 Peace out you guys, I'll go back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I am GoPanning, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today, we're in the brand new 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid, courtesy of younger Toyota and Hagerstown, Maryland, for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So today we're in this one because the Corolla Hybrid is actually capable of 50 plus MPGs. That's insane. Then on top of that, you also have the incredible reliability of Toyota, specifically the Corolla. You also get two years or 25,000 miles of complimentary maintenance. That's gonna save you some money there as well. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one, from acceleration to braking, steering fuel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. As you can imagine, there are several different trim levels for the 2024 Corolla Hybrid. First one being the LE, starting at $23,300. SE for $25,740. The Nightshade for $28,140. And lastly, the XLE for $27,050. And so for those first three trim levels, front wheel drive comes standard with the XLE all-wheel drive comes standard. But you can add all-wheel drive to those first three trim levels. If you wanted to do that, simply add $1,400 then to any of those prices. But said that regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant on the Corolla Hybrid is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a 1.8 liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder with two electric motors. Putting out 138 horsepower combined, 105 pound-feet of torque. Power sent to the front wheels or all-wheels through a continuously variable transmission. Zero to 60 time coming in at approximately nine seconds. Flat with MPG numbers coming in at up to 53 in the city, 46 on the highway. It is going to depend on the configuration whether you go with front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive, all that fun stuff. So in our SE all-wheel drive that we have today, this one comes in at 47 in the city, 41 on the highway. So it's still plenty respectable for an all-wheel drive car taking regular unleaded fuel. So before we do any kind of fun acceleration tests here in the Corolla Hybrid, wouldn't it mention you guys the drive modes? There's plenty of them. There's actually a toggle switch located just in front of the shifter. A toggle switch will give you normal sport, eco and EV mode. And by the way, this only applies to the SE and nightshade trim levels but essentially adjusting things like the shift points and the throttle response. So now having got all of that out of the way, let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the Corolla Hybrid here to the test. Gotta love, I'm in EV mode right now by the way because I am stuck behind some kind of construction and the car is essentially not operating on gas at all. So this is saving me all kinds of MPGs right now. So you gotta love that for stop and go traffic. But anyways, let's find that straightaway. Let's put the acceleration to the test and let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, in three, two, one, go. That instant acceleration because of the two electric motors is nice. Let me start by saying that it actually doesn't feel that bad. So not the quickest thing in the world but it doesn't feel as bad as the numbers 0 to 69 seconds leads you to believe it's actually pretty quick. And I think I'm feeling that way because of the two electric motors gives you that instant acceleration. So there's no delay whatsoever. Like you traditionally will get with the turbo charge or even naturally aspirated engines give you a little bit of a delay but because it has those two electric motors it is that instant punch which I absolutely love. So yeah, acceleration should be plenty fine. You're not gonna have any issues there. And I wasn't in sport driving mode as well by the way in case anybody was curious. So I don't have any issues with that acceleration but to go along with that acceleration as always braking is equally important. So upfront you will find 10.8 inch ventilated front discs in the back 10.2 inch solid rear discs. As far as that braking feel goes let's just hit it real quick. It's not bad. It's certainly on the firmer side of things which I can definitely appreciate not a soft braking feel whatsoever. So it does bring you to a pretty nice stop without a doubt that touching on suspension and handling upfront you're gonna get an independent McPherson strut front suspension. In the back independent multi-link rear suspension front stabilizer bar as well. As far as ride quality goes it's been perfectly fine in my short little test drive here today. These are some pretty darn smooth roads. I will say that but like I said I've had no issues whatsoever when it comes to ride quality and that's something the Corolla typically does pretty darn well in its class. It does give you a little bit of ride quality when you compare it to the competition like the Civic or like the Sentra things like that. Those are nice in their own right but in terms of ride quality in my opinion at least after driving nearly 900 cars the Corolla is the smoothest in terms of its class. So I do like that. As far as steering feel goes it's okay. It actually feels a little bit heavier than the non hybrid Corolla. So I do like that. It's definitely heavier than the non hybrid Corolla. I'll say that. So I do like the steering feel in this thing. No issues there. As far as cabin noise goes really the only thing I'm getting a little bit of wind noise not so much road noise and a good bit of engine noise. That's the one that's really pronounced but if you're a car guy or girl the engine noise shouldn't bother you so I personally don't have any issues there. And touching on visibility taking a look out of my rear view mirror here I can see perfectly fine out the back. Rear visibility is 100% on point because of the shape of the Corolla of course. So that about rounds out the performance segment of this review guys. Let's not go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid. All right, so here she is you guys. The new 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid finished in classic silver metallic. In case you were curious of our exact exterior color name that we had on this one. However, did want to first start by mentioning there is a new trim for 2024 in case you didn't notice that at the beginning that is gonna be the Nightshade Edition trim. So that is gonna add essentially dark badging and bronze wheels. So it's kind of an appearance package for the SE trim level that we have today more or less. But first let me start by actually saying the MPGs that I got in my short little 10 to 15 mile drive was 72 miles per gallon. So that was mostly highway driving but that just goes to show if you purposefully try to drive economically I guess you could call it it is very possible that you can absolutely crush the MPG numbers that are listed on this particular car. So 72 MPGs is what I ended up getting in my short little 10 to 15 mile drive. So that was mostly highway driving but that's pretty darn good. But as always let's go ahead and start with where this one is made. Take a look at the VIN. First character is the letter J indicating that the new Corolla Hybrid is built and assembled still in Japan as it should be in my opinion. But let's go ahead and start up front. Fun face of course will differ between the LE and the SE trim levels. The SE trims are gonna give you more gloss black accents more of an aggressive appearance up front. LE trim is gonna give you more of a subdued appearance. I guess you could say it still looks good though of my personal opinion. To the sides, LED headlights do come standard with LED daytime running lights for all trim levels. Do you get the automatic feature as well meaning when it starts to get dark in at night the headlights will turn on automatically for you there. Also get automatic high beams for all trim levels. So if you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams and when that vehicle is gone it's gonna automatically bounce back up the high beams. So very convenient feature there. I love that one. LED accent lighting coming on the SE and the nightshade trims. You guys can see that down below kind of as an extension to the front grill there. And you will of course find the blue Toyota badge since Toyota does that with all of their hybrids. You guys can see that up front. The non-hybrid trims of course are just gonna be finished in black but Toyota does add a blue kind of hue to it for the hybrids. But that pretty much rounds out the front end of the Corolla here. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one black windows surrounds do come standard. Body colored power adjustable side mirrors coming standard on all trim levels but the nightshade because of course the nightshade trim is gonna give you gloss black side mirrors. Then take a look down at the wheel setup 16 inch steel wheels with covers coming with the LE 16 inch alloys for the XLE 18 inch graphite colored alloys for our SE trim. That's what you guys are looking at. An 18 inch bronze alloys like I said for the nightshade. By the way, there's bronze alloys. They look dang good on this thing. Also love that the all wheel drive badging is found on the rear doors there since we have the all wheel drive setup. So gotta love that for the cold wintery months in the mountains here in Western Maryland but that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one all the way to the top you will find a body colored shark fin antenna just underneath of that gloss black rear spoiler for the nightshade but then body colored rear spoiler for our SE trim that we have with us here today. Can find some trim level badging found on the rear trunk there. LED tail lights do come standard on every trim level so you gotta love that as well. I personally love the gloss black rear diffuser towards the bottom there that's gonna come on the SE and the nightshade trims. It's not gonna come however on the LE trim level so I wanted to emphasize that. Then just below and all you will find a single exhaust outlet but with dual chrome tips for the SE and nightshade trim levels only. So having said that, not sure if this is gonna work cause we got a hybrid here but as always let's give this a shot here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the Corolla when it comes to opening that rear trunk there of course is a button on the key fob but there is a button on the trunk itself as well but once opened up car capacity comes in at 13.1 cubic feet. If that was not enough space of course there is a 60-40 split meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it. There is some cargo lighting back there in the cargo area of course and then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor you will find a tire inflator kit as opposed to the spare tire. So then making our way up to the relegroom that comes in at 34.8 inches for reference I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Rear center armrest with cup holders does actually come standard on all trim levels across the board. Dual rear USB charging ports though also coming standard on all trim levels across the board. That isn't always the case. So love seeing that back there. Then make our way up to the front seats manual adjustable claw seats coming with the LE trim level. Sport fabric inserts coming with the SE that we have today and the nightshade. XLE then is going to add to that an eight way power adjustable driver's seat heated front seats and a soft text upholstery finish as well. Overall as far as seat comfort goes Toyota and Lexus always do an amazing job with their seat comfort and there's certainly no exception here. Excellent seat comfort when it comes to the Corolla but then take a look at the steering wheel there's tilt and telescoping and it's going to be leather wrapped then for the SE trim level end up. So love that we had that. Then make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Toyota logo on the one side of course lock and unlock on the other side of the key. And of course the button to pop the rear trunk there but it is all keyless entry with a push button start for the SE trim level and up. However you will get that traditional turn key start for the LE trim level. But having said that, all I am going to do here is simply put my foot in the brake and press that engine start button located just kind of by the driver's right knee. And so once started up seven inch full digital gauge cluster will come on the XLE trim level but for all other trims like the one we have today you're going to get some basic animal gauges with a 4.2 inch center screen. I say basic because there really isn't a whole heck of a lot of design to these gauges. I remember back in 2022 on the Corolla there was a nice design to it. They put some silver plastic it actually looked okay but with this one they almost went backwards with the gauge cluster. So I wouldn't have minded if they added a little bit of a design to it if you're going to keep it analog at least. But anyways, tachometer on the left speedometer is on your right and there is that digital screen it gives you things like outside temperature how many miles you have left until you hit empty basically everything you could want on the digital portion of the gauges but then making our way to overall interior quality power moon roof coming on the XLE trim level it is going to be optional though in the other trims. Red contrast stitching founded the doors I liked that for our SE trim level at least just in front of the shifter you're going to find a little bit of storage just behind the shifter you got dual cup holders along with the electromechanical parking brake and there is a little bit of storage within the center armrest but the cool thing about that center armrest is you actually have a USB charging port and a 12 volt power outlet in there as well that doesn't always come standard so I like that. Homelink controls we actually have those on our Corolla here today there's are actually optional though so I do like them though and LED interior lighting I love the design to it it's reminiscent of what Mercedes does with their LED interior lighting it's almost the exact same design and I think it looks pretty darn good nice design element there so overall I personally don't have any issues with the interior quality in this thing then taking a look at the infotainment screen 8 inch color touch screen display is going to come standard across the board Bluetooth and audio streaming but one of my favorite parts wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay for every single trim level so gotta love that new pesky wires can of course check out your car statistics up on that screen as well along with your radio information so when it comes to the sound system 6 speakers is going to be the standard sound system for all trim levels across the board however there is an optional sound system for the XLE that is going to be a 9 speaker JBL sound system with an external amp and a subwoofer but of course that's not the one we have today we do have the 6 speaker one of course so having said that what you guys say let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one. That's actually pretty good it's nothing crazy and it's not like an upgraded sound system or anything fancy but for it not being an upgraded sound system that's pretty good the bass was alright nothing crazy again clarity was pretty darn good as well so personally for me I don't have any issues with that sound system so the last thing I want to mention you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the Corolla in reverse you will find your rear view camera coming standard across the board letting you know who or what is behind you which is always is going to lead us into safety so to start IHHS Top Safety Pick so heck of a start right there front side side curtain airbags do come standard driver's knee airbag a front passenger seat cushion airbag and rear seat mounted side airbags that last one is like a $600-$700 option with Mercedes and BMW I know so you gotta love that latch of course in the back as well aka lower anchors to tethers for children for the rear car seats rear child door locks temperature monitoring system but also coming standard Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 that gives you a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection proactive driving assist lane departure alert with steering assist road sign assist dynamic radar cruise control then as well so overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Corolla Hybrid Toyota hybrids are actually known for incredible reliability I knew some people question it when they're not familiar with Toyota hybrids but you just take a look at the Toyota Prius it's one of the most reliable cars ever built you constantly see those with over 300,000 miles so don't worry about the battery don't worry about the engine Toyotas are known for reliability and especially their hybrids are known for reliability I remember reading an article about a Highlander hybrid that went over a million miles so they just crush it but crazy good MPGs in this thing as well 72.4 MPGs at least on my short little 10 to 15 mile drive that I had in this one so that's pretty crazy but good ride quality for a compact as well I always say that at least when you compare it to the competition it's a lot smoother than a lot of them nice styling on the SE trims especially like the rear diffuser in the back all wheel drive availability that is something that Toyota didn't use to have for the Corolla but now does so I absolutely love that because it does snow where I'm at so that's pretty cool as far as room for improvement goes the Corolla hybrid is a little bit on the slower side of things but having said that it didn't feel that slow to me but that kind of leads me into my next point if you're considering getting a Corolla hybrid in the Nightshader XL E trims personally for me I would just go with the Prius because it's almost a performance car at this point the new model at least it's incredible handling it's a heck of a lot quicker than this car I personally think it looks better and it gets better MPGs so same price point you might as well get the Prius at least if you can find one they are hard to find and so that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews because that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold