{"id":880,"date":"2025-12-03T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/?p=880"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:16:19","slug":"toyota-gave-its-most-common-car-a-finish-worth-showing-off-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/toyota-gave-its-most-common-car-a-finish-worth-showing-off-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Gave Its Most Common Car A Finish Worth Showing Off For 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2026-Toyota-Corolla-Europe-6aa-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Toyota adds matte Onyx Grey to 2026 Corolla GR Sport and Touring.<\/li>\n<li>Storm Grey metallic expands color choices for hatchback and sedan.<\/li>\n<li>Interior gets new recycled Samara seat materials and fresh trim.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In October, Toyota <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/10\/toyota-shows-the-future-of-the-corolla\/\">unveiled a dramatic Corolla concept<\/a> previewing what the popular model could morph into. Sadly, we&rsquo;ll have to wait some time before it spawns a production model, as the current 12th-generation car isn&rsquo;t going anywhere. In fact, it has just been updated for the 2026 model year in Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The biggest change this time around is all about paint. For the first time, Toyota is offering the GR Sport and Touring Sports versions of the Corolla in a matte Onyx Grey finish. <\/p>\n<p>It marks the company&rsquo;s first use of this color on a high-volume production model, arriving in the UK before the end of the year and rolling out to other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/europe\/\">European markets<\/a> shortly after<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/09\/toyota-improves-the-gr-corolla-with-a-clever-trick\/\">Toyota Improves 2026 GR Corolla With A Clever Trick<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>A second new color has also been introduced for 2026. Dubbed Storm Grey, it&rsquo;s a metallic shade that looks to suit the Corolla quite nicely, in both sedan and hatchback guises.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/toyota\/\">Toyota<\/a> has also made some minor tweaks inside. It has added more of its hard-wearing Samara upholstery, made from recycled materials, to the seatbacks and cushions on the Mid grade and Touring Sports models. The Mid+ Sedan model also includes a distinctive Samara seat design.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2026-Toyota-Corolla-Europe-5aaa.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Toyota Gave Its Most Common Car A Finish Worth Showing Off For 2026\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2026-Toyota-Corolla-Europe-5aaa-1024x576.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>No other changes appear to have been made to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/toyota-corolla\/\">Corolla<\/a>. As such, it continues to be available with 1.8-liter and 2.0-liter hybrids engines. The smaller of these two engines delivers 138 hp while the 2.0-liter is rated at 178 hp. <\/p>\n<p>Curiously, the 2025 model with the 2.0-liter had been listed as delivering 193 hp, and Toyota hasn&rsquo;t explained why 15 horses have gone missing.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, all 2026 models continue to feature the Toyota Safety Sense package which, alongside the multimedia system, supports over-the-air software updates. Toyota will also continue to sell all variants with a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster as standard, also used by the flagship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/toyota-gr-corolla\/\">GR Corolla<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota adds matte Onyx Grey to 2026 Corolla GR Sport and Touring. Storm Grey metallic expands color choices for hatchback and sedan. Interior gets new recycled Samara seat materials and fresh trim. In October, Toyota unveiled a dramatic Corolla concept previewing what the popular model could morph into. Sadly, we&rsquo;ll have to wait some time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions\/883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}