The Corolla is a model that hardly "needs an introduction", and as the world's No. 1 selling model, it has sold more than 43 million units, and wherever there are cars, you can always meet a few Corolla owners.
The Corolla's world number one is not just the past, since the launch of the 11th-generation new Corolla, it has once again been the world's No. 1 sales car for two consecutive years, and in the first half of 2016, this car still continued to maintain the world's No. 1 sales.
There are two versions of this generation of Corolla in China, namely FAW Corolla and Toyota Leiling. The decisive reason why we rank the Corolla first is that Toyota finally "devolved" the hybrid system that was originally formed in the Prius and swept the world into the Chinese market. Toyota's hybrid system is different from the common plug-in dual-electric vehicles in Europe, it does not need to be charged, only relying on the energy automatically recovered by the car in the driving to generate electricity, can make fuel consumption greatly reduced, so that the mileage of a tank of fuel increased by more than half, and in the more congested places, due to the more frequent recovery and utilization of electric energy, but the more fuel-efficient.
The improvement of the handling of the hybrid system is often overlooked, and due to the addition of electric motor assistance in acceleration, the power response is almost completely free of lag, and the performance of the dual-engine Corolla in daily urban driving can be described as sharp. The suspension of the Corolla is smooth and solid, and it continues to lead its old rival Civic in terms of shock absorption and cabin quietness. In short, the driving experience of this generation of Corolla is quite "high-end", in fact, Corolla's "decent" is just a popular opinion, to provide civilian cars with "overstepping" configuration and driving experience, coupled with the perverted quality of car manufacturing to ensure that the real secret of Corolla's success.
The Corolla has always had a wide space, its rear space and trunk capacity are among the best in its class, and the space of the hybrid Corolla has not been greatly weakened by the addition of the battery system, in short, as a compact family car, the Corolla may lack personality, but there must be no shortcomings.
The Corolla has a perfect reputation for quality, it is one of the most durable models in the world, and according to the statistics of Consumer Reports in the United States, even if the Corolla is more than 10 years old, the failure rate is still much lower than that of most new cars within three years, and there is no common high incidence of failure. Except for car accidents, few Corolla owners have experienced being thrown on the road by a car breakdown, and the vast majority of Corollas will not undergo major repairs until they are scrapped.
The quality of Toyota's hybrid system is equally reassuring, with the first-generation Toyota Prius being introduced to the U.S. market in 1998 and used as taxis in some cities, with an average mileage of about 500,000 miles for the first battery failure.
In terms of safety, Corolla has been awarded TSP (Top Safety) for many years in the world's most stringent IIHS test, with the best performance in all crash tests. However, in the new frontal 25% offset collisions added after 2013, the Corolla received only a moderate evaluation, and the collision safety needs to be improved.
Since the top models are good enough and have their own characteristics, we don't recommend prospective owners of the Civic or Mazda3 for the sake of handling to include the Corolla. But if your intention to buy a car is limited to "a family car of about 150,000", then we highly recommend you test drive a hybrid Levin or Corolla.
Toyota Corolla丨Lei Ling Shuangqing evaluation report