Vehicle Type: front-engine, front- and rear-motor, all-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan Still, the last Corolla Hybrid we tested was considerably slower, at 10.7 seconds to 60 mph.
That's up from last year's 121 horsepower and 105 lb-ft, but a RAV4 Prime this is not. Both are rated at 134 net horsepower and 156 lb-ft of torque. Despite its extra motor on the rear axle, the all-wheel-drive hybrid is no more powerful than the front-drive car. The all-wheel-drive LE, by comparison, costs $25,295 and gets a 48-mpg EPA combined rating. In LE trim, the 2023 front-drive hybrid, at $23,895, is priced $1250 lower than the 2022 model and earns a 50-mpg EPA combined rating. While this review concerns the all-wheel-drive Corolla Hybrid, which is new, we should also mention that the front-drive Corolla Hybrid is back and positioned to appeal to those miserly types who find an all-wheel-drive Corolla just too indulgent. The Corolla Hybrid's pleasures are cerebral rather than visceral. It's also slow, hitting 60 mph in 9.0 seconds-except when its hybrid battery is depleted, in which case we're talking more like 10.2 seconds.
It costs $27,695, gets an EPA-estimated 44 mpg combined, and will probably still be running when the sun is but a cold gray orb in darkest space. Where are the real cars, you say? Well, here's one for you: the 2023 Toyota Corolla Hybrid SE AWD. Each month we receive letters chastising us for our wanton glorification of impractical, expensive, ridiculously overpowered, and inefficient vehicles.
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