2013 Toyota Corolla - dignity above all

After being withdrawn from the market in the favor of the Toyota Auris hatchback model, the Toyota Corolla has continued its long lasting career on certain markets on the globe, in the form of a compact sedan model. In the USA the Toyota Corolla continues to be a reference when it comes to the Japanese automaker and its range of models. Actually, according to the statistics of the Japanese automaker, the Toyota Corolla claims the unofficial title of the car with the largest numbers of sales in the world in 2012.

For 2013, the Toyota Corolla is getting a fresh start, thanks to its eleventh generation. Toyota will be making three versions of the compacts sedan – two for the European market and one for the American market. The differences will be mainly aesthetic ones, being mostly the same model when it comes to the technical details.

In comparison to the previous generation, the 2013 Toyota Corolla has a dynamic, daring design which was inspired from the Toyota Furia concept. Without a doubt, the new Toyota Corolla will be a worth opponent for the competitors in its range like the Volkswagen Jetta or the Honda Civic.

For the European market, the Toyota Corolla will basically have the same engine options as the Toyota Auris hatchback. For the American market, the Japanese automaker will offer an all-new atmospheric four cylinders 1.8 liter engine capable of developing 132 horsepower. The Eco version, named “LE”, will come with a CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) while the standard versions of the Toyota Corolla will have the older automatic transmission with four gears. Toyota has announced it has a lot of work in trying to reduce the weight of the car to the maximum. Thus, the LE version weighs only 1315 kilograms achieving average fuel consumption of 5.8 liters per 100 kilometers.