We’ve seen renders of the Toyota Corolla sedan for long enough, and our spy photographers have provided us with the first images of the four-door since the beginning of the year. This time, the prototypes sport far less camouflage than before, giving us a much better idea of what the new car will look like.
Despite the swirly disguise attempting to throw us off, the front end design – which appears to have been lifted straight off the Auris/Corolla Hatchback – is clear to see. There’s the same L-shaped full-LED headlights, slim upper grille and massive trapezoidal lower grille as the hatchback, lending credibility to rumours of the sedan being closer in identity to the five-door than ever before.
Along the side, you’ll spot the more prominent shoulder as well as a new front quarter window at the base of the A-pillars. This coincides with the relocated door mirrors, which now sit atop the door panels. At the rear are wraparound tail lights joined together by what will likely be a chrome trim piece.
Inside, the Corolla is expected to carry over the Auris’ C-HR-inspired layered dashboard design, with a floating infotainment system, a wider and longer centre console and ample use of matte silver and piano black accents. Under the skin, the Corolla will almost certainly ride on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) that is designed to offer a lower centre of gravity than before.
The Auris comes in 1.2 litre turbo petrol, 1.8 litre hybrid and 2.0 litre hybrid variants, while the Corolla Hatchback is offered with just a 2.0 litre Dynamic Force engine and a choice of either a six-speed manual gearbox or a new Direct Shift CVT with a launch gear. Expect the Corolla to feature at least one of these powertrain options, although carryover 1.8 litre and 2.0 litre Dual VVT-i engines are not out of the question.
GALLERY: Toyota Corolla Hatchback (US-spec)
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The King is almost home.
Wow look at the car, so cheapo. If not laku then can use it to bungkus then throw into longkang.
You mean you tak laku…what a pity
Proton sales collapsing……soon Proton will be collector’s item.
Why dragged in proton here?
This old piece of junk is going to recycle the old engine and transmission. Typical Toyota, old outdated tech
Marketing talk is “proven & reliable”. Makes “outdated” sounds so canggih.
King lj, sudah bungkus
Hail the king…the best selling car will continue to chart another history..bravo toyota bravo…
The KING never left. He was “Canned” by UMW for a very Gud reason.
Looking at these, it is quite clear the Honda Civic has nothing to worry about.
The current Altis has better refinement & ride comfort compared to thr Civic based on PTs past review. Its still the benchmark for C segment sedan judging by its global sales numbers & solid reliability. With new TNGA platform, its interesting to see how well it fares.
Domestically, its difficult to imagine that we r getting the new engines. When UMW sucks with specs & pricing, does not mean Toyota sucks.
Yes, agreed. China and Thailand have 1.6 and 1.8 but Malaysia has 1.8 and 2.0 only. UMW is forcing C segment car buyer to buy 2.0 Altis. Earlier 1.8 G never even has VSC and TRC.
Civic is already dated..only honda fanboys are so hadap with this retard looking car…
why dont you go plastic surgery your retard face since your face is dated? otak kat mana? *puke*
Wow! Even big bro Toyota need to test stickiness of old newspaper. So hodoh. Why din they follow P2 and do testing in underground SHIELD test track? When they launch cars, nobody knows it was coming.
Ya, follow the P2 style, do testing in underground SHIELD test track and when they launch cars, nobody knows it was coming plus missing a lot of useful things (front or rear cupholders, no convenient storage space, tripmeter reduced to only 1, throwing away temperature meter, plus real filmsy material until i can break it easily with little strength required). Most of these ‘cut corner’ job comes since Axai were launched in year 2014 which is king of cut corner spec. Real smart and cunning indeed.
kenapa ada iras macam proton pesona sahaja….
I second that, especially the rear end.
I heard somebody told that is using newspaper stick the car
Nice car but when it come to Malaysia…UMW will take their best effort to stripe down all new techs, fancy accessories, nice bodywork in order to make it as UNCLE brand
looking forward to new myvi sedan soon