Here's a different take on the latest Toyota Corolla - from a purely mechanical and technical perspective.
This is my first car review, so I figure I'd try something different by taking a look underneath the hood and underneath the vehicle to see what's inside and how it works:


Here's a look at the engine bay:




A look underneath with the plastic cover removed:




Thank goodness for spin-on style oil filters again:


Front suspension is typical McPherson Strut style:


Rear suspension has surprisingly changed to independent multi-link (as a result of TNGA platform):


Enjoy!

 

Great stuff. I was afraid for a minute you were gonna hack this one up like the old Corolla and G35 when I read the title

Did you rent this car?

 

Interesting review. Is this the first for electric water pumps for Toyota? I understand that more and more parts are getting electric, such as VVTi on the LS500, is this the case for Toyota and this engine?




Fascinating to hear the engine is supposed to break off the mount in a collision

 

Haha no I can't afford to hack this one up completely yet...but I'm open if anyone else has a car to donate.

I believe Toyota Prius hybrids have had electric water pumps for a long time now. VVTi-e is nothing new to the Lexus lineup as it came out on the LS460 way back in 2007. The concept of EGR isn't new and neither is D4S dual port / direct injection. With the exception of the infotainment and modern safety sense system, this new Corolla its basically a trickle down of technologies that debuted on Lexus vehicles over a decade ago, and has proven itself fairly reliable over the years.

Having the engine drop down in a collision is part of the safety structure of modern cars - I've seen a few videos of salvage vehicle's getting rebuilt and have come across mounts that have broken.

 

Thanks. Maybe I was thinking of electric turbo on the LS500. Mmmm. I cannot remember

 

The LS500 has electric turbos? Don't think that's right I'll be pleasantly surprised if true.

 

I can’t remember. There was something I read or heard on a review.

 

Must have been about some electronic wizardry going on with the engine management and turbos.

Back on topic the new Corolla looks very well made and easy to work on but I do worry about mechanical fuel pumps. BTW speedkar Youtube unsubbed me from your channel for no reason so check those subscriptions people YT is doing everything they can to promote corporate content and de-rank independent creators.

 

Very nice work.
Would you like to do a similar style review on a 2016 GSF?

 

The LS500 has an electric wastegate, but I believe it has conventional exhaust-driven twin turbochargers not electric

 

My '14 ES300h is using an electric water pump. No accessory belt whatsoever in that car. But interestly enough, same year Avalon Hybrid (nearly identical power train otherwise) is using a belt driven pump. So it kinda points to an electric pump being a superior yet more expensive solution. Same difference between Rav4 and NX hybrids.

 

Interesting that the Avalon hybrid is belt driven. Almost makes not sense as they are both the same engine platform.

 

Are you sure? I looked up the pump for a 2014 Avalon this is what came up

 

That Amazon listing is for inverter pump. Since inverter has its own coolant I would expect it to have a separate coolant pump as well.

I was bringing up the difference in the engine coolant pumps. You can better check at parts.toyota.com and parts.lexus.com sites.

 

I posted the wrong thing, ooops. Here's the engine water pump

no pulley for a belt same as the ES.

another listing