Toyota has announced pricing for the Corolla Touring Sports, following its debut at the Paris motor show earlier this year.
The Seat Leon ST rival will go on sale in March alongside the regular hatchback, a rival to the Ford Focus, with Toyota now accepting pre-orders. Entry-level Icon models will start from £22,570, with a 1.2-litre turbo engine and manual gearbox. The 1.8-litre hybrid models with a CVT gearbox start from £25,020.
2019 Toyota Corolla Touring Sports 2.0 Hybrid prototype review
Icon trim includes 16in alloy wheels, automatic LED headlights, heated front seats, 8in touchscreen infotainment system with reversing camera. The step-up Icon Tech trim starts from £23,620 and adds a 7in digital instrument cluster, parking sensors and built-in sat-nav.
Design spec cars begin at £24,645 and get 17in alloys, rain-sensing wipers, electric heated wing mirrors and rear front fog lights, plus an optional panoramic sunroof, while top-end Excel grade models start from £28,615 and get bi-LED headlights, keyless entry, sports front seats and part-leather upholstery. Only Design models and above can be equipped with Toyota's new 2.0-litre hybrid engine.
Styled in Toyota’s European design centre, the Corolla Touring Sports shares much with the hatchback from the C-Pillar forward.
Further back, a rising shoulder line and flared wheel arches mark it out from the side view, while a sloping roofline and steeply raked rear window are intended to give the estate an appearance more akin to a shooting brake. Full LED rear lights complete the restyle. Four two-tone colours will be offered at launch, alongside an array of standard shades.
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rhwilton
Not bad
From the side it looks very stylish. It has the usual hideous Toyota grille, but gradually my sight is getting anaesthetised to that. The interior also looks quite elegant, but we probably will not get the option for light colours in the UK. Most people here prefer to sit in Edgar Allan Poe black, with black accents.
Ryan Bane
Spent time in the new Corolla hatch over weekend...
...and it has a comically small boot - not very deep, and extremely shallow with a temporary spare wheel (pretty much supermini sized, and easily smaller than a Skoda Fabia hatch). Actually amazed this tourer has something near average boot space. In addition rear seat knee room is hardly generous, a 6footer behind a 6footer will have their knees jammed into the front seat.
At least interior is a big step up from last generation (both design and materials).
Can’t see it denting Golf sales in the UK anytime soon though.
Einarbb
That was probably the hybrid version
The battery pack's presence probably appreciably shrinks boot space. The standards 1.2l petrol turbo is probably more practical.
Ryan Bane
Einarbb wrote:
Nope 2L non hybrid hatch - although this could be a function of the design being hybrid ready?
Boot only 208L according to specs, about the same as a Suzuki Swift - very poor for the class.
scanie
As in Yaris...
...battery pack is under rear seats.
Peter Cavellini
It’ll sell, it’ll sell?!
Yeah, of course it will, not a fan of light coloured interiors though....
Peter Cavellini.
si73
Is this built in the uk? I
Is this built in the uk? I think it looks pretty good.
Jeremy
Megane-a-like?
Sorry, but the side just looks like a Megane Estate (no bad thing, but not original to copy).
scotty5
More than just compeditive?
Has to be one of the best looking Toyota estates ever. And if those figures are true then it beats most of the competition. At almost 600l seats up, space also beats the like of Audi A4 avant, C - Class etc. And not only does it better a BMW 3 series, it betters a 5 series touring !
This is worrying because according to the Oxford English dictionary, the definition of One-foot-in-the-grave is "The day you look at a Toyota Corolla and think, hmmm not bad".
Technomad
I simply cannot believe that
I simply cannot believe that I'm looking at a Toyota Corolla and thinking, "nice looking car". I need to get out more.
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