TOYOTA has launched its refreshed MY23 Corolla hatch and sedan vary to Australia with a brand new beginning value of $28,130 plus on-road prices and a “raft of upgrades” together with Toyota Linked Providers performance, a brand new multimedia system and its newest fifth-generation petrol-electric powertrain.
Quiet deletion of the guide gearbox choice, in addition to value rises of between $2425 and $3785 relying on variant, imply it’s now $4235 costlier to get behind the wheel of a brand new Corolla Ascent Sport, all Corolla variants now arriving with a repeatedly variable transmission (CVT) as commonplace.
With the introduction of a brand new hybrid driveline – which groups a 1.8-litre petrol engine with a high-output motor/generator and lighter lithium-ion battery pack – in electrified guise the Corolla now advantages from a 13kW enhance in peak energy to supply a most mixed output of 103kW
The two.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine stays unchanged with 126kW/202Nm for the hatch and 126kW/203Nm for the sedan.
Moreover, and as premiered within the new Corolla Cross just lately, the Corolla hatch and sedan are actually supplied with Toyota Linked Providers expertise that allows homeowners distant performance to verify info together with gasoline degree or driving vary, whether or not the doorways are locked or unlocked, and whether or not the home windows are up or down.
House owners might also remotely carry out features corresponding to locking the automotive, beginning the engine and activating the horn or hazard lights. The system may even find the automotive if the motive force has forgotten the place they parked it.
Importantly, Toyota Linked Providers may present help within the occasion of an emergency the place the airbags are deployed or if a collision is detected, by routinely notifying an emergency name centre and permitting the motive force to speak with the operator.
The system might also be activated by way of a roof-mounted SOS button and may even help authorities in monitoring a stolen car.
On the protection entrance, Toyota has endowed the Corolla vary with an expanded Toyota Security Sense energetic security suite, which now contains bike detection, intersection collision avoidance help for crossing autos at left or proper turns, emergency steering help, and acceleration suppression at low speeds, whereas enhancing a variety of current options.
The system options newly improved cameras and radar sensors that Toyota says provides a “wider vary for detection of obstacles or autos”.
Additional, all hatch variants now embrace a blind spot monitor as commonplace, whereas lane hint help has been expanded to incorporate the emergency driving cease system characteristic that has been designed to carry the car to a gradual cease if it detects the motive force is now not making car inputs.
The energetic cruise management system has additionally been enhanced and now provides 4 distance settings, the power to detect different autos earlier, and the addition of deceleration help when altering lanes.
From a connectivity and infotainment standpoint, the Corolla vary now adopts Toyota’s newest era multimedia system that includes an 8.0-inch touchscreen show on all variants. The system contains new shortcut buttons, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, DAB+ digital radio reception and a USB-C port as commonplace.
The Ascent Sport hatch positive aspects a 7.0-inch multi-information show (MID) within the instrument cluster and rear seat reminder operate, whereas ZR variants achieve a 12.3-inch digital instrument panel.
For the Ascent Sport sedan, native satellite tv for pc navigation is commonplace on the hybrid, together with entrance solar visors that embrace illuminated self-importance mirrors.
Exterior adjustments embrace new 16-inch wheels for Ascent Sport and SX grades, and a new-look grille.
Each hatch and sedan Ascent Sport variants are actually out there with an non-obligatory Comfort Park ($1000) that provides rear cross-traffic alert and entrance/rear parking sensors for the hatch, or rear cross site visitors alert and blind spot monitoring for sedan.
Stepping as much as the SX will get rain-sensing wipers and an electrochromatic rear-view mirror for each physique kinds, whereas the hatch additional provides distant local weather management pre-conditioning, in addition to parking sensors entrance and rear.
Lastly, as a part of the MY23 improve, Toyota has additionally revised the color palette, with Sunstone Orange and Lunar Blue changing the prevailing Peacock Black and Eclectic Blue, and becoming a member of Glacier White, Frosted White, Silver Pearl, Graphite, Eclipse Black and Jasper Pink on hatch variants.
If prospects go for the flagship ZR Hatch, Frosted White, Graphite, Jasper Pink, Silver Pearl and Lunar Blue can be optioned with a two-tone black roof.
For Corolla sedan variants, Darkish Gray and Eclipse Black substitute Ink and Lunar Blue, bringing the overall variety of choices to eight together with Glacier White, Frosted White, Silver Pearl, Celestite Gray, Atomic Rush and Saturn Blue.
“With higher security and comfort options and improved efficiency for hybrid fashions, the brand new Corolla vary will give our prospects higher peace of thoughts,” stated Toyota Australia vp of gross sales, advertising and franchise operations, Sean Hanley.
“Corolla has lengthy been one among Australia’s hottest passenger vehicles and these upgrades are set to make it much more interesting.”
2023 Toyota Corolla Hatch pricing*:
Ascent Sport (a) | $28,130 | (+$2735) |
Ascent Sport Hybrid (a) | $30,630 | (+$3235) |
SX (a) | $31,280 | (+$2485) |
SX Hybrid (a) | $33,780 | (+$2985) |
ZR (a) | $35,120 | (+$2425) |
ZR Hybrid (a) | $37,620 | (+$2925) |
2023 Toyota Corolla Sedan pricing*:
Ascent Sport (a) | $28,130 | (+$2735) |
Ascent Sport Hybrid (a) | $31,180 | (+$3785) |
SX (a) | $31,280 | (+$2485) |
SX Hybrid (a) | $33,780 | (+$2985) |
ZR (a) | $36,620 | (+$2425) |
ZR Hybrid (a) | $39,120 | New variant |
*Pricing excludes on-road prices.
