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Anyone Driven A Corolla Sportivo?

akeenan

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LO_R33 Proficient

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They are okay, I've driven a camry sportivo which i believe is better then the corolla... and they arn't all that fast.

Everyone talks them up, but my brothers VTi-R civic pulled away from it.. and yes we can both drive.

If all you want is a little zippy car for the city, and good on fuel i would say they are the go, fairly comfortable too!

Dayne

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i drove my cousins one. I like them - they have enough balls to pull away from the lights and overtake at high speed. Great looking, the leather is schmick, stereo is good.

Can't go wrong really. Good on fuel, doesn't need any work done to it.

I'd vouch for one. Hope that helps.

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Toyota Corolla Sportivo 141kw 180Nm VVTi-L 1.8L 1185-1200kg

Toyota Camry Sportivo 145kw 279Nm V6 3.0L 1515-1545kg

a Camry sportivo is just another 3.0L V6 camry with a bodykit (not really a sportivo IMO- to correct Lo R33 no offence buddy)

a Corolla Sportivo on the other hand is a corolla with a celica engine the standard corolla has 100kw. but with leather and all it is heavier car compared to the standard ascent/conquest/levin models.

IMO: from reading various posts on ozhonda with people driving Integra Type-r's struggling to out run a corolla sportivo in a straight line.

the integra vti-r (125kw, 173Nm, 1114kg) would lose to a corolla sportivo IMO. camry sportivo v6 are slow :P

for a new car i reckon its a good bang for your buck for low 30k BRAND NEW drive away you get a car with leather interior and a nice powerful engine, but i have read that when you shift gears it falls below vtec(vvti-L) zone being one of the major problems, another thing is that people complaining about the seating position being too high or something along those lines.

best bet would to be go and test drive one, at the end of the day its your money your choice.

my 2c.

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I got to see one on a dyno a couple of months back while i was waiting for a run, it pulled 120fwkw and absolutely screamed (nice sounding) at the top end. It had a few mods, pod, extractors and exhaust.

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Thanks for your correction mate, but my brothers car is 116kw or something and it smashes a car thats 145kw.. explain that? seriously there is no point arguing it because some people just dont get it - i've seen the various arguments on ozhonda too..

A corolla sportivo is a great car, but a integra type R or a VTi-R infact would cream one.. anyday:) I honestly think a corolla sportivo wouldnt get far away from a vti-r civic to be totally honest IMO

But yeah...

Dayne

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I hear ya...A car can pump out big power, it all comes down to torque, gear ratios, driver etc.

I've seen a fairly decked out sportivo get beaten quite easily by a type R. I had a Vti-R civic, thrashed and hammered but still a mean little car, and the sportivo did start to pull away, not by much but never the less it still did. For a fairly new car, u get the interior etc, slap an exhaust, pod and uve got urself a nice sounding quick little car..

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Great cars they are, I have driven one as I own the 2001 Sportivo model which is turbo. They have 115kw with 240nm of torque.

The latest sportivo is a great car. Revs out hard and does pull hard when the Variable Valve timing kicks in. Leather interior and 6 speed. Great car at a great price. I seen them for mid 20s second hand.

And the toyota reliabilty you cannot go wrong. I use to own a Civic Vti-R. No way would it beat a Corolla Sportivo. Close but no cigar.

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Geez... i'm suprised that so many of you like it.... I wasn't all that impressed. I especially didn't like the massive hole in the rev range as it switchs cams some where between 5 &6K revs.... then it suddenly hit like it was a turbo... not what i expect from an N/A car.

handling is up to par with most ff cars, that was fine, but my preference is a FR any day so I wasn't overly exicted about the front wheel drive.

maybe the moded ones are better, but when you change gears it dosn't want to stay reving too high so you end up hitting the power hole again and again.

it does pull quickly and well i suppose there are far worse ways to spend your money, but for the price that is asked for one... i'd personally go for a base model integra.

Ohh and i forgot to mention.... WTF is the reverse gear doing on the wrong side.... almost put it in to reverse everytime i go to put it in first....

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http://www.shaohaok.com/videos/SportivovTypeS.wmv

This is a clip of a TOYOTA COROLLA SPORTIVO(141kw) VS A INTEGRA TYPE-S (153kw)

This will give some credit to the SPORTIVO for all those honda lovers and toyota haters :angry:

anywayz (i've personally race off the lights a INTEGRA TYPE-R (dc5) driving a integra TYPE-S (dc5) and vice versa (i know a couple who owns one each, the guy drives the TYPE-R and his gf the TYPE-S anywayz the result was pretty even each time STOCK VS STOCK that is 2003 model TYPE-R and 2004/2005 model TYPE-S. i drove both and then we switch drivers. this was hitting 8500rpm gearshifts in both cars for both drivers.

So just as a comparsion to let people know that the INTEGRA type-S isn't much slower or even slower at all compared to a TYPE-R.

around wakefield a few trackdays ago someone bought there Corolla Sportivo on the track STOCK and did 1:16.

i still give my THUMBS up for the Sportivo for the price you pay for it. low

$30k compared to a low $40k new car.

my 4c

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