It’s funny but I think you nailed the timeline on the head. I got a 2019 corolla (it’s a manual and it doesn’t need a key!) and all I had to do to get it off the internet was pull a single fuse and reroute a speaker wire. The controls are actually a pretty good mix of physical and touch too.
It used to have support for showing maps on the head unit, but that never worked reliably and required special software that has been discontinued. I tried manual updating the software and that feature is gone gone.
I have actually rented a couple corollas since then, and they’ve all been disappointingly worse as far as everything about them is concerned.
It’s funny but I think you nailed the timeline on the head. I got a 2019 corolla (it’s a manual and it doesn’t need a key!) and all I had to do to get it off the internet was pull a single fuse and reroute a speaker wire. The controls are actually a pretty good mix of physical and touch too.
It used to have support for showing maps on the head unit, but that never worked reliably and required special software that has been discontinued. I tried manual updating the software and that feature is gone gone.
I have actually rented a couple corollas since then, and they’ve all been disappointingly worse as far as everything about them is concerned.