BUYING GUIDE
Toyota Corolla
It’s one of the longest-running names in the family car game, and it deserves its devout following as a used car. We explain why In production 2018 -present Price from £9000 Our favourite version 1.8 Hybrid Icon
Oliver Young oliver.young@haymarket.com
USED C ARS
MORE COROLLAS HAVE rolled out of Toyota factories than there are people living in Spain. Think about that: more cars than an entire country’s population – and not a small one at that. The Corolla is the best-selling car of all time, with production numbers exceeding 50 million.
The model has sired a range of body styles over the years. Now in its 12th generation, the current Corolla is available in estate car, van, saloon and family car forms, the latter being our focus here. You can find them with a 112bhp 1.2-litre petrol engine, although few original owners went this route, leading to the engine’s demise in 2020. Instead, most people go for one of the two petrol-electric hybrid set-ups.
The first consists of a 1.8-litre engine and electric motor that makes a combined 120bhp. The second is a 2.0-litre engine and electric motor that, together, produce 178bhp.