Ahhh those French :D
Toyota whitegoods on wheels, reliability,value and the very impotrant longevity. Being in Australia makes the whole reliability, access to parts and pricing difficult,I love Euro cars but at the end of the day I have a reliable hatch which I love,parts a plenty, easy insurance and fairly easy to diagnose problems IF they arise. I like to sleep easy at night so having a Toyota certainly helps.. The whole bagging other brands doesn't really happen with many forums unless someone mentions a Commodore for some reason..If I had money to burn I probably would have a old school Fiat,Peugeot or Renault(Clio Williams)to play with on weekends but I would rather the worlds hottest hatch, Lancia Delta Intergrale HF
This topic really is one of those "each to their own" type of conversations as everything has a following,the Lada Samara may even have a club
So just to annoy your fellow Frenchies could you let them know that the current Corolla hatch ZRE was designed in France :)
Cheers