Corolla GR debuts Thursday 31st

[spikerS]

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No way it'll be that cheap.

Am I the only one who thinks that >$30k for a base model Carolla is nuts? I mean, it's a Carolla...Car pricing is nuts these days...

[Buster]

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Am I the only one who thinks that >$30k for a base model Carolla is nuts? I mean, it's a Carolla...Car pricing is nuts these days...

base corollas are $19k or something

[killramos]

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But how else will other people know you paid extra for it?

I’m sure there will be some “circuit launch edition” stickers from Ali express soon

[ExtraSlow]

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Am I the only one who thinks that >$30k for a base model Carolla is nuts? I mean, it's a Carolla...Car pricing is nuts these days...

Go back to your comments on used truck pricing in my threads too. You've been out of touch with a lot of the vehicle market for a while. You are very much entering "old man yells at clouds" territory here buddy.

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As for Carbon Fiber, I say that places where it serves an engineering purpose, it's good and can be exposed in whatever finish best suits that engineering purpose. Carbon Fiber as a styling element was ALWAYS tacky.

[Xamim]

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exposed carbon on the exterior of a car is played out and tacky. It will be looked at like the body cladding of our era.

Agree to disagree

I'd rather not have a roof that looks like I bought a roll of CF wrap from ebay/amazon. Don't like the forged carbon? Wrap it in black/body colour, just get rid of the fake CF wrap.

[Pauly Boy]

Wrap entire car in Inozetecs celestial unicorn like me and problem solved.

[spikerS]

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Go back to your comments on used truck pricing in my threads too. You've been out of touch with a lot of the vehicle market for a while. You are very much entering "old man yells at clouds" territory here buddy.

I knew truck pricing was whack, it's what enabled me to get such a nice new truck that otherwise I probably couldn't afford comfortably.

I didn't really realize this was happening to econo boxes too like the Carolla, even a special edition one. That's nuts.

[90_Shelby]

Anybody know a good place to get my entire Jeep wrapped in forged carbon, I'm planning to park it in front of Buster's house for the summer.

Once recommendations are made, I will then tell you that all of those places are a rip off and I'll just do it myself.

Thanks for the help.

[pheoxs]

Focus ST was 32k wasn’t it? So ~40k seems plausible. Still expensive for a Corolla but decent.

[ercchry]

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I knew truck pricing was whack, it's what enabled me to get such a nice new truck that otherwise I probably couldn't afford comfortably.

I didn't really realize this was happening to econo boxes too like the Carolla, even a special edition one. That's nuts.

Ffs… this is a carolla, the car is a Corolla!

[Ukyo8]

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Focus ST was 32k wasn’t it? So ~40k seems plausible. Still expensive for a Corolla but decent.

Also inflation plays a massive factor, $32K was a lot more money in 2013 when the Focus ST came out in 2013

[Buster]

"What's a roof?"

- @rage2

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

If the circuit edition is <50k, I might have to put my name down.

[Pauly Boy]

This car is arguably on par with the Evo, STI, RS & Golf R - All of which were $40-50k rockets based on lowly econoboxes.

I'm not sure why or how (ON A CAR FORUM no less) people are shocked this thing is going to cost this much...

[Buster]

Other than maybe ground clearance issues, these cars are perfect for Calgary.

[JRSC00LUDE]

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I didn't really realize this was happening to econo boxes too like the Carolla, even a special edition one. That's nuts.

Corolla's start at $23,000, that's so far from "whack" they couldn't see each other through the Webb.

And this is 300hp, AWD with adjustable torque distribution and a dozen other things that far remove it from the econobox label. Matlock reruns seem more your speed these days!

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Man, those fancy VW Beetles with that funny "porsha" shield logo sure is expensive, That's not a car of the people!

[ExtraSlow]

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"What's a roof?"

- @rage2

Some kinda mechanical air scarf.

[bjstare]

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As for Carbon Fiber, I say that places where it serves an engineering purpose, it's good and can be exposed in whatever finish best suits that engineering purpose. Carbon Fiber as a styling element was ALWAYS tacky.

Idk, it has it's place in both IMO. Carbon fiber is nice to look at, so for interior trim I think it serves a purpose. Better than piano black or brushed aluminum. And a carbon fiber roof is definitely an engineering purpose, removing weight from the highest part of the car is a great idea.

Weave > forged carbon, but I think they're both nice to look at. I'm not rich enough to scoff at either one.

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