After 3 months of test drives and reading reviews on many many cars I found this car to be the closest to what I am looking for. I demand a very high standard but have a small wallet so I must get the best for the least.
I feel that the car has a real nice shape. The lights are up high for good road illumination and rear lights are bright to give good warning to other drivers.
It has top of the line tires included with a full size spare that will not slow you down on a road trip.
It's very very quiet inside. I do business in the car and need to talk on the cell phone hands free.
It has a very smooth ride, you can drive for hours and not get fatigued. You will easily fall in love with the drive of this car. Nice details through out the car show the thoughtfulness of the engineers. Hood opens with gas pistons (no messing with dirty prop rods). Trunk has hooks and nets to keep your cargo from shifting around. Windshield washer fluid reservoir holds a full jug of liquid so you never have to put away a whole jug to save the last 1/5 at the bottom. Washer fluid has a warning light so you never run out at the worse possible time!
It comes with so many air bags, God willing, may we never know how well they work! Huge glove box! 5 other driver accessible compartments to organize all your needs.
This car is perfect for someone that wants to escape the noisy smelly traffic (comes with air filters).
Excellent for long drives and road trips. Great for city driving too.
What more can I tell you? The engine is based on proven designs by Toyota and improved by having a steel timing chain (in contrast to the timing belt being used in other cars that must be changed at 100,000km at your expense!).
What's on my wish list? How about a USB interface so I can view engine performance on my laptop? Or transfer blue tooth phone books? or download/upload data from a USB key?
Trip info like average speed, fuel, top speed, time & dates.
This car has 90% of everything I wanted which is amazing since the competition only reached 50 to 80%!
Cons:
Comes in fixed packages, hence you can't order power seats without getting mag wheels. You can't hear emergency vehicles, must watch for them in mirrors. Can't get Blue Tooth on this model. Would be nice to have the shifter on the dash to make more room for other compartments.
Amount Paid (US$): 27000
Condition: New
Model Year: 2007
Model and Options: LE