Toyota Corolla

Toyota's British-built hatchback takes on the Golf class with hybrid power The Toyota Corolla is one of the longest-running and best-selling nameplates in the industry.It has been on sale here since 1966, though it went away for a bit in 2008. 'Corolla' had become synonymous with boring cars, so Toyota replaced it with the Toyota Auris, which was equally grey.Along with chairman Akio Toyoda’s “no more boring cars” edict, Toyota realised that it wasn’t the name that was the issue, so when this generation launched in 2019, it brought back the Corolla name, and went to quite a bit of trouble to make it compete at the sharp end of the hatchback class, which includes everything from the Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Astra to the Mazda 3 and Mercedes A-Class.Now, 12th-generation Corollas are everywhere in the UK, and it’s easy to forget what a sharp-looking, handsome car it is, looking rather trim in a world of SUVs.A facelift in 2023 introduced a few worthwhile technical improvements – now Toyota has brought in some more updates for the 2025 model, but we're most intrigued by the new hybrid set-up which lowers the power of the 2.0-litre configuration.Shoud this British-built hatchback be on your shortlist? Read on to find out.

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