Toyota Corolla

 Test drive Toyota Corolla: three opinions on the most popular car in the world

Why does the Japanese sedan still hold the title of the most popular car on the planet, what place does it occupy in the model range and what is lacking in its power unit

In terms of size and price, the 12th generation Toyota Corolla is close to the flagship Camry sedan. The car grew in size, became more technologically advanced and received an incredibly wide range of equipment. As before, the car is brought to Russia from the Turkish Toyota plant, which initially puts the Japanese at a disadvantage. Nevertheless, the car is in demand even with us. Three Autonews.ru editors traveled by car and expressed their views on this matter.

David Hakobyan, 30 years old, drives a Volkswagen Polo

It sounds a little immodest, but I almost thoroughly understand the golf class that is presented on the Russian market. I think I drove all the C-segment sedans (and not only), which are now sold in Russia.

A year ago, my colleague Ivan Ananiev and I compared the new Kia Cerato with the restyled Skoda Octavia liftback. Then I took a ride in the updated Hyundai Elantra. And at the end of last year I had the opportunity to be one of the first to get acquainted with the new Jetta for Russia. This list includes all models of the segment in Russia, if we exclude from it the Mercedes compact A- and CLA-class, as well as the new Mazda3. All the same, these models are a little from another opera.

How does Toyota compare to its main competitors? Not bad, but it could be better. The main problem is the price list of the car that the dealership has to import. No, at first glance, there is nothing wrong with the list of prices and configurations, and even the basic 1,173,000 rubles. look good. But in reality this is the price of a very poorly equipped car with "mechanics". If you look closely at a decently equipped car in the "Comfort" version, you get almost one and a half million. And the top-end version, which we had on the test, costs 1,700,000 rubles. Does it bite, right?

With such a price tag, it is no longer important that there is only one power unit and the car is driving quite fresh. You just don't pay attention to it. Likewise, you stop thinking about how much better the chassis and steering have become since the move to the TNGA platform. Or, for example, how adequate the driving assistants of the Saftey package are. But there is even a projection of devices on the windshield - who else will offer this in a golf class?

But here's what is interesting: even such an inhumane pr Toyota Corolla icing policy did not prevent Corolla in our country from selling more than 4,000 copies in just the past year. And this despite the fact that we only sell one 122-horsepower modification of the sedan, although in the rest of the world Corolla is offered with a bunch of units, including hybrid, as well as with hatchback and station wagon bodies. The Corolla has been and remains the most popular car in the world for its fifth decade, and it doesn't seem like it was ready to give up that title to anyone.

Yaroslav Gronsky, 34, drives a Kia Ceed

Corolla is the main cannibal in the Toyota family. The ease with which this sedan "ate" not only the main competitors, but also its own brother in the person of the Avensis model, must be included in the textbooks of automotive marketing.

I distinctly remember the days when the ninth generation Corolla with body index E120 was considered the most simple and affordable sedan of the brand. And the gap between it and the prestigious Camry was occupied by that very Europeanized Avensis. Time passed: Corolla grew in size, became more comfortable, increased equipment and equipment. In a word, I was growing up. The cost of the car also went up. And now the once modest golf-class sedan literally breathes into the back of the flagship Camry.

The pricing policy in our market once again emphasizes all the metamorphoses that have occurred with the model in recent years. The top-end Corolla is priced higher than the entry-level Camry. Senior sedan equipment at a price of 1,700,000 rubles. covers not only the base Camry, but also two subsequent modifications "Standard Plus" and "Classic".

It turns out that a lot of money is being asked for a simple and unprepossessing car, and with all this, its sales in the world are in the hundreds of thousands of copies. But I understand what the matter is. People at all times appreciated simplicity, and this is not at all synon

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