Toyota plays it safe with Corolla, Matrix redesigns

May 4, 2008

For a practical, probably reliable, reasonably priced and easy-to-live-with car, consider the redesigned Corolla or Corolla Matrix wagon.

But get set to be disappointed if you were expecting the newest generation of this hugely successful model line to be a blockbuster, either visually or in performance.

As Toyota often does when tinkering with one of its winning formulas, it played it safe in redoing the Corolla and Matrix. Maybe too safe. The year is young, but for this driver, these two have been the biggest disappointments so far.

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