efficient engines? Take a German engine and Honda will have a comparable engine that's better in all aspects. Honda/Toyota don't have to turbocharge their engines either. I still think the M3 and NSX engines are the pinnacle of their respective company's engineering. Powerful yet small.

Funny, the Rabbit has everything you guys complain about Toyota. Straight sides, dull lines and flat features.
The new Corolla body has more contours that give the car a more muscular stance as opposed to bloated (Jetta and Passat). The Rabbit to me looks to have a big butt (hatchbacks kind of resemble rabbits now that I think of it). Hmmm, how about that.

reply to this comment

XYZZ - 11/26/2006 4:18:03 AM

+1 Boost

not to mention the new rabbit is a 5-cyl but STILL slower than japanese 4s.

reply to this comment

To post a comment for this story, you must first Login.

If you do not have an account, you will need to Register (It's Free!).

	JCF110 feel free to email me at jcf.110@hotmail.com
	View My AgentPage