2014 Toyota Corolla 0-60 MPH Eco and Sport Mode Test & Review 

I thought i was the only one who realized this.

Daniel Hernandez lmao ikr its upsetting that they dont even research how best to get 0-60 time. and even more upsetting that the wont review the 6-speed manual...

FadeKing someone said use the low gear is this going to help and also doing what u said would that damage the car

FadeKing That's a good one 😂

dang nice

Just imagine if it had TWO aftermarket rims!

***** A double decker spoiler!

Egads! Now, if he put flames on the hood to balance the side stickers, then we'd be talking.

Just for shits and giggles here is a picture of the car. i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg618/McDurbin/public/corolla.jpg

TheCobruhAlienat0r My wife use to drive a 99, same color. Sold it for 4K.

I just sold my 2008, bought a 2014 S. Hopefully the reliability carries over. I had about 200K on the odometer. I'm gonna miss being a part of the 9th gen family.

It's a toyota it's going to sell regardless & toyota knows this so they give you a alright looking car with good rear legroom & good fuel economy & ignore performance & handling

it was never meant to be a fast sports car.... it is what it was meant to be and it does that very well

It's racing a marathon not a sprint, it well be around after the sprinters are long dead.

There is a huge price difference in a economy car and an LFA

​@@aviandooley3466 *Ya... well this was 6 years ago. You can now buy a 300hp Camry now. 0-60 in 5 seconds. Is that good enough?*

AzNightmare about, but still not as much as an LFA

@@aviandooley3466 *Of course not... the LFA has supercar performance.*

AzNightmare agreed.

+brownj0811 id like to know why having higher rpms make any difference also.

im1greatman Had the same issue with a rental Cruz with the 1.5L turbo. Merged onto the highway as a watched a distant semi truck gain on me at an alarming rate....the engine tried its best but I was use to a 2.2L cobalt which at least has some pick up....and the cobalt isn't fast....but would have had no issue merging on with a distant semi.I feel that I need roughly 150-160 HP and similar torque in a car as a requirement. These econo engines are such slugs...and they work so damn hard during casual driving....I don't need to be testing redline during drives where I just need to accelerate to 35-45mph in a reasonable time...

It scares me too i hate em

I think im going get my moms up to 300hp lol i think thats good for your average weight car for general and bit higher when needed driving, i acutually think its NOT safe to have something that underpowered, eco and reliability sure but what if you literally needed to get out of a situation i mean thats practical to say and these putt putt cars cant do it.

It definitely is a bit nerve-wracking but my main rule of thumb to keep in mind is that even though it seems like people aren’t going to let you in because you’re not going at the same speed they are, you have to also remember that if they don’t slow down once you merge in the lane, that they’re going to rear-end you, so they have to slow down regardless. If I’m merging and I’m starting to reach speeds of up to 55mph then people on the merging lane should be attentive for oncoming merging traffic so they should let you in (according to the right-of-way rules) once the lane starts to split and you’re technically ahead of them by at least 500 feet

Old chassis doesn't mean unsafe and pretty poorly according to who? Here is some actual information on safety www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/toyota/corolla

TheLeesto Look at this. No surprise a 10 year old design doesn't fare well in a new test: 3.bp.blogspot.com/-k-60aPqzpoA/Uk69Sg5kmOI/AAAAAAAANyA/Q6O3JxBuKZ8/s1600/2014-toyota-corolla-iihs-offset-crash-test-marginal-honda-civic-safest.jpg Versus a civic i1.ytimg.com/vi/29vhH2zbdCo/maxresdefault.jpg Same goes for the Camry. Being an 8 year ols design, It crumples like a paper bag, while the Accord doesn't being a much newer design.

kirbyswarp You are seriously a troll. You were at it in the first Corolla video tflcar made of the 2014 Corolla, and in many other videos too, and now this.

***** shut up prius driver. You're always an annoyance. Go drive your microwave.

The NHTSA gave it a combined five stars,.

I'm going to assume that the car was in some kind of different mode so that it didn't have that rubber banding effect like most CVT's. The Audi A6 has a CVT as well and in sport mode it had 6 simulated gear ratios where basically a computer plays with the RPM's at redline and makes it seem as though it is a conventional 6-speed automatic. Some people would much rather leave a CVT in sport/manual mode just so that it feels faster and more normal. But in reality it's still a CVT acting like a regular automatic. Hope that helps.

TheIncomparable the sport mode in the carolla is a 7 simulated gear its not bad

The base model still comes with 4 speed auto.

vader11111 The 4 speed is pretty much just for rental fodder. I for one, could appreciate keeping a good design for a long time. If one knows a car inside out, under and above-I'd rather get the same thing if I can. Is is the fun thing, or the car guy thing? No, its the knowledge that even on the way to work, or on the way to the hospital-you know what you cannot fix on the fly or what can wait 5 miles before the car is done for good (if a life is on the line). If you know how to change a tire, and you are stuck on the "wrong" side of town, you're either going to ride that rim out or turn into a one man nascar pit crew real quick. That and does anyone value the rush of fixing their own car, let alone a friend's to save 100's in cash and can do it on your time? Imagine its Christmas day and the shitty plastic radiator in your good ol car finally gave way and is puking coolant. Luckily you realized its cheap insurance to have a spare since radiator caps are so crappy they need replaced every 5 or so years as also-good insurance- and in my case the local place had caps for 8 bucks, whole radiators for 80 (came with a cap). Not knowing if the radiator would bite the dust, figured it couldn't hurt. I can swap that thing out if need be if someone brings that radiator, some coolant, and a few tools even if I have to do it roadside in the dark. Everything needed can be done by feel for that task on that Geo Prizm (corolla). It has a *gasp* 3 speed automatic. At least its just mechanical though, and a solely swap out, drill a hole for the shifter change can make it a 5 speed manual if the 3 speed fails. That dinky car handles snow better than sports cars, and certainly better than ego driven trucks. The narrow ass tires are what you need, like those tiny US mail trucks. I've seen a chain of mail trucks, priuses, and other oddball cars conquer snow that cripples those hardass vehicles with brush covers who need a mud tire is the key to snow success. They don't do the job of a truck and they don't pretend to be anything they are not. It may not be some big truck with the latest engine tech and power to move the world - but it does the job of A to B. Don't ask me to go to point C with a Geo Prizm for "fun" though or I'll torch it and walk [lol]. Its strictly a tool for me. Call it an appliance, but that old Maytag doesn't skip a beat either and that old washer that someone sold for pennies on the dollar for a broken 5 dollar rubber belt is a time when you could buy something you could trust to last. A 3000 dollar washing machine can perform more actions than I have clothes to do it to, and will likely fail due to a computer failure. Hell I had an oven that had a "computer" failure, but the oven would have worked if that could be bypassed. When it came time to buy a washer, I hedged my bets. I bought the cheapest offbrand that I could trace back to the original maker, downloaded as much repair manual/service manual/plumber reviews/etc and weighed what might fail, how likely, the cost + the hassle of me fixing it, and found a set that had the highest chance to not F me. It something failed, I would have worked it to figure out if the source of the defect and resolve it for the least amount of time/hassle and money. I don't play hardball over 20 bucks and wait to deal with labor costs that easily rack up to the cost of the entire product when I can fix it in an hour on my terms. I've bought some of the cheapest "junk" composed of god knows what parts only to take it apart later to find much higher quality parts from all sorts of different suppliers mashed together. The sooner people realize economics, especially economics of scale, contracts, common suppliers, legal issues and such-the faster one can make logical purchases. Whether it be a car or a spoon, the name brand pop tart or the "Store Brand" -toaster pop up pastry or whatever they call them-understand the purchase and what lead you to purchase it objectively. Is one literally just a colorful box, and its a guilty pleasure buy anyway and worthwhile to spend more for it for the perception? Buy whatever the hell you want, but don't rationalize being played by marketing thinktanks and CEO's that literally make designs literally deciding marketshare, jobs, and a future of a company based on the color of sprinkles. The easiest way for a person to exploit their fellow man in this world is in business. When you read people who either refuse to read themselves or just can't-you own them, one purchase at a time. That's business, its a spreadsheet not morals, unless those morals boost the spreadsheet of course. Boost sales by giving a nickel to charity right at the point you drop your new mark up plan? That's an acceptable month of slight lose, but they will just see a wrapper changing from color to color and not the price hike slowly trickle up cent by cent. Its the kind of -get in your head- backed by stats that every psychiatrist would drool for to analyze objectively a patient. Except, its being used to make you purchase their product. So hopefully the think tank hired by the treadmill company is a little craftier than the cookie one for the sake of our waistlines. Further, and back to cars: I as a consumer that can't pour unlimited time in my car or money-would prefer a bullet proof design that can handle abuse and is proven in the proving grounds of real life. Only people who are not engineers can prove just how much abuse a car can take. Seriously, if it was me? I would love to see how a design would change if they beta tested with a rental fleet or gave a fleet to consumers to beta test telling them they wouldn't be responsible for damage for "accidents" the same neglect and "accidents" that they lie about when it comes time for warranty work or screaming their anecdote on the web about a car. Think people don't lie about anything? I've seen people lie blatantly thinking people were not watching over far beyond trivia things, and when called out by the person they thought they could dupe, they just get mad. You know how mad they also get when they cause a large enough annoyance that I go over and calmly give them the entire reason they were lying, right down to their tells as they were pitching the story? Its that honest they know the gig is up that causes them to pause, fret, and all out rage and storm off. At least I own up when I bluff and clearly and logically am analyzed by someone objectively, not that I really do it for money-just witty sports and pranks on people.

Mike Miller to simulate gear shifting for the people who think cvt's are dull

Its for people who either can't drive a manual or people that don't want to deal with a clutch peddle

Julio Cruz you're kidding right

Oops and it has nothing to do with the corolla sorry.

It dosent look like it, I still love it though.

2.5G is an RWD and 3.0 Premium comes with AWD

I'm surprised it's not a button that, when depressed, releases a little door that holds a sugar pill.

2014 Toyota Corolla S if you want abit if fun. You can get S plus or premium for 2k more.

Neither

Jesus Christ, you've just changed my entire mind about getting a WRX. The newer Camry TRD's look spectacular, and would be much more familiar to me, since I already drive a 2014 Corolla. I could push the power even farther up if I can figure out a turbo or super for it, too! >:D

I think it does... I am not very sure...

Good reply, I think, maybe for sure but I don't know😂😂😂😂

+Joseph R thats not the issue everyone has. why is the more powerful and better gas mileage engine only in the eco model?

Cause you dont own the se or xse trim

Ryan Money This is the S model... The eco model has more horsepower believe it or not.

132Hp , Cvt , Close To 3,000 Pounds ? You're Not Getting 8 Seconds ! Sorry

+Genovas DSL hahahaha damn dood. no chill

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***** CVT has potential for better speed, since you don't lose power on the shift, considering many cars with lower power will take three gears to hit 60.Problem with cvt is I would be afraid to juice it before take off, since its a belt on wheels and wear causes the cvt to slip, plenty of videos of CVT slip on youtube.also the CVT needs to be programmed to go for a speed configuration, otherwise it will want expand too fast, basically it wants to widen its ratio quickly for economy.

I get 8.5 - 9.5 seconds in my 2014 S in Sport mode and traction control off, but in manual I get 7.5 - 8.5 so not too shabby.

+The Rusty Scooter I just want to say that I have the 2014 Toyota Corolla S down here in Florida and my best 0-60 is 7 seconds flat, with the CVT engine. How you might ask? I'll give you the steps. 1. Hold down the traction control button for five seconds to turn off traction control and stability control. 2. Put it in sport mode so it reacts to your gas pedal faster. 3. Put the car in manual mode 4. Floor it and while in first gear wait for the RPMs to hit 5,750 (right before 6,000rpm) and switch it into automatic mode *This causes the car to stay in first gear longer bouncing on redline before shifting 2nd gear. If you're elevation is much higher than sea level like in this video you should be getting 9 sec 0-60 times with this method. [PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WITH CVT THERE ARE NO GEARS BUT JUST "SIMULATED SHIFT POINTS" SO TOYOTA MADE THIS CVT PERFORM LESS FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING FEEL LIKE A REGULAR 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC" You are welcome Toyota Fam =)

you see the reason its possible is because by switching from manual to automatic it allows you to stay in 1st gear longer while at 6,000rpm where its hitting peak horse power. ill try to make a video on it so you can see for yourself. =)

All that S means is plastic body cladding and a spoiler. You still pay extra for Alloys. Other than that, there is nothing sporty about. It's like putting an S on to a Microwave. It makes no difference.

Well it's not that easy, the normal MSRP was stated at $23,500, but I knew it would start at $18,000-$20,000 for the regular models... I guess I was wrong! :(