2023年丰田花冠Hybrid Interior and Cargo

Premium fabric is the standard fare on the Hybrid model, and it comes in a choice of Black, FB Macadamia, or Light Gray. The SE trims get premium fabric in Moonstroon or Black/Red, while the XLE sports SofTex in Black or Macadamia/Mocha. Unsurprisingly, the SE Infrared comes in Black/Red, but it also gets unique red stitching around the cabin.

The rest of the cabin features an abundance of harsher plastics, and while this does detract a little from an otherwise tasteful cabin, it feels like good quality and is solidly put together.

As a compact sedan, the Corolla Hybrid doesn't offer loads of cargo space, with 13.1 cubic feet in the trunk. This is down on the 15.1 cubes in the Honda Insight but is still sufficient for the weekly shop or loading school bags and sports kit. If you're hoping for a hybrid with the most practical trunk, you'd do well to look at the Prius, with more than 27 cubes to offer. On the Corolla, you can flip down the rear seat in a 60/40 split if you need to load more.

Interior storage is sufficient, though, with a pair of cupholders, a glove box, center console bin under the armrest, nooks and crannies ahead of the shifter, and door pockets all around. The cupholders in the XLE are terraced and can adapt to the size of their contents. There are two more cupholders in the rear armrest.

Based on the standard gasoline LE variant, the hybrid Corolla comes relatively well-equipped. As standard, it comes with automatic climate control, fabric upholstery with a six-way adjustable driver's seat, and a four-way adjustable front passenger seat. It has a premium instrumentation cluster and 4.2-inch color TFT multi-information display with customizable settings. The SE trims upgrade to sports seats with premium fabric upholstery, and a few styling changes, but little in the way of additional features. For that, you need to upgrade to the XLE, which unlocked heated front seats wrapped in SofTex, a seven-inch driver-information display. It also gets access to blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert. This is on top of the standard Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 suite, which includes a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, lane departure alert with steering assist, automatic high beams, road sign assist, lane tracing assist, and full-speed range dynamic radar cruise control.

The eight-inch touchscreen display in the Corolla Hybrid is mounted high on the dashboard, making it easy to read and interact with it. With a relatively intuitive operating system and bright graphics, first-time users should have no problem getting to know how to use it. The Hybrid LE's infotainment system includes basics such as wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Amazon Alexa integration, two USB ports, hands-free phone capability, Bluetooth streaming, and SiriusXM with a three-month trial period. You also get Toyota's Safety Connect with a one-year trial and Wi-Fi connection with up to 2 GB on a three-month trial. The audio system features six speakers that deliver typical econobox sound quality. The SE and XLE trims can upgrade this mediocre offering to a nine-speaker JBL system.