Description
Introduced in 1968, the Corolla succeeded in being one of the best-selling cars in the Toyota lineup. In 2016, it received a facelift for its eleventh generation.
With dozens of millions of cars sold worldwide, the Corolla was a huge success for the Japanese carmaker. But instead of selling it as a singular model, Toyota adapted it depending on the market. For the European version, for instance, it offered it with better handling than on the U.S. market, where it installed softer dampers. The engines also varied, some of them being produced exclusively for the Old Continent's customers.
Along with the facelifted version, the Corolla received a much more aggressive front fascia, with swept-back headlights and an A-shaped lower apron flanked by fake air-intakes that hosted the fog lights. Depending on the options, it featured blacked-out B-pillars and windows trims.
Inside, the carmaker offered the Corolla with an eight-inch infotainment touch-screen, complemented by a secondary TFT display in the instrument cluster. Unfortunately, while the design looked like it followed the German carmakers, the materials' quality was not at the same level. Fake leather seats with cloth centers were offered for the front bucket seats, while at the back, a bench profiled for two and with hardly any room for three completed the five-seat layout.
Under the hood, Toyota installed a choice of three engines, dropping the 2.0-liter turbodiesel from the non-facelifted version.
Press Release
Currently sold in approximately 150 countries and regions around the world and accounting for around 20% of Toyota's global sales, the Toyota Corolla remains the most popular vehicle in the company's line-up.
The updated Toyota Corolla model range now introduces a new and advanced exterior styling. The front has been completely restyled to highlight a wider vehicle stance and a more prestigious design. It incorporates Toyota's Under Priority and Keen Look design language featuring a small upper grille flanked by new LED headlamp clusters, including new LED light guides, and a revised front bumper incorporating a large lower grille.
To the side, the door handles receive a new chrome trim finish, enhancing the character line running from the front to the rear of the vehicle. A choice of new 16" and 17" alloy wheel designs is available.
Greater style is added to the rear through the adoption of new LED tail lamp clusters and a new chrome garnish which further emphasizes the vehicle width.
The new Toyota Corolla is available in a choice of 9 body colours, of which 3 are new: Platinum Bronze, Tokyo Red and Earth Bronze.
Fitted as standard across the entire model range, Toyota Safety Sense helps to prevent or mitigate collisions across a wide range of traffic situations by processing information provided by a compact, windscreen head-mounted unit housing both a laser and a camera.
Toyota Safety Sense incorporates a Pre-Collision System (PCS), Lane Departure Alert (LDA), Road Sign Assist (RSA) and Automatic High Beam (AHB). Thanks to the system reducing the risk of being involved in traffic accidents, drivers of the new Corolla may benefit from lower insurance costs[1] or more advantageous insurance reclassification1.
The new Toyota Corolla goes on sale throughout Europe in summer 2016.
