So basically I’m left wondering where the Corolla stands in the lineup and where they’ll go from here. The Corolla is 100% toyotas favorite lineup, though the sedan is dwarfed in every way by the new Prius. Should the Corolla stay a cheap car with a weak engine, and possibly shoot for 60mpg? Should they shrink the car by 6 inches and reconfigure it as a subcompact? It feels like the chr and then venza, Toyota has crowded the field with compact- midsize sedans/saloons and that leaves the Corolla in a weird place
the Corolla was already up to date long before the Prius, just not in the US.
we got the Corolla with the exact same engine as the Prius since 2018 in Europe.
In the US the Corolla seems to be kept as a low cost vehicle though which probably explains why its not getting the more expensive engine and is generally much more stripped down than the EU spec version.