So they take an already ugly Yaris, and make it a little bit bigger. Come on Toyota, I'd think you could do better than that!

Toyota already has a name for itself so whatever the car looks like, people are going to buy it.

Look at Mercedes-Benz, it is a POS and people still buy it :)

It does look like an oversized (bland) Yaris on the picture...

Note to Toyota: Just because it has edges, doesn't mean it is "edgy" design..lol

Toyota is over rated and they have the ugliest craps on the market. That corolla is an example...i'll take a honda over that crap any day.

Why does the headline say it will get more power? Usually you put things in the headline that are significant. A couple of horsepower isn't even worth mentioning.

"We redesigned the engine and now it has two more horsepower. ZOMG!" I clicked on the link thinking their new 1.8L Corolla had caught up with Honda's 1.8L Civic or something.

Saying it "Will Get More Power" is sensationalist.

Just when I thought Toyota's couldn't get any uglier. Congrats Toyota. You keep upping the bar.

A whopping 128 horsepower huh? A base Cobalt's 2.2L is closer to the "upgraded" engine than that piece of shit.

Read the article. It didn't say that the car in the picture was the new Corolla. It said it was "rumored" it would look similar. Wait until they unveil it to criticize. I'm just disappointed, as mentioned before, that they claimed more horsepower and then read it is like 2. On the other hand it will appeal to both girls (like the current one) and those wanting great gas mileage. It isn't a performance car. I'd like to know where the statistics on the XRS come from. I see more Corollas in that trim than any of the other versions.

Really, now. I see plenty who need to learn how to read. Even if 95% of you don't read the article (except Mike - he definitely did) the car in the picture is called the Auris. Not to mention that it's the current model Auris.
a little background on the Auris: It is sold in Europe, Australia, etc. on the same platform as the Corolla, and is even badged as a Corolla in some countries.
So if a *CURRENT* model *AURIS* is any SURE indication of what the next Corolla is rumored to look like, it's pretty safe to say that those three overlapping chrome circles on the grille is definitely going to be on the Corolla.
As for the rumored styling, I think the Auris looks too similar to the Yaris (they even sound the same...) so unless we get a 5 door Yaris, I don't think the Corolla will look too much like the Auris.
New engine and ever so slightly more horsepower is a welcome addition, but if gas mileage starts to dip below 40 highway, they're going to be losing a lot of customers and popularity

Oy, honda has been pulling 140+ hp out of their 1.8L since the early 90s, and thats the non-vtec. vtec motors were in the 160s (190s for the Rs). I can only assume they cammed the engine for low end and therefore redline is super-low, although peak torque is no better than the honda motors I mentioned. If Toyota builds that AE86 successor, I hope they pull out a higher tech motor.

For a little commuter car I actually dont hate the styling...

The new Toyota Corolla. New and improved with more weight, power and blandness.

But they're reliable.

Reliably boring.

I don't understand... the picture shows the Auris, not the new Corolla. See this link: http://www.toyota.pt/cars/new_cars/corolla/gallery.aspx for a picture of the new Corolla wich is a lot diferent.

Ooooh! Everything we hate about the Yaris, but bigger and uglier! Where's mine?

Not every one dislikes the Yaris. I think it is a neat little cars. There are those who are into little cars; even before gas prices going up. http://www.microcar.org

Toyota japan just put a 3.5L blade in their website!!!!!!!
the site is in japanese..
but WOW
a corolla size vehicle with a 3.5L V6 with 276 HP!!!!!

http://toyota.jp/blade/

Toyota strives to create cars that feel nice and don't break down. Honda, on the other hand, wants you to feel the road as you drive (they're into racing). Toyota and Honda are the two great car makes, in my opinion. Throw in Nissan, and that should be enough for everybody. They all run well and last long. The difference is in your personal taste for luxury or a racing feel. That's why I own a Toyota. I don't want to feel the road - I want as smooth a ride as possible.

That said, all three of those car makers have been creating CRAP lately (Yaris, Fit, Versa). They look like crap, they have the odometer right where your mother-in-law can monitor it, and they're just junk. I really hope they don't make Corolla look more like Yaris. I'm glad I got a 2007 Yaris this year now that I hear this.

Toyota is still the best though :)

Not new at all..

Thats the Euro and Australian corolla..

Much better than the US corolla..

check more pics at www.toyota.com.au

and Toyota make great cars, looks wise its debatable since everyone has their preference, but engineering wise... i dont want to go to specifics.. but tops.

So true Jamison.

I've driven one and they actually drive quite well.

But my Money is still on Mazda3. It has won pretty much every small car contest in Australia since it has come out. And it definately drives the best.

And why do u yanks whinge about power in the corolla. Isn't 100kw eneogh for youse because your roads are not much different to Australian ones. And this is coming from me and I drive a 1.2tonne car(proton Waja don't think they sell these in the States) with 76kw. I have no problem keeping up with traffic.

The 2009 Corolla will be the 10th generation, going back to 1969. There is no more reliable car on the market, many posters on the Toyota forums report 300,000+ miles without any major problems.

Personally, I like the current model's design, and to be honest, I'm much more interested in the fuel economy than the styling. I don't drive cars for "fun", I drive to get somewhere.

For the genius that was trying to compare a Cobalt to a Corolla, the Cobalt is a true POS, a compact car that gets what, 25MPG highway? I don't care about horsepower, I care about fuel economy, quality, and reliability, and GM, in general (no pun intended) cannot deliver on any of those points. Sure, go buy your Cobalt for $9900, then listen to all the creaks and groans due to poor assembly, when it's not in the repair shop that is, and have fun paying for all that gas.

There's a reason that the Corolla has been around for almost 40 years: it perfectly meets the needs of a huge demographic, something that Toyota is very adept at, and no one else seems to have clue about. Honda, Mazda, forget it. All U.S. carmakers, don't even think

When designing cars, it has to have a market. And Corolla's market has always been the economic, every day car.

As I said, been driving this in Australia for 2 years, and many corollas before that.

Now I'm in the U.S and I drove their corollas and the euro and au versions are better imo, so this making it in the u.s is a good thing.

Its a true testament to the quality of the Toyota Corolla that the only thing people can justifiable bash is the looks. Toyota doesn't care if you don't like the Corolla but hundreds of thousands of others do because it meets their needs as a form of reliable, efficient, safe transportation.

As for the comparison with the Cobalt... well the Cobalt is an award-winner too; its ranked worst in build-quality and reliability. A Cobalt has a bigger engine so if it doesn't produce more power than the 1.8L Corolla engine GM is in more trouble than I thought.

In conclusion: If you don't like the car don't buy it. Toyota won't care.

Luke: I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't have a problem with it being slower than anything else in its class. I have a problem with a headline bragging about it getting more power, when it really doesn't get any more power to speak of. I didn't bash the looks, and if asked about the quality I'd say its almost certainly going to be just as reliable as previous Corollas.

But 2HP is not "More Power". Its more like "We had to change the exhaust routing and intake box because of the new design, and in the process accidentally freed up a few HP."

Hay Cobalt man,

Did you know, the 2nd best selling car in the world, of all time, is the corolla. VW's bug is #1.

The us is a market, but honestly its a small market compared to the rest of the world.

Larger engines are not required so a car in this catagory. Yes the corolla maybe boring, but anyone moving from eurasia to northamerica would never buy one. They probably don't even have cobalts over there.

funny how the quad 4, the 2.4 gm cavalier engine etc was so crap, as compared to a honda 1.6 - 2litre or even toyota engines.

one thing going for the cobalt, as compared to say the old sunfire, when you look at a part, say the side mirror adjustor, they won't fall off anymore.

finally, lets not even talk about the value of the car, in say 4 years - let alone 10years!

If the new corolla looks anything like that fugly picture. . . . .then toyota has a tanker on their hands!

The Mazda3 introduced a standard engine of like 148hp 4 years ago. So why is toyota releasing an embarassing 128hp engine?? That barely competes with the sub compacts(Aveo, Versa)

Of all the competition, the new corolla will be the newest with the weakest engine?? Makes no sense! Unless this car can produce some trickery in the 0-60 tests, it should go back to the drawing board!

To the Cobalt "lover"... hate to burst your bubble, but the base Cobalt makes less HP per liter than the base Corolla (current generation, no less). Just because your Cobutt makes 148HP and the Corolla makes 126 doesn't mean it's a "better" engine, a 2.2 liter engine is 20% bigger than a 1.8, yet it only makes 17% more HP, so what's that mean in stupid-I-think-a-Chevy-is-better-than-a-Toyota terms, your '07 Cobalt uses more outdated engineering than an '03 Corolla. And if the Corolla has a 2.2 in it, it would be making 154HP, gee, who's got more power now? But numbnuts like you don't get that Toyota Corollas aren't about power, they're about fuel economy. And do we REALLY need to go into reliability? I mean seriously, do you really want to embarrass yourself on this topic as well? The Chevy Cavalier...I mean Cobalt is a throw-away car, at least that's what the insiders call it, a car good for the first 40,000 miles or so, then things start going, and the resale value?....well that's another good topic, considering I see Cobalts on used car lots ALREADY, being sold for under 10k. That's okay though, I'm sure Chevy can string along you folks for another 10 years just like they did with the Cavalier and it's 1994 engineering and design on a 2004 model until they decide to "freshen" the car with an additional cup holder.

I'll honk when I see you at the shop getting a new transmission on your Cobalt with 25k miles.

Well its about time Toyota did something to improve the Corolla's outdated Grandpa styling. I like the new look, too bad they didn't keep the XRS 1.8L hy-po 180 horse engine and make another Corolla XRS. Maybe punch it out to a 2.0L with 200horse. Hey Toyota are you listening? I'm just glad I found an 06 Matrix XRS. I had a hard time locating one!
To the person comparing a Chevy Cobalt to a Toyota..."You are kidding, right?" Chevy will never build a quality vehicle, it hasn't in over 40 years. Its just a matter of a few years before Toyota puts GM totally out of business. I say good riddance GM! It's time for you folks to buy Toyota!!!

Ok, what about a clean burning diesel for America? Well?

"Georgenfla":

Grandpa styling? Are you referring to the 03-08 gen? I don't think so. The '03 was a complete departure from the plain-jane styling the Corolla was plagued with for years and years. And I (almost oddly enough) still get compliments on my '03 S and how it looks.

Look don't get me wrong, we're both on the same side here, but the current gen Corolla has nice clean lines, and it's distinct. If the next gen looks like the pics that have flooded the internet, then sadly we're looking at a Yaris clone with just more power and room, and if I want my Corolla having to look like any of it's sisters, I want it to look like a Camry, not a sub-compact economy car.

We'll be seeing another 'XRS', just not this year.

All I will say is the new Corolla looks nothing like the picture in this article.

Whoever came up with that idea is way off base.

benson408 is right. The pic is way off. The new Corolla will have elements of the Camry in front and elements of the Lexus IS on the sides and back. The sills look to be a bit higher sloping upwards. The interior has been taken up a notch too. It even has push button start. Everything has a high quality upscale feel to it. You can think of it as an "IS150"

I think the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Mazda3 and even the Nissan Sentra are all great cars. They all last quiet a while.

But I have to agree with what someone else posted. Toyota doesn't try to be a competitor in every respect. If your choice is between a Civic and Corolla and you want power, go with a Civic. If you want a more luxuriant ride, go with a Corolla. A car with less power or less "softness" if you will doesn't make it a better or worse vehicle than another vehicle in its class. It's all what a person wants.

Toyota isn't about race cars. They leave good, though reasonable horsepower to Lexus vehicles. Even the Camry doesn't have much HP in its class, but it's in Nascar. I'm a person who ALSO wants a comfortable ride over a ride with road-feel power. That just isn't me. Some may prefer power over quality, that's fine too.

I think the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Mazda3 and even the Nissan Sentra are all great cars. They all last quiet a while.

But I have to agree with what someone else posted. Toyota doesn't try to be a competitor in every respect. If your choice is between a Civic and Corolla and you want power, go with a Civic. If you want a more luxuriant ride, go with a Corolla. A car with less power or less "softness" if you will doesn't make it a better or worse vehicle than another vehicle in its class. It's all what a person wants.

Toyota isn't about race cars. They leave good, though reasonable horsepower to Lexus vehicles. Even the Camry doesn't have much HP in its class, but it's in Nascar. I'm a person who ALSO wants a comfortable ride over a ride with road-feel power. That just isn't me. Some may prefer power over quality, that's fine too.

I think the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Mazda3 and even the Nissan Sentra are all great cars. They all last quiet a while.

But I have to agree with what someone else posted. Toyota doesn't try to be a competitor in every respect. If your choice is between a Civic and Corolla and you want power, go with a Civic. If you want a more luxuriant ride, go with a Corolla. A car with less power or less "softness" if you will doesn't make it a better or worse vehicle than another vehicle in its class. It's all what a person wants.

Toyota isn't about race cars. They leave good, though reasonable horsepower to Lexus vehicles. Even the Camry doesn't have much HP in its class, but it's in Nascar. I'm a person who ALSO wants a comfortable ride over a ride with road-feel power. That just isn't me. Some may prefer power over quality, that's fine too.

I think the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Mazda3 and even the Nissan Sentra are all great cars. They all last quiet a while.

But I have to agree with what someone else posted. Toyota doesn't try to be a competitor in every respect. If your choice is between a Civic and Corolla and you want power, go with a Civic. If you want a more luxuriant ride, go with a Corolla. A car with less power or less "softness" if you will doesn't make it a better or worse vehicle than another vehicle in its class. It's all what a person wants.

Toyota isn't about race cars. They leave good, though reasonable horsepower to Lexus vehicles. Even the Camry doesn't have much HP in its class, but it's in Nascar. I'm a person who ALSO wants a comfortable ride over a ride with road-feel power. That just isn't me. Some may prefer power over quality, that's fine too.

That link from portugal, I hope that's the real pic of 2009 american corolla. That thing looks like a camry! And do I see racing shifter on the steering wheel?

toyota makes great cars not the BEST in all aspects but better than most other car makers. i am not saying that its the best thing in the world, that depends on peoples tastes. most japanse car makers are awesome. they make great cars.

look at german cars, i can point out so many things bad about them. its just the "prestige" but if you are really smart u know there is lexus and infiniti.

oh dont forget about korean and chinese cars, amongst the worst cars ever, driven one, it sux. oh and british cars oh wait they are all gone, they all went bankrupt except jaguar (thanx to ford).

as for corolla, it is a refined car, its not ment to be the best thing youve ever seen, just something u can be pleased with. ive had nissans, toyotas, hondas. they are all great but the corolla was the most faithful to me despite it being the oldest and most used.

enjoy life guys and remember not all of us are previleged to even own a car.

It time to change my old model to new one. I hope it will looks nicer and the feel from ride will be bettre or at least same. Gime some pictures!