No doubt every body have its own likeness and dislikes I know you had efforts and you have some unique taste like Zebra Pattern Seat covers in your last Corolla XE but with adding some effort around 10-20% more you can double the results. On rear rather put Corolla S badge with some Cosmetics touches. and some 15'' JAP/CAN corolla style Rims you can have good looks, but you may like differently.
How about Brakes do you have something special or same OEM ones, i checked in Canadian Corolla have Disk(F) with Drum(R) setup with ABS and its extremely powerful Brake, and i am thinking to make some test on some local model with Drum Setup in Rear, it may improve the Braking as compared to all wheels Disk Brakes.