It's just a small detail, but I am bothered by it almost every time I see a previous-generation Corolla. At least current Corollas lack that problem, whether by the accident of a redesign or conscious effort to make the correction.
For a discussion of the flaw, let's go to some images: previous-generation Corolla images alternate with photos of current Corollas.
Previous-generation Corolla. Note the pointed aft end of the side window profile. From this and similar viewpoints, it seems to simply intrude on the C-pillar. An intrusion for no apparent reason.
Current Corollas are better styled in general, with a strong shoulder-level character line that extends almost all the way to the rear of the car. The window profile is essentially self-contained with no sharp points seemingly floating noplace in particular.
In this side view we see that the sharp point is actually related to the C-pillar fold atop the trunk. In theory, this is proper automobile styling practice -- relating features at a distance to help visually tie a design together. But Corolla's problem is that the fold is weak. It needed to be a little bolder so that the relationship to the point was more obvious.
The shoulder character fold on current Corollas serves to tie the design together, leaving the C-pillar to be simply a C-pillar and not a canvas for a visual linkage.
Even when seen from the rear, the visual link is weak. As just stated, the sculpting need to be at least a little bolder.
No such problem on the current Corolla.
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The new Corolla is more of a styled aero egg one thing design, while the old one was getting there but was somewhere in between three box and the egg, which a lot of the usual car-like sculpting. Still the road vacuuming grille, if a fairly good version of it. One demerit for the improved window shape: it's done with a blank black piece of plastic sort of pretending to be side glass.
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