2020 Toyota Corolla Sedan, Hybrid Are Hot on Hatch's Heels: Video

Big news for compact-car shoppers comes in the form of the 2020 Toyota Corolla sedan, a redesign that Toyota unveiled just a couple of weeks ago and that now adds a hybrid variant at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show.

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If you’ve been following Toyota lately, you know that the automaker brought out the all-new Corolla Hatchback just one model year ago. The sedan essentially repeats the same formula — only it has a trunk.

The sedan has similarly sleek styling outside and in, with a high-tech four-cylinder engine and a responsive continuously variable automatic transmission that we’ve really enjoyed in the hatchback. When does the other shoe drop? Well, three of the five sedan trim levels — L, LE and XLE — have what is essentially a carryover engine and the old-school CVT from the previous generation. Kind of a bummer.

It’s not all bad, though — all trim levels now have an independent rear suspension and additional driver-assist technologies, including lane-centering steering on all automatic-equipped models.

Related: U.S.-First 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Promises 50-Plus MPG

Oh, and Toyota estimates the Corolla Hybrid will get at least 50 mpg in combined fuel economy ratings. Stay tuned for EPA-certified numbers, as well as pricing, as we get closer to the Corolla Hybrid’s on-sale date in the spring of 2019. That’s right about the same time the non-hybrid Corolla sedan goes on sale.

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