Driving Experience
Includes acceleration and handling
What Owners Say
"This is a 5 speed manual and the shifting is tight and finicky especially in the lower gears. Driving this car makes you feel like you are a professional driver for being able to shift smoothly since it seems make it as difficult as possible. We would like to teach our daughter to drive manual transmission, but this car would be too much of a challenge to learn on."
Anonymous, ON (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Very good acceleration and handling."
Kenneth I., WA (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Nothing special. It gets the job done each and every mile."
Anonymous, CO (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Same as before. A smaller car built at a certain price point and it exceeds with that in mind"
Anonymous, VA (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Well built solid car that handles well and accelerates beautifully for being a smaller vehicle."
Anonymous, ON (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Good is its reliability. Steady as she goes. Not as good is the smoothness when increasing speed. It is just a speck clunky, not smooth. Acceleration is adequate but have driven cars with quicker acceleration."
Anonymous, FL (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Acceleration is not what I expected for the Corolla. The four cylinder is acceptable and gets great mileage. The 6 cylinder sedans have greater power for passing on one lane roads."
Chris K., CA (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Handles very predictably."
Anonymous, MN (2008 Toyota Corolla)"It drives fine with easy handling and plenty of acceleration when needed."
Denise D., VA (2008 Toyota Corolla)"It is steady but not exceptional.good transportation."
Steve M., OH (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Slow acceleration especially going uphill and with the air conditioning on"
Anonymous, IN (2008 Toyota Corolla)"The car has excellant acceleration for when I need to pass someone or need/want to go fast on the highway. It handles very well and I always feel in control."
Anonymous, NY (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Bad design of brake petal and acclerator."
Anonymous, NC (2008 Toyota Corolla)"The conford ride"
Anonymous, CA (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Drives well and has very good acceleration"
Anonymous, ON (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Excellent excelleration."
STEPHEN T., TX (2008 Toyota Corolla)"car is easily pushed around in relativey light gusty winds, requiring constant steering correction; car can feel disconcertingly unstable when making quick lane changes in passing situations; but I have adjusted to both. But manual transmission allows strong acceleration when desired, making car more FUN to drive."
D Y., NY (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Still gets good gas mileage even with 186000 miles on it."
Anonymous, MO (2008 Toyota Corolla)"A strut broke resulting in vibrations. Also, uneven tire wear."
JOEL B., NJ (2008 Toyota Corolla)"I drive with hand controls. At start, it s very challenging to avoid spinning the wheels."
LAWRENCE E., OR (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Seems peppy enough for me, even after 8 years. Gas mileage is great: high 30s to 40."
R D., OR (2008 Toyota Corolla)"The acceleration in first gear (it's an automatic) is a bit abrupt."
Anonymous, NY (2008 Toyota Corolla)"CVT is a little strange but efficient - sometimes it shifts too far down when accelerating. It seems to work well and even down shifts when going down a long hill."
Anonymous, OH (2008 Toyota Corolla)"great acceleration, has a manual transmission which is very responsive. I am happy with the handling, but in the winter you need to drive with a little extra care. front wheel drive only on this car."
Anonymous, ON (2008 Toyota Corolla)"Daughter was push off the highway at 75 mph; rolled over in the car 3 times and walked away with only a mild concussion and bruises. Not sure why the air bags did not go off?"
Anonymous, IL (2008 Toyota Corolla)"I love the way it accelerates and drives."
Anonymous, NY (2008 Toyota Corolla)"There has been a bit of a problem with blind spots, both for backing up and when pulling out in front of traffic. Requires a lot of checking."
Devon A., SK (2008 Toyota Corolla)"good handling and acceleration."
Anonymous, CA (2008 Toyota Corolla)"accelerates OK, don't like other handling, just average handling"
Anonymous, WA (2008 Toyota Corolla)
"For a small car with a relatively small engine, it handles average terrain very well and hills in Eastern mountain states impressively well with a bit of down shifting on extreme grades."
Glenn L., IA (2008 Toyota Corolla)