Toyota: Corolla T-Sport

I am just in the process of ordering a Corrola T-Sport, I am going to
have a test drive but am just wondering with all that power produced
at very high rpm how does it perform at more normal driving speeds/rpm
(below 5000). Is it any quicker than any other normal 1.8/2.0 ltr car.
The I ask is that I cannot find any test data on performance other
than the 0-60mph of 8.4 which is not very fast for a 180bhp car.

Any help.

gazz

By the sounds of it, I think you live somewhere in Europe. I live in
Canada so I have the North American titanium silver 2004 Toyota
Corolla Sport( only in Canada and US). As for the stats, I would
believe it is mostly because of the torque produced by the car, which
is the resultant force executed by the engine on to the road.
Although, it sounds very unreasonable for a 180 HP car to produce a
0-60 mph in 8.4 secs, the 180 HP is produced at 6200 rpms where it
experiences a power surge. Nevertheless, the torque produced by the
car never exceeds 130 foot pounds, which is about the same as my 130
HP Corolla Sport. Car and Driver tested the North American Corolla
with a manual transmission to clock a 0-60 mph in 7.8 secs. Same is
the case in the Toyota Celica, which comes with a 180 HP engine, but
in terms of acceleration it is not much better off than a 130 HP
Corolla. Much of the difference in the T-Sport and Celica with the
other models of Corolla comes from the sports suspension and very
sporty handling. Why they put a 180HP engine that only produces torque
only as good as a 130 Hp Corolla Sport is simply beyond me. I have to
ask a Toyota expert about this since it makes no sense to me.


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