2017 Corolla first look
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2017 Corolla first look
http://www.motortrend.com/news/2017-...t-look-review/
The Chevrolet Camaro isn’t the only car celebrating its 50th birthday this year—notwithstanding its eight-year hiatus in the early ’00s. The 2017 Toyota Corolla also celebrates its golden anniversary. The legendary compact sedan is doing so with some minor nips and tucks and a new 50th anniversary trim package.
The 11th-generation Toyota Corolla debuted in 2013, and given the automaker’s six-year lifespan for its vehicles, the Corolla’s 50th anniversary seems like as good of a reason as any for an update. Like many baby boomers reaching the half-century mark, the 2017 Corolla’s changes consist mainly of a face-lift. The updated Corolla gets a new grille and bi-LED headlights on base Corolla L and LE models. The other trims get complex LED lights standard. A federally mandated standard backup camera rounds out the exterior upgrades for 2017. Toyota says the interior is more comfortable and more convenient—claims we’ll have to take at face value, as we’ve yet to sit in the updated car. Toyota’s Safety Sense-P safety suite, which includes pre-collision alert with pedestrian detection, radar cruise control, lane departure warning with steering assist, and automatic high-beam headlights, is now optional across the board.
Like Chevy is doing with the Camaro’s golden anniversary, Toyota is also offering a Corolla 50th Anniversary Special Edition. Based on the Corolla SE, the 50th Anniversary Special Edition includes the unique Black Cherry color (silver and white are also available), Black Cherry contrast stitching in the interior, 50th Anniversary badging outside, and 50th Anniversary Edition floormats. Only 8,000 2017 Toyota Corolla 50th Anniversary Special Editions will be made, which sounds like a lot, but given that Toyota moved 363,000 Corollas last year, it really only represents about 2 percent of the sales mix.
The 2017 Corolla will be unchanged under the hood. A 1.8-liter I-4 with two power outputs—132 hp and 128 lb-ft of torque on most of the lineup and 140 hp and 126 lb-ft on Eco models—is the only available engine. Three transmissions are available: a six-speed manual, a four-speed automatic (yes, really), and a CVT.
The updated Corolla goes on sale this fall.
The Chevrolet Camaro isn’t the only car celebrating its 50th birthday this year—notwithstanding its eight-year hiatus in the early ’00s. The 2017 Toyota Corolla also celebrates its golden anniversary. The legendary compact sedan is doing so with some minor nips and tucks and a new 50th anniversary trim package.
The 11th-generation Toyota Corolla debuted in 2013, and given the automaker’s six-year lifespan for its vehicles, the Corolla’s 50th anniversary seems like as good of a reason as any for an update. Like many baby boomers reaching the half-century mark, the 2017 Corolla’s changes consist mainly of a face-lift. The updated Corolla gets a new grille and bi-LED headlights on base Corolla L and LE models. The other trims get complex LED lights standard. A federally mandated standard backup camera rounds out the exterior upgrades for 2017. Toyota says the interior is more comfortable and more convenient—claims we’ll have to take at face value, as we’ve yet to sit in the updated car. Toyota’s Safety Sense-P safety suite, which includes pre-collision alert with pedestrian detection, radar cruise control, lane departure warning with steering assist, and automatic high-beam headlights, is now optional across the board.
Like Chevy is doing with the Camaro’s golden anniversary, Toyota is also offering a Corolla 50th Anniversary Special Edition. Based on the Corolla SE, the 50th Anniversary Special Edition includes the unique Black Cherry color (silver and white are also available), Black Cherry contrast stitching in the interior, 50th Anniversary badging outside, and 50th Anniversary Edition floormats. Only 8,000 2017 Toyota Corolla 50th Anniversary Special Editions will be made, which sounds like a lot, but given that Toyota moved 363,000 Corollas last year, it really only represents about 2 percent of the sales mix.
The 2017 Corolla will be unchanged under the hood. A 1.8-liter I-4 with two power outputs—132 hp and 128 lb-ft of torque on most of the lineup and 140 hp and 126 lb-ft on Eco models—is the only available engine. Three transmissions are available: a six-speed manual, a four-speed automatic (yes, really), and a CVT.
The updated Corolla goes on sale this fall.
Last edited by Toys4RJill; 03-24-16 at 10:41 AM.
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Can someone please paste the pics. I can't seem to make it work on this Mac I am using?
The dash looks like it has been revised, more similar to the Scion IM which is going to share the Corolla name for 2017.
The dash looks like it has been revised, more similar to the Scion IM which is going to share the Corolla name for 2017.
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Looks nice except for that black lower-grille, which IMO is a fail.
The image-issue is not just on your Mac, Jill. (I have one, too). Macs are generally great PCs, but, in some ways, it IS harder to transfer images than with Windows. That was one of the first things I noticed when I got mine.
I just wonder if they are ever going to make a REAL performance version of the Corolla. I can't remember the last time I've seen one in the American market. The Corolla S, and even the XRS versions, were little more than plastic body-piece add-ons and some blanked-out trim...nothing even approaching a true performance compact. The now-discontinued, hatchback Corolla Matrix/Pontiac Vibe DID have the 180 HP VTEC four from the Celica GTS as an option, but it was an extremely high-winding engine with little torque at normal RPMs. I'd also like to see the Corolla All-Trac return......I think there would be a market for it in the U.S. (again, the Matrix/Vibe offered AWD, but only with the base engine).
(Just a suggestion, BTW. Lexus now has a turbo 2.0L four that would probably be ideal for a performance Corolla....just as Buick uses a 2.0L turbo for the upmarket Verano and Regal).
The image-issue is not just on your Mac, Jill. (I have one, too). Macs are generally great PCs, but, in some ways, it IS harder to transfer images than with Windows. That was one of the first things I noticed when I got mine.
I just wonder if they are ever going to make a REAL performance version of the Corolla. I can't remember the last time I've seen one in the American market. The Corolla S, and even the XRS versions, were little more than plastic body-piece add-ons and some blanked-out trim...nothing even approaching a true performance compact. The now-discontinued, hatchback Corolla Matrix/Pontiac Vibe DID have the 180 HP VTEC four from the Celica GTS as an option, but it was an extremely high-winding engine with little torque at normal RPMs. I'd also like to see the Corolla All-Trac return......I think there would be a market for it in the U.S. (again, the Matrix/Vibe offered AWD, but only with the base engine).
(Just a suggestion, BTW. Lexus now has a turbo 2.0L four that would probably be ideal for a performance Corolla....just as Buick uses a 2.0L turbo for the upmarket Verano and Regal).
Last edited by mmarshall; 03-24-16 at 12:22 PM.
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+1. looks more like a battering ram:
don't know if you use Google Chrome browser but it's vastly better than Safari.
back to the topic... a 'special edition corolla' is an oxymoron.
The image-issue is not just on your Mac, Jill. (I have one, too). Macs are generally great PCs, but, in some ways, it IS harder to transfer images than with Windows. That was one of the first things I noticed when I got mine.
back to the topic... a 'special edition corolla' is an oxymoron.
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Looks nice except for that black lower-grille, which IMO is a fail.
The image-issue is not just on your Mac, Jill. (I have one, too). Macs are generally great PCs, but, in some ways, it IS harder to transfer images than with Windows. That was one of the first things I noticed when I got mine.
I just wonder if they are ever going to make a REAL performance version of the Corolla. I can't remember the last time I've seen one in the American market. The Corolla S, and even the XRS versions, were little more than plastic body-piece add-ons and some blanked-out trim...nothing even approaching a true performance compact. The now-discontinued, hatchback Corolla Matrix/Pontiac Vibe DID have the 180 HP VTEC four from the Celica GTS as an option, but it was an extremely high-winding engine with little torque at normal RPMs. I'd also like to see the Corolla All-Trac return......I think there would be a market for it in the U.S. (again, the Matrix/Vibe offered AWD, but only with the base engine).
(Just a suggestion, BTW. Lexus now has a turbo 2.0L four that would probably be ideal for a performance Corolla....just as Buick uses a 2.0L turbo for the upmarket Verano and Regal).
The image-issue is not just on your Mac, Jill. (I have one, too). Macs are generally great PCs, but, in some ways, it IS harder to transfer images than with Windows. That was one of the first things I noticed when I got mine.
I just wonder if they are ever going to make a REAL performance version of the Corolla. I can't remember the last time I've seen one in the American market. The Corolla S, and even the XRS versions, were little more than plastic body-piece add-ons and some blanked-out trim...nothing even approaching a true performance compact. The now-discontinued, hatchback Corolla Matrix/Pontiac Vibe DID have the 180 HP VTEC four from the Celica GTS as an option, but it was an extremely high-winding engine with little torque at normal RPMs. I'd also like to see the Corolla All-Trac return......I think there would be a market for it in the U.S. (again, the Matrix/Vibe offered AWD, but only with the base engine).
(Just a suggestion, BTW. Lexus now has a turbo 2.0L four that would probably be ideal for a performance Corolla....just as Buick uses a 2.0L turbo for the upmarket Verano and Regal).
But yeah, anybody that is looking for something remotely interesting to drive needs to look elsewhere. 130hp, only one engine offered is kind of absurd, Toyota is really just selling this car off its reputation. Personally I think its ugly as well, especially this new redesign. The interior/dashboard are rather nice though.
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#8
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I didn't remember it being in the mid-2000s version (and it wasn't listed in the research I did)..but if you remember it, I'll take your word for it. It was probably in the XRS model.
But yeah, anybody that is looking for something remotely interesting to drive needs to look elsewhere. 130hp, only one engine offered is kind of absurd, Toyota is really just selling this car off its reputation. Personally I think its ugly as well, especially this new redesign. The interior/dashboard are rather nice though.
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I just wonder if they are ever going to make a REAL performance version of the Corolla. I can't remember the last time I've seen one in the American market. The Corolla S, and even the XRS versions, were little more than plastic body-piece add-ons and some blanked-out trim...nothing even approaching a true performance compact. T.
I think the new front end is awful.
Last edited by Toys4RJill; 03-24-16 at 02:26 PM.
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But I do agree that battering ram look doesn't flow with the over all car. It doesn't seem like a bad refresh though.
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Well, the Civic just got prettier.
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