What is it?
This largely new car revives an old name but rides on a fresh platform and replaces the Auris, which was engineered specifically for Europe and sold largely here.
Like Corollas past, this one is a world car, although the flexibility of the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform philosophy promises a car potentially more suitable for European tastes than the Auris ever was.
Like the Auris, the Corolla will be built at Toyota’s Burnaston plant, and it will be offered with the familiar 1.2-litre petrol engine and a choice of two petrol hybrid powertrains of either 1.8 litres and 118bhp, or 2.0 litres and 176bhp. Both of these come with CVT automatic transmissions, as is Toyota’s hybrid way, whereas the 1.2 has a six-speed manual.
At the core of this new Corolla is a body structure that’s no less than 60% stiffer, underpinned by an all-new suspension that includes a multilink rear axle as standard and the option of electronic dampers. Apart from its extra strength, an additional benefit of the TNGA hardware is its lower centre of gravity. Also much improved from the Auris – and it needed to be – is the Corolla’s interior.
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Peter Cavellini
Big Brother?
Looks like a scaled up Yaris?, well, it might do well here too.
Wellsi
It’s been a while since I
It’s been a while since I bothered to read a Toyota review. Love the looks but feel the youthful appearance is at odds with the mature audience (cvt gearbox, low power engine). Let’s hope that they produce a hot version with 250+ bhp and a manual or Dsg box!
HiPo 289
Review misses the point/s?
It seems likely that people buy Toyota Hybrids because they are reliable, cheap to run, relaxing to drive and symbolise innovation and new tech in a way that other mainstream cars don’t.
Remember when the Prius launched and conservative motoring journalists laughed at it? Well they’re not laughing now that Toyota have sold 10 million hybrids. The journos were behind the times (yet again), as Toyota put two fingers up to traditional manufacturers and paved the way for Tesla.
So I suggest taking this review with a pinch of salt. The shallow stuff about interior plastics and the supposed drawbacks of the CVT gearbox are totally irrelevant in the hybrid scheme of things.
xxxx
So....
..if you don't want or like the CVT/Hybrid combo then you're stuck with a mighty 1.2, woeful!
It's not a choice I'd liked to be faced with so it's a 4 out of 10, I predict low sales!
6th Gear
A mighty 1.2
Does that mean the Ford Focus should be a sales disaster, as most models are a ‘mighty’ 1.0.
xxxx
Mighter 1.5, 2.0 and soon a 2.3
They also sell plenty of petrol 1.5's, 1.5 and 2.0 diesels. Then there's the new 2.3 coming out in a few months which gets me interested.
rsmith
xxxx wrote:
Thrilling line up.
FMS
xxxx wrote:
Only woeful part is your highly dubious "contribution"...not a choice YOU'D like to be faced with...LMAO...you currently "drive" a decrepit sofa, never done a hands turn in your life and just as (un)likely to buy a car as stop these ludicrous posts. You predict low sales...seems you have missed the part where each prior gen car did better than very well indeed and no doubt will do so again...but hey, nice try...TwIT, the w is silent, as you should be.
Bakerboy3685
Apple Carplay
Looking at the interior pic I see the Americans get Apple Carplay but it is still not being offered here, unless you want an Aygo!
Why can't Toyota include this like pretty much every other car manufacturer does?
typos1
Bakerboy3685 wrote:
It should have Android Auto as well - not everyone has locked down, overpriced Apple crap, in fact more people in the world use Android.
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