But if you really want great visibility these days, you're pretty much going to have to get a classic
Yeah, unfortunately that's true.
Remember when I said I can see the pavement 5' ahead of the car (2006 Corolla). Well, I got out a tape measure and measured the point on the pavement where I can actually see the tape measure, and its a lot farther than that. It's 15 FEET ahead of the front bumper. When I went to the local Toyota dealer and I raised the seat up to it's maximum, and then cranked my neck up until my hair was hitting the roof, I was able to see a point 21 feet ahead of the car. To me that's not bad, I think I could live with that. It's not exactly perfect but It's good enough I guess. I know that the Elantra has better forward visibility but I prefer the longevity of Toyotas more. I sat in a 2014 Camry SE V6 and I could see the road exactly 28 feet ahead of the front bumper. That's pretty close to what the new Corolla is in terms of forward pavement viewing distances, yet the Camry has a massive 268 hp compared to the Corolla's 135. (double). And the Camry gets 31 mph highway compared to the Corolla 4-speed's 36 mpg, so it's pretty good for a V6 front drive car. Still, I prefer the 4-cylinder in the Corolla more, small engines are more my style.
I've been reading some reports of some of the problems other people are having their their Hyundai cars and it does not give me a lot of confidence in those cars. For that reason alone I would prefer to stick with the old but trusty 1.8L and 4-speed combo found in the Corolla.
