Toyota Australia has confirmed its popular Corolla range will enter 2024 unchanged.
The small hatchback and sedan is offered with either 2.0-litre petrol or 1.8-litre hybrid four-cylinder powertrains.
Toyota has for many years been Australia’s top-selling car brand. In 2023, the Corolla, with 19,986 sales, is its fourth best-seller behind only the RAV4, HiLux and Prado.
Within its segment however, the Corolla falls behind the Hyundai i30 (18,013) but has a comfortable lead over the likes of the Mazda 3 (7860) and Kia Cerato (4368).
The Corolla range opens up at $29,270 before on-road costs for the Ascent Sport sedan and extends to $40,260 before on-road costs for the ZR Hybrid sedan.
Pricing differs between the sedan and hatchback by between $210 and $1160 with the ZR petrol and hybrid variants seeing the largest disparity.
Pricing
- 2024 Toyota Corolla Ascent Sport sedan: $29,270
- 2024 Toyota Corolla Ascent Sport hatch: $29,610
- 2024 Toyota Corolla Ascent Sport Hybrid hatch: $32,110
- 2024 Toyota Corolla Ascent Sport Hybrid sedan: $32,320
- 2024 Toyota Corolla SX sedan: $32,320
- 2024 Toyota Corolla SX hatch: $32,760
- 2024 Toyota Corolla SX Hybrid sedan: $34,920
- 2024 Toyota Corolla SX Hybrid hatch: $35,260
- 2024 Toyota Corolla ZR hatch: $36,60
- 2024 Toyota Corolla ZR sedan: $37,760
- 2024 Toyota Corolla ZR Hybrid hatch: $39,100
- 2024 Toyota Corolla ZR Hybrid sedan: $40,260
All prices exclude on-road costs
Drivetrains
The 2024 Toyota Corolla range has two engine choices, starting with a naturally aspirated 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with 126kW of power and 202Nm of torque (203Nm in the sedan).
The hybrid pairs a 1.8-litre naturally aspirated petrol four-cylinder engine with an electric motor, for a combined power output of 103kW.
The 2.0-litre engine comes with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with 10 virtual gears. The hybrid is only available with an e-CVT.
All Corollas are front-wheel drive except the AWD GR Corolla.
Efficiency
The petrol 2024 Toyota Corolla hatch uses 6.0L/100km on the combined cycle, while Toyota claims the sedan uses 5.9L/100km.
The hybrid hatch uses 4.0L/100km, while Toyota claims the sedans achieve 3.9L/100km.
All models use 91RON regular unleaded fuel.
Dimensions
The 2024 Toyota Corolla hatch measures 4375mm long, 1435mm tall and 1790mm wide, with a 2640mm wheelbase.
The Corolla sedan measures 4630mm long, 1435mm tall and 1780mm wide, with a 2700mm wheelbase.
The sedan has 470L of luggage space, while the hatchback has between 217L and 333L. The larger of the two volumes is for models without a spare wheel.
Servicing and Warranty
The 2024 Toyota Corolla has an ANCAP rating of five stars based on testing conducted in 2018.
It received scores of 96 per cent in adult occupant protection, 83 per cent in child occupant protection, 86 per cent in vulnerable road user protection, and 76 per cent in safety assist.
The entire range comes standard with the following safety features:
- Autonomous emergency braking
- Pedestrian and cyclist detection
- Motorcycle detection
- Junction assist
- Emergency steering assist
- Lane-keep assist
- Lane-departure warning
- Lane-tracing assist
- Adaptive cruise control
- Traffic sign recognition
- Reversing camera
- Front, front-side and curtain airbags
- Driver’s knee airbag
The SX and ZR add blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert. The former is also standard on all hatchback models.
Standard Equipement
The base Ascent Sport comes with the following standard features:
- 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system
- 4.2-inch instrument cluster screen (sedan)
- 7.0-inch instrument cluster screen (hatch and sedan hybrid)
- Wireless Apple CarPlay and wired Android Auto
- DAB+ digital radio
- Satellite navigation (hatch and sedan hybrid)
- Front sun visors with illuminated vanity mirrors
- Rear seat reminder
- Six-speaker sound system
- Automatic bi-LED headlights
- Automatic high-beam
- LED daytime running lights and tail lights
- Air-conditioning
- 16-inch alloy wheels
- 60/40 split-fold rear seats with centre armrest
- Heated, power-folding mirrors
- Reverse camera
- 12 months of Toyota Connected Services
- Spare wheel (hybrid sedan)
- Keyless entry and start (hatch hybrid and sedan)
An optional $1000 Convenience Pack adds:
- Blind-spot monitoring (sedan)
- Rear-cross traffic alert
- Front and rear parking sensors (hatchback)
Moving up to the SX brings:
- Rain-sensing wipers
- Electrochromatic rear-view mirror
- Remote climate control pre-conditioning
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Satellite navigation
- Blind-spot monitoring
- Rear cross-traffic alert
- Leatherette-wrapped steering wheel and shifter
- LED fog lights
- Auto-folding side mirrors
- Keyless entry and start
- Privacy glass
- Dual-zone climate control (hatchback)
- Wireless phone charging
- Paddle shifters (excludes hybrid)
- USB charging port
- Electric parking brake
- 7.0-inch instrument cluster screen (sedan)
- Spare wheel (sedan)
The top-spec ZR also features:
- 18-inch alloy wheels
- JBL sound system (nine speakers in the sedan, eight speakers in the hatch)
- Front sports seats
- Eight-way power driver’s seat with lumbar support
- Leatherette (sedan) or leather and faux suede upholstery (hatchback)
- Heated front seats
- Head-up display
- 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster
- Auto-dimming rear-view mirror
- Ambient lighting
- Electric sunroof (sedan)
Colours
Hatchback models are available in the following finishes:
- Sunstone Orange
- Lunar Blue
- Glacier White
- Frosted White
- Silver Pearl
- Graphite
- Eclipse Black
- Jasper Red
Of these, only Sunstone Orange and Glacier White can’t be had with a black roof in ZR guise.
Sedan models are available in the following finishes:
- Dark Grey
- Eclipse Black
- Glacier White
- Frosted White
- Silver Pearl
- Celestite Grey
- Atomic Rush
- Saturn Blue
All colour options except Glacier White cost $575, the two-tone roof option costs $1350.
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