2014 Toyota Corolla Redesign

A next model Toyota Corolla sedan coated in heavy black camouflage. The Corolla is the smallest four-door in Toyota for U.S. market, now that the Yaris sedan was dropped for 2012. The 2014 Toyota Corolla Redesign has been around in largely the same type since 2009-it was flippantly up to date for 2011 with a new face and a few recent options-but it surely’s time for a redesign.

Why It Matters: Toyota has dutifully updated the volume-producing sedan each few years, but no recent model has excited anybody outdoors of the company’s accountants. Now that the Corolla’s competitors includes reloaded efforts from Ford with its new Focus and Dodge with the Dart-along with the competent Chevy Cruze, the stylish Hyundai Elantra, and the fantastic-driving Mazda 3-it appears to be like even more dated than it did before.

Sky-high mpg is probably more important than ever, but the Corolla might want to offer extra than simply good EPA numbers to correctly compete. Compact-car patrons at present count on mid-dimension features and expertise in a reasonably priced package. Doodads reminiscent of navigation, heated seats, and even self-parking techniques have gotten prevalent in the segment. The present Corolla presents neither upmarket features nor an appropriately low value to beat its lack of contemporary amenities.

 From the look of the prototype in these spy photos, the Corolla doubtless will comply with in the footsteps of the bigger Camry and use an updated version of the current platform. Besides aping the Camry’s evolutionary platform technique, the Corolla additionally will borrow closely from that sedan’s styling. The taillights on this take a look at car look almost similar to the newest Camry’s items, while the Corolla’s entrance end incorporates several angular cues cribbed straight from its big brother. The automobile seen right here shares its relatively high beltline with the present mannequin, however manages to not seem dowdy and tall for it, no less than in this armored look.

As did the lately redesigned Camry, we suspect the Corolla will carry over most of its powertrain stuff. The 2014 Toyota Corolla Redesign at the moment presents but a single engine-a 132-hp, 1.8-liter four-paired with either a 5-velocity guide or an outdated 4-speed automatic. We wouldn’t be shocked if Toyota muscle groups the engine up a bit with some extra power, although we hope that each transmissions benefit from extra gears. A six-speed guide or computerized would bring the Corolla’s gearswappers into this century, and would help enhance upon its already admirable fuel economy. The EPA charges the current stick-shift Corolla at 27 mpg within the metropolis and 34 on the freeway; the automated is nice for the same highway quantity, but sacrifices 1 mpg within the city. Not terribly shabby stuff for know-how seemingly borrowed from 1983, but we count on Toyota will shoot for the magic forty-mpg mark with the 2014 Corolla.