Should the States wait?

[hystria]

Originally Posted by magoo_lc1

I have bought toyotas off and on for years. I always found it nuts that what alot of car companys give you in a base package toyota dont offer it or consider it a option. My parents still have their 95 corolla they bought new and an actual trip counter was an option then. No car company should release a car with a manual gearbox without a tach

tach is standard on the canadian model (either hb or sedan). probably it's a marketing decision, Toyota didn't expect to sell many manual liftback in the US. even so, here in Canada Toyota made very weird decisions. The car has lecture lights for both driver/passenger and my base hatchback ($11.700US) came with free 6CD MP3 player, but the trunk has no remote release, both outside mirrors have manual adjustment (finger on the mirror to have it adjusted) and to have the rear wiper it costs over $500US extra. but whatever it is, this is what we pay to have a quality-build car, with some exceptions, the Toyota's are the most reliable cars available.