I got a 2003 Corolla about 4 1/2 years ago and we just picked up a 2007 Matrix XR for the wife.
So far, so good, but there are some things about it that disappoint me right off the bat. If you're not into whining, please skip to the next post. :-)
First, there's the driver's seat height adjustment. Bad news. The seat only adjusts up. What I mean is, the lowest position to which you can adjust the seat is about as high off the floor as it is in the Corolla, which is about 2-3 inches too high for me.
Next, the instrument cluster. Whose bright idea was it to bury each gauge inside a black, 4 1/2 inch long tunnel? You have to have the gauges backlighted all the time in order to see them. To make matters worse, they put a strip of bright chrome around the lip of each tube to catch any glint of sunlight entering the car and redirect it into your eye, making it even harder to see the instruments. Finally, they f***ed up the speedometer by only marking the 20s--20, 40, 60, 80, etc. Why? Is it supposed to look cool? Are multiples of 20 good luck? Is Toyota making a statement against the 55-mph speed limit found on most local 2-lane highways? To crown this steaming pile of dash, they list the gauges--"Optitron Meters"--as one of the highlights of the car! To be fair, it obviously wasn't Optitron's idea to mount the meters inside a tube, and for all I know, Toyota might have designed the meters build by Optitron.
Then there's the "tire pressure low" warning. It would be great if it told you which tire was low. All it tells you is that one of them is low. Better than nothing, I guess--saves having to check them every so often.