New 2026 Toyota Corolla LE

The first word that comes to mind when I think of the Corolla is reliability. I believe this car will run well over 200k easily without any major mechanical issues at that. I love the simplicity of driving my Corolla. When I get into my partners jeep and drive I just keep thinking about how I rather be in my corolla LOL. Contrary to what some others have said I find my car to be extremely comfortable (I’m also a smaller guy, 5’10 140 pounds) but I can definitely see the legroom in the back seat not being enough for most people to sit comfortably. The only other things I’d complain about, is the get up and go speed/power could definitely use a little extra boost lol. I made the mistake of getting the base LE model instead of the SE with sport mode which would’ve mitigated that concern for me. So anyone wanting to be able to pick up and go a little faster i’d recommend the SE model to which has the sport mode. The base LE model doesn’t have heated mirrors (ridiculous I know) but the higher trims do. Second, the backup camera kinda sucks. The resolution could definitely be better and it annoys me because the cameras they have on the Camrys are perfect. But it does do its job. Also no blind spot monitors on the base LE either. I’m only including these smaller details because for me personally had I been a little smarter and researched/evaluated the base LE I would’ve went with the SE most definitely. This is my first brand new car so I was just excited being young and didn’t really think. Lesson learned haha. Hopefully I was able to help someone else out who may be thinking (or not thinking) the way I was.