New Toyota Corolla debuts: Toyota confirms EV for the next generation of the world’s best-selling car!

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 John Mahoney 18839 Views 0 Comments Corolla, Corolla EV, Toyota, Toyota Corolla

Toyota has given us our best look yet at the all-new 13th generation Toyota Corolla.

The radical new five-door hatch was unwrapped at the Tokyo motor show with confirmation the next Corolla hatch, sedan and wagon will be offered with EV power for the first time.

All-new from the ground up, the new Corolla concept unveiled in Japan symbolises a complete rethink by the Japanese car-making giant.

It will go EV for the first time since its 1966 debut and the sale of 50 million examples since then.

At the show, senior execs told amassed media the all-electric powertrain would sit alongside combustion, hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains.

Key to this wide choice is an all-new vehicle architecture that avoids compromising space, functionality, or styling whichever version of the next Corolla you opt for.

Picking up where the sharply styled latest Prius hybrid left off (not yet offered Down Under,) the new Corolla adopts a look that sees the five-door hatch unrecognisable compared with the current car.

Key stying flourishes include arrow-shaped headlamps, full-width LED light bar, low sports car-style snout, boxy front arches, low roof and angular rear end and a rakish four-door coupe rear.

Despite stressing all future Corollas will look the same, whichever way they’re powered, it’s thought the real production hatch, sedan and wagon will have different front styling to allow combustion versions more cooling than EVs.

Toyota execs at the show were unwilling to reveal when the new Corolla will arrive on sale, but it’s expected to be in the next year or so.

The current car has been on sale in some markets for more than eight years, which is the usual lifespan for the Toyota hatch.