OJAI, California – The Corolla turns 50 this year. And in honour of its half-century anniversary, the ubiquitous little sedan has just set a new standard, not just for the compact segment, but for every mainstream vehicle on the market. It’s part of Toyota’s “democratization of safety” strategy, making technology available to every mainstream

Review by Jonathan Yarkony and Noah Shapiro, photos by Jonathan Yarkony Odometer at pick-up: 1,744 km Odometer Current: 8,811 km (7,067 by Autos.ca) Fuel Consumption: 7.23 L/100 km Costs: $633.40 ($567.35 Fuel; $66.05 oil change) For this penultimate long-term update, we have a couple of last things to report on. Although we don’t

Odometer at pick-up: 1,744 km Odometer Current: 3,908 km (2,163 by Autos.ca) Fuel Consumption: 7.14 L/100 km Costs: $181.80 (Fuel only) It gets us in to work every morning, painlessly and comfortably, though not exactly effortlessly, sips fuel, and looks like no Corolla ever before it. It’s been a quiet couple of weeks in the

Mission accomplished. Odometer at pick-up: 1,744 km Odometer Current: 6,665 km (4,921 by Autos.ca) Fuel Consumption: 7.13 L/100 km Costs: $400.28 (Fuel only) I don’t know if I’ve ever had a busier or better vacation, and the Toyota Corolla was no small part of that. There is something to be said for not overreaching with fa

For years, the Toyota Corolla has been two things: a great seller – and slightly boring. With some notable exceptions like the rear-wheel-drive Corolla GT-S of the mid-1980s, the Corolla has been a solid choice for a car but has done little in the way of inspiring passion. That lack of excitement has never seemed to hurt the Corolla at the dealer

There's a brand-new Toyota Corolla hatchback for 2019. It's so new that it even got a new name. The Corolla iM is now the Corolla Hatchback. But with both cars currently on showroom floors, which small Toyota hatch is the one you want? The Corolla iM started out as the Scion iM. It's one of four cars that made the transition from the end of Scion

Odometer at pick-up: 1,744 km The Toyota Corolla is a legend. An icon. The Corolla is now something entirely different, even if you can still get it in beige. While it is often the object of some derision in enthusiast circles, it's only the truly blind that cannot see its brilliance. At various times in its past the Corolla has w

Odometer at pick-up:  4,532 Odometer Current:  5,275km Fuel Consumption:  7.2L/100km Recently, the long-term Toyota Corolla S tester made its way up to Sudbury for a few weeks in my custody, and a few stand-out attributes have made themselves apparent over the course of the past 12 days. The CVT’s ability to operate without actual gear

The conscious decoupling of Toyota and Scion after the latter brand’s demise resulted in a few awkward years for product planners at the parent company, who tried their best to cram leftovers (iM) and newly birthed orphans (CH-R) wherever they could into the behemoth’s North American showrooms. By now, however, the game of musical chairs is over, a

Vehicle Type Fuel economy, an upscale cabin with plenty of space, generous rear-seat legroom, and a smooth and refined steering feel were highly rated by owners. Compact sedan History/Description Some 40 million units and nearly 50 years after its launch in 1966, the Toyota Corolla hit dealer lots in 2013 for model year 2014. Coro

Let’s take a moment here to appreciate what Toyota has done with the Corolla over the decades and generations. By keeping it simple in design and ensuring stringent quality at its assembly facilities and supply chain throughout its lifespan, they have delivered a vehicle that is reliable generation after generation, and not only cheap to buy, but a

We’ve just finished driving the new 2019 Toyota RAV4 through the hills of Carmel Valley in California – which you’ll hear more about here at autoTRADER.ca in the coming days – and we’ve arrived at a winery for a post-drive cocktail reception. At the far end of the room, there’s a huge banner extolling the virtues of a new Corolla. My media collea

These dark days, we all need some good news. Here are two pieces: 1) it’s harder than ever to find a bad car, so we consumers are well provided for; 2) the Toyota Corolla iM is not a bad car; it just competes in a field of exceptionally well built hatchbacks. From the outside at least, the Corolla iM looks like it’s built both for a budget an

Toyota’s Corolla sedan has been a fixture in the North American marketplace for 50-plus years now, so it’s easy to imagine that anything Corolla would have a decently long lifespan. Not so the Toyota Corolla iM hatchback, however. A remarkably pleasant car. A scant two years after being welcomed into Toyota’s North American family – t

As the months stretched on during our Toyota Corolla long-term test , we were becoming convinced that it was the best value compact sedan on the market. In our last big comparison test of compact cars, the Corolla was second only to the Mazda3 Sport hatchback, and in a head-to-head matchup with the best-selling Honda Civic, we found the Corolla su