Toyota has been selling cars under the Corolla name since 1966, and yet the compact car is far from becoming a legend.

He's just too practical for that, too calm, too stuffy.

But it will remain a Toyota in the best sense of the word in 2022: solid to the point of death.

But now it's time to definitely make friends with hybrid drive.

Conventional diesel and petrol engines have been eliminated.

Two engine systems remain on offer, either a small electric motor supports a 1.8-liter petrol engine or a 2.0-liter.

122 or 184 system hp are offered.

The editors traveled almost 2000 kilometers with the 184 hp model.

Conclusion: The Corolla is only suitable to a limited extent for brisk long-distance journeys.

Boris Smith

Editor in the "Technology and Engine" department.

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The drive is too annoying on freeways at higher speeds.

Anyone who is in a hurry and is already close to the top speed of 180 km/h often turns the four-cylinder engine up to 6000 revolutions, which is due to the continuously variable CVT automatic transmission.

It then booms properly in the car.

Driving more slowly is easy on your nerves and on your wallet.

Moving briskly, consumption increases to more than eight and a half liters per 100 kilometers.

In the city, the hybrid system can play to its strengths, time and again the car drives purely electrically, reliably stops at the red traffic light, and mostly starts electrically.

Here we came to an average of 5.5 liters per 100 kilometers.

That's good, but not a sensational value, after all, Toyota specifies a standard consumption of 3.9 liters.

We stayed miles away from that, the overall average was 6.9 liters Super per 100 kilometers.

Everything else about the car is solid average, but the 4.37 meter long hatchback is cut short.

The trunk volume is only 313 liters because the compartment is very flat.

Folding down the bench increases the volume to 1000 liters, the length of the loading area is then 1.50 meters.

Incidentally, a Golf creates a maximum of 1240 liters.

The station wagon, which 60 percent of Corolla buyers order, brings more variability.

With a length of 4.65 meters, it is significantly larger and offers 580 to 1590 liters of loading volume.

Prices start at a good 30,000 euros for the 2.0-liter model, our test car came to 31,680 euros with good equipment.

This is an acceptable price in the competitive environment.