Toyota Corolla FAQs

• Is the Toyota Corolla a good car?

  The Toyota Corolla is the world’s best-selling car, closing in on a monumental 50 million sales around the world. It's also a favourite in the local passenger vehicle segment, having finished on top several years in a row now, even as the shift towards SUVs works against it. In addition to reliability, efficiency and economy, the Toyota Corolla also provides drivers with great ride comfort, sprightly performance, sophisticated technology and safety aids, plus some funky styling to cap it all off. This humble unit is a category leader for good reason, well in front of the rest of the pack.

• What problems does the Toyota Corolla have?

  Toyota Corollas are highly durable and reliable cars that you will find can go hundreds of thousands of kilometres across their life, and still serve as a faithful car. Older vehicles with higher mileage are more susceptible to problems, which include things like issues with the engine cranking over, problems with the evaporative emission system, the automatic transmission seeing some difficulties while shifting, and so on. Again, these are problems limited to older Toyota Corollas, whereas the most-recent generation or two from this series have mainly seen just minor problems related to interior accessories.

• Which Corolla model is best?

  If you're looking for all-round value led by an affordable entry-point into the series, the Ascent Sport should be high on your list to check out. While you have the choice to add various options to the Ascent Sport, there is another level of performance altogether if you're prepared to move up the range. In that case, if it sounds more like your cup of tea, the ZR models pack a mighty punch, they really do give an outstanding level of commitment and deliver on the 'hot hatch' tag.