Hey, Scotty
I'm stuck between choosing a 2012 Toyota Camry and Corolla. Which one would you recommend most based on your experience and if must, recommend another year.
Avoid the 2012-2014 Toyota Camry due to potential for transmission shudder issues. For that generation of Camry, I would look at model years 2015-2017 if you can (2017 was last year of that generation).
See below:
https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/postid/183850/
Good catch!
I think the 4 cyl is problematic one. V6 is ok.
What year(s) of the Corolla would you recommend?
- Well what is your needs out of the vehicle? You also didn't mention if the Camry is a 4 or v6. The vehicles are in two different segments.
Both are good cars.
The Camry is a higher model so obviously it costs more, but you get options like AWD, more horsepower (and fuel consumption), nicer interior etc.
Get the best one that you can afford.
Personally, I would buy neither, I am not a fan of the 2009-2013 Corollas and the 2012-2014 Camrys had torque converter failures, which would require transmission rebuild. I would look at 2015-2017 Camrys since those were excellent model years. My friend has a 2015 Camry XLE 4 cylinder and he loves it.
only i4 Camrys did
What year(s) of the Corolla would you recommend?
2006-2008 Corollas are good, 2015 and up Corollas are pretty good too.