THE Toyota Corolla is a great British motor industry success story. The Japanese family hatchback is built at the brand’s Burnaston factory near Derby, with nearly 500 Corollas of all variants rolling off the production line each day.
The plant is working at a significant rate, too, because the newly updated Corolla has just started progressing down the line – and we’ve had a chance to drive it on UK roads.
The 1.8-litre hybrid we’re driving here – a five-door hatchback in Design trim – will be the biggest seller, so this is very much the heartland of the Corolla line-up (85 per cent of Corollas built at Burnaston are powered
