2017 Toyota Corolla Sedan: Added Safety Tech For Australia

Toyota has dressed-up its Corolla sedan with a light facelift that also aims to address safety shortcomings of the outgoing model.

Hidden behind the slimline new nose of the Thailand-built Corolla are radar sensors for automatic high-beam, lane-departure warning, pre-collision warning and autonomous emergency braking (AEB) systems that now become available across the sedan range.

Unlike its Mazda3 arch rival, which includes AEB across the range, the new safety suite will be standard only on the Corolla ZR sedan that starts from a hefty $31,920 plus on-road costs – $930 higher than before.

The quartet of safety features cost an additional $750 on the mid-level Corolla SX and $1500 on the entry-level Corolla Ascent sedan, as they are also packaged with 15-inch alloy wheels replacing hubcap-covered steel rims.