What MPG Does the 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Get in Real-World Driving?
Toyota’s redesigned Prius has been grabbing all of the hybrid headlines lately, but the automaker has another affordable compact hybrid in its lineup: the Corolla Hybrid sedan. We spent some time in an all-wheel-drive 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid SE over the holidays, and while we didn’t conduct one of our measured fuel-economy tests, we did keep an eye on our fuel economy in everyday driving situations to see how the Corolla performed.
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In one instance, Cars.com Editor-in-Chief Jenni Newman took the Corolla Hybrid on a 200-mile holiday road trip with three passengers in the car plus their luggage and gifts. With temperatures in the 40s, the Corolla Hybrid averaged 40.4 mpg, according to the trip computer, over 104 miles of mostly highway driving. In the opposite direction, the trip computer showed 37.6 mpg. That averages out to 39 mpg, which trails both the AWD 2024 Prius’ EPA-estimated highway fuel economy (up to 54 mpg) and the AWD Corolla Hybrid SE’s own 41 mpg highway estimate, but is still an impressive gas mileage number for a fully laden road trip with four adults.
In city driving, where hybrids tend to do their best fuel-efficiency work, we consistently saw fuel-economy numbers in the 30s and 40s, but our data was muddled a bit by the idling time necessary to get photos for this story and the full review (our photographer gets cranky when he’s cold). However, on the brief drive home from the photo shoot, the Corolla Hybrid managed near-Prius numbers with a trip rating of 51.9 mpg. It’s worth noting that I wasn’t trying to maximize fuel economy during this drive and even chose the Sport drive mode for portions. This version of the Corolla Hybrid is rated 47 mpg in the city; shoppers should rest easy knowing that it’s possible — with minimal effort — to exceed that rating. The AWD Prius, meanwhile, is EPA-rated as high as 53 mpg in city driving. While the Corolla Hybrid did not beat that estimate, it came close.
While the Corolla Hybrid SE did not exceed the Prius’ fuel-economy ratings, it’s a decent alternative within Toyota’s lineup — especially if the visibility and ergonomics issues of the new Prius are too much for you. And with a starting price of $28,435 (including destination), the AWD Corolla Hybrid SE is around $2,000 less expensive than an AWD Prius LE ($30,445), which should help offset the Prius’ refueling-cost advantage at the gas pump.
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