New Toyota Corolla Altis Hybrid Premium arrives on the market with few changes, but delivering great performance. For less than R$200 the vehicle can achieve up to 13,6 km/l.
In this article, we will present the new Toyota Corolla Altis Hybrid Premium 2024, the most sophisticated version of the electrified midsize sedan, which is being sold for R$198.890. Visually, the model remains almost unchanged, but brings new features that will certainly impress drivers. Furthermore, it maintains its recognized qualities, although the hybrid system already requires updates due to growing competition in this market segment.
Check out what has changed in the new Toyota Corolla Altis Hybrid Premium 2024
O Toyota Corolla is one of the oldest models still in production in the world. The model was born in 1966 and, during its lifetime, some automakers have already applied heavier changes to their cars.
Meanwhile, Toyota replaced the front grille with a honeycomb shape, a little younger, and only changed the design of the 17-inch wheels. On the other hand, the new Toyota Corolla Altis Hybrid Premium brought more interesting and useful changes to the interior.
For example, the new instrument panel with a 12,3-inch screen, complete with information, gives a more modern look to the car that has changed little and, next to it, the multimedia center with a 9-inch screen arrived with wireless mirroring. , Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and USB-C ports inside the armrest and two for rear seat passengers, who will also notice the arrival of air conditioning outlets.
Useful changes, so to speak, where nothing else has changed, not even any extra or new finishes. The Toyota Corolla Altis Hybrid Premium has a great finish, better than that of the Corolla cross, with good internal space and a 470-liter trunk.
New Toyota Corolla Altis Hybrid Premium 2024 delivers 122 horsepower
This generation of the model uses Toyota's TNGA platform, which is modular and underpins practically all of the company's most modern models. In addition to the well-built structure itself, the new Toyota Corolla Altis Hybrid Premium 2024 has an independent suspension at the rear, with multilink, and electrification since its launch. It is possible to say that the Corolla was the one that put the most hybrids on the streets from 2019 to now and showed how the technology works for those who did not yet have experience.
As the Toyota Corolla Altis Hybrid Premium 2024 is prepared for the use of ethanol, the Japanese brand preferred to leave the hybrid package as is.
The 1.8 naturally aspirated engine, Atkinson cycle with timing variable in the intake, it continues with 98/101 hp and 14,5 kgfm of torque, the low power is due to the combustion cycle more focused on efficiency and to work with electric motors. In the two electric motors, 72 hp and 16,6 kgfm and, in general, Toyota only talks about power, with 122 hp combined.
Restyled model delivers up to 13,6 km/liter in the city
The battery of the new Toyota Corolla Altis Hybrid Premium 2024 is small, with 1,3 kWh and installed under the rear seat, so it doesn't go very far with this silence and then activates the 1.8 to at least recharge or, in cases of need , pull the wheels.
With ethanol, it scored 13,6 km/liter in the city – 1 km/liter better than the Corolla Cross Hybrid -, which could even be better in an updated package, with more power in the electric motors, for example, and a larger battery. capacity, something that new hybrids are already seeking. I would use less combustion engine, even if it was still the 1.8. Still, it's not a number to ignore.
