Still, the gas-electric setup remains refined, with perfect interplay between the 1.8-liter gas engine and the two electric motors. Unfortunately, dry conditions on my test route around Franklin, Tennessee, meant I never really felt the Corolla Hybrid's extra motor come into play. The Corolla Hybrid also uses a separate rear-mounted electric motor that works in a wider range of conditions and isn't quite as geared toward economy because of it. The Prius' setup ditches the lithium-ion battery for a nickel-metal hydride pack and uses a totally independent, magnet-free electric motor on the rear axle that only works up to 43 mph. Toyota offers two confusingly named hybrid all-wheel-drive systems – AWD-e, available in the Prius, and Electronic On-Demand AWD in the RAV4 Hybrid and Corolla Hybrid. The Corolla's gas-electric hybrid powertrain already made good sense as a fuel sipper, but aside from the GR model, it's now also the only way to score all-wheel drive without stepping up to a Camry, Prius, or one of Toyota's assorted crossovers. But really, it's more like 2.1, since cyclist/motorcycle detection and a new Proactive Driving Assistant, which can provide light brake or steering inputs to maintain a gap through curves, are the main new additions. Still, the new display's responsiveness, updated graphics, and simpler layout make it a net win.īeyond the updated infotainment, Toyota is adding to the Corolla's active safety suite, replacing Toyota Safety Sense 2.0 with – wait for it – Toyota Safety Sense 3.0. People complain about slab-style displays and iPads glued to the dash, but the updated Corolla demonstrates the danger of bulky housings instead of thinner, standalone screens. Without them, the Corolla's now-standard screen is swimming in a sea of black, shiny plastic. Navigating the system is as quick as tapping these icons, although some customers might be flummoxed by the lack of a dedicated home screen.īut those physical controls did more than give customers quick access to different pages of the infotainment system they interrupted the huge bezels that surround the 8.0-inch display. Instead, and like the suites in the Tundra, Sequoia, and others, there are menu icons on the left side of the display.
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The crisp icons and quick reactions are a marked upgrade over the blurry symbols of the past, and they need to be – volume knob aside, the Corolla loses all the infotainment's physical controls.
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An 8.0-inch display is now standard across the board, dispatching the smallish 7.0-inch setup, improving resolution in the process, and adding standard wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Toyota continues the quest to improve the infotainment experience, long a weak point, in its vehicles.
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