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About the Toyota Corolla
Last updated Sep 26, 2025The 2024 Toyota Corolla is one of Australia's top-selling passenger vehicle, and one of the best-known nameplates in the world. It's available as a hatchback or sedan, with petrol and hybrid engines. Toyota Australia has confirmed its popular Corolla range will enter 2024 unchanged.
The Corolla range opens up at $29,270 before on-road costs for the Ascent Sport sedan and extends to $40,260 before on-road costs for the ZR Hybrid sedan.
Pricing differs between the sedan and hatchback by between $210 and $1160 with the ZR petrol and hybrid variants seeing the largest disparity.
CarExpert Rating
Very Good
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Pros
- Super low running costs
- Good ride and handling balance
- Unpretentious, reliable motoring
Cons
- Hatch has small boot
- Hybrid feels underpowered
- Tyre noise on coarse roads
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2024 Toyota Corolla Price
Ascent Sport
SX
ZR
GTS
| Configuration | Price From* |
|---|---|
| 1.6L, 6-speed manual, 5-door Hatchback, Petrol, 4x4 | $62,300 |
| 1.6L, 6-speed manual, 5-door Hatchback, Petrol, 4x4 | $64,190 |
Morizo Edition
| Configuration | Price From* |
|---|---|
| 1.6L, 6-speed manual, 5-door Hatchback, Petrol, 4x4 | $77,800 |
| 1.6L, 6-speed manual, 5-door Hatchback, Petrol, 4x4 | $76,427 |
*excl. on-roads
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2024 Toyota Corolla Specs
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2024 Toyota Corolla Boot Space
The sedan has 470L of luggage space, while the hatchback has between 217L and 333L. The larger of the two volumes is for models without a spare wheel.
The larger of the two volumes is for models without a spare wheel.
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2024 Toyota Corolla Exterior
The ZR hatch in particular looks quite sharp with its 18-inch wheels, but all have nice light signature and curvaceous, inoffensive styling.
The edgier five-door hatch is definitely skewed towards younger buyers than the more safe and staid four-door sedan.
For the MY23, the Toyota Corolla's cosmetic tweaks are minor. There’s a new grille, as well as new 16-inch wheels for Ascent Sport and SX models, and new Sunstone Orange and Lunar Blue exterior finishes.
There continue to be some unusual differences between hatch and sedan models. In addition to a slightly different colour palette, there’s a slightly different equipment list between the two body styles.
2024 Toyota Corolla Interior
Corollas have plenty of seat and wheel adjustments, to suit all occupant sizes. The analogue gauges flank two trip computer options, and ZR grades get a projecting head-up display.
The touchscreen and infotainment systems offer nothing cutting-edge, and you need to option sat-nav and DAB in base models. But all have phone mirroring and reversing cameras.
In terms of build quality the Corolla is always excellent, and all controls are functional and simple to use. There's nothing overly flash – stitch-work, and the ZR's ambient lighting aside – but function trumps form.
Back seat space is not best-in-class, but two average-sized adults can fit back there, and there are outboard ISOFIX child-seat anchors, and top tether points.
The sedan has 470L of luggage space, while the hatchback has between 217L and 333L. The larger of the two volumes is for models without a spare wheel. This is pretty pokey by class standards.
2024 Toyota Corolla Infotainment
All new models get Toyota’s latest-generation infotainment system, though they retain an 8.0-inch touch display. No mention has been made of the new 10.5-inch display revealed in Japan and Europe.
DAB+ digital radio is standard across the range, and there’s now a USB-C port below the screen.
The Ascent Sport gains a 7.0-inch instrument cluster screen, replacing the old 4.2-inch information display, while the flagship ZR debuts a new 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster.
2024 Toyota Corolla Safety Rating
The 2024 Toyota Corolla has an ANCAP rating of five stars based on testing conducted in 2018.
It received scores of 96 per cent in adult occupant protection, 83 per cent in child occupant protection, 86 per cent in vulnerable road user protection, and 76 per cent in safety assist.
The entire range comes standard with the following safety features:
- Autonomous emergency braking
- Pedestrian and cyclist detection
- Motorcycle detection (NEW)
- Junction assist (NEW)
- Emergency steering assist (NEW)
- Lane-keep assist
- Lane-departure warning
- Lane-tracing assist (excludes manual models)
- Adaptive cruise control (high speed-only in manual models)
- Traffic sign recognition
- Reversing camera
- Front, front-side and curtain airbags
- Driver’s knee airbag
The SX and ZR add blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert. The former is also standard on all hatchback models.
The Toyota Safety Sense suite of active safety features has been expanded, with the Corolla’s autonomous emergency braking system now featuring motorcycle detection and junction assist.
Emergency steering assist is standard across the range while blind-spot monitoring, previously available only on the SX and ZR, is now standard on Ascent Sport hatchbacks.
A new acceleration suppression feature reacts to sudden use of the accelerator when travelling at low speeds.
Toyota’s Lane Trace Assist lane centring system also features an emergency stop feature, bringing the vehicle to a gradual stop if it detects the driver is no longer providing inputs.
The company has also tweaked its adaptive cruise control system. It now features four distance settings and deceleration assist when changing lanes, and can now also detect vehicles earlier.
Likewise, Toyota says it has improved the performance of its cameras and radar sensors.
2024 Toyota Corolla Fuel Economy
The petrol 2024 Toyota Corolla uses 6.0L/100km on the combined cycle.
The hybrid Corolla sedan uses 3.9L/100km.
All models run on 91RON regular unleaded fuel and have a 50L fuel tank except for the hybrid models, which use a 43L tank.
| Toyota Corolla | Fuel Type | Combined |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0L, variable sp auto, 5-door Hatchback, Petrol, FWD | Unleaded | 6.0 L/100km |
| 1.8L, variable sp auto, 5-door Hatchback, Petrol, FWD | Unleaded | 4.0 L/100km |
| 2.0L, variable sp auto, 4-door Hatchback, Petrol, FWD | Unleaded | 5.9 L/100km |
| 1.8L, variable sp auto, 4-door Hatchback, Petrol, FWD | Unleaded | 3.9 L/100km |
Cost of ownership
What are the running and servicing costs of a Toyota Corolla?
The 2024 Toyota Corolla requires servicing every 12 months or 15,000km, whichever comes first, with the first five services capped at $205 each.
How does the 2024 Toyota Corolla drive?
Our expert take on Toyota Corolla drivability.
The 2024 Toyota Corolla range has two engine choices, starting with a naturally aspirated 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with 126kW of power and 202Nm of torque (203Nm in the sedan).
The hybrid pairs a 1.8-litre naturally aspirated petrol four-cylinder engine with an electric motor, for a combined power output of 103kW.
The 2.0-litre engine comes with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with 10 virtual gears. The hybrid is only available with an e-CVT.
All Corollas are front-wheel drive (except the GR). Hybrid models get Toyota’s new fifth-generation hybrid powertrain with an extra 13kW of power, for a total output of 103kW.
There’s a new front drive motor and power control unit, while a newly developed lithium-ion battery is said to reduce weight by 14 per cent. You can now also get a ZR sedan with the hybrid powertrain. Previously, the ZR hybrid was hatch-only.
The TNGA platform and all-round independent suspension (trailing wishbone rear) look good on paper, and indeed this Corolla is way sharper on turn-in and flatter through corners than older models.
It's actually quite a sporty car in handling terms.
However, the suppression of noise, vibration and harshness could be better, the ride quality on 18-inch wheels degrades over the 16s, and the hybrid – while extremely efficient – is a sluggish under hard acceleration.
2024 Toyota Corolla Colours
What colours are available for the Toyota Corolla
Corolla Hatchback models are available in the following finishes:
- Sunstone Orange
- Lunar Blue
- Glacier White
- Frosted White
- Silver Pearl
- Graphite
- Eclipse Black
- Jasper Red
Of these, only Sunstone Orange and Glacier White can’t be had with a black roof in ZR guise.
Sedan models are available in the following colours:
- Dark Grey
- Eclipse Black
- Glacier White
- Frosted White
- Silver Pearl
- Celestite Grey
- Atomic Rush
- Saturn Blue
2024 Toyota Corolla Warranty
The 2024 Toyota Corolla is backed by a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty.
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Should you buy the 2024 Toyota Corolla
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These sell so well, and for good reason. There are flaws around packaging, but overall it's bulletproof and cheap-to-run motoring, with newfound dynamic nous and pretty sharp design.
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Toyota Corolla FAQs
The cheapest Toyota Corolla is the Ascent Sport that starts from $28,130.
The most expensive Toyota Corolla is the Morizo Edition that starts from $77,800.
The best towing capacity of a Toyota Corolla is 1300 kg offered by the following variants: Ascent Sport, SX and ZR.
The largest Toyota Corolla is the GTS which measures 1851mm wide, 4407mm in length and sits 1479mm tall.
The most powerful Toyota Corolla is the GTS which has 221kW of power from its 1.6L Turbo Gasoline Direct Injection & Multi-Point engine.
The Toyota Corolla is built in Japan and shipped to Australia.
The heaviest Toyota Corolla is the GTS which weighs 1915 kg (kerb weight).
The Toyota Corolla may use different fuel/energy types based on the variant which includes Premium Unleaded or Unleaded.