MILEAGE 17,800 WHY WE'RE RUNNING IT To find out if this hybrid can strike the sweet spot between a car and a van
I was supposed to run the Mazda MX-30 you may have seen in last week's issue, but over Christmas I swapped cars with Jack Harrison, the Corolla's previous custodian, and I rather fell for the wheel-trimmed wonder. He needed four seats. I didn't. So a deal was struck.
What particularly charmed me was the spec, which is as basic as a modern Corolla gets and such a nice breather from all the superfluous tinsel that most modern cars have. Let's run through some of its spec.
This story is from the February 07, 2024 edition of Autocar UK.
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