Toyota Corolla Touring Sports
Running costs
48.8mpg (on test)
£53 fill-up/£140 or 25% tax
Practicality
Boot (seats up/down)
581/1,606 litres
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
11.1 seconds/112mph
MODELTESTED: Toyota Corolla Touring Sports 1.8 Hybrid
Excel PRICE: £30,010 ENGINE: 1.8-litre 4cyl+e-motor, 120bhp
THE Toyota Corolla Touring Sports is the estate version of this excellent family car. It’s only available as a hybrid, which means there’s a petrol engine – here a 1.8-litre unit – and an electric motor plus a battery. This version is a high-spec Excel model, which is close to the Golf’s price, at £30,010.
Design & engineering
THE Corolla is based on Toyota’s New Global Architecture platform, which uses a sophisticated double-wishbone rear suspension layout that’s key to the model’s comfortable and
