Before Toyota unleashed the bananas GR Corolla, the Japanese automaker offered the Corolla XRS in an effort to get in the ...

Automobile pits the Civic against four worthy opponents: the Toyota Corolla XRS, Hyundai Elantra GT, Ford Focus ST, and Mazda 3. While the Civic is the most refined vehicle in the group ...

Keep in mind, this isn't a Honda Civic Si or Mazdaspeed 3 competitor. In terms of base price, power, and disposition, the XRS lines up better with a Civic EX-L or Mazda 3 Grand Touring.

At $19,420, the XRS's base price screams big ... "You can believe the Civic's mpg advantage would draw me to it." Certainly, the Honda, powered by a tiniest-in-test 1.8-liter four, promised ...

Along with borrowing a more potent engine from the same period Camry, Toyota made several meaningful improvements to the 2009 Corolla XRS over its ... like the Honda Civic Si of the time, the ...

Disagree if you must, but we don’t think it’s entirely our fault that we don’t get all tingly over a new Toyota Corolla the way we do over, say, a new Honda Civic. Both are entirely capable ...