A new generation Toyota Corolla was officially introduced on October 10, 2006 in Japan while the US version of the car was presented on October 31, 2007 at the SEMA auto show held in Las Vegas.
Similar to the previous generations, the Americans only got the sedan version of the car but, the Toyota Matrix, which is actually quite a popular car in US, is regarded as the hatchback version of Corolla. The sedan Corolla addressed to the Japanese market was codenamed Axio, meaning “valued things” in Greek. What’s interesting is that the first European countries that received the new Corolla was Ireland which got the first model in January 2007, although all the European models of the 2007 Corolla are built in Adapazari, Turkey. The new model’s platform has been improved for stability, responsive handling and precise steering. The New Toyota Corolla is quiet and smooth on the road as it delivers on its promise of ‘a class above’. Exceptionally low levels of Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) lift the new Corolla well above the C-segment sedan norms of the period and will give occupants a clear sense of being in a car from an upper segment.