Toyota Corolla LE Feature Overview
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2025 Toyota Corolla
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What's New for the 2025 Toyota Corolla Sedan
The 2025 Toyota Corolla features a larger infotainment touchscreen on select trim levels. Those include the new-for-2025 Corolla FX special edition (shown above) that gives this compact sedan sportier suspension, steering, and styling.
This car's lineup is diverse, with sedan and hatchback body styles, an available hybrid powertrain, and the high-performance GR Corolla. This overview is focused on the gas-only sedan model, however.
While the Corolla's other variants offer distinctive elements, you can argue that the gas-only Corolla sedan struggles to stand apart from alternatives in its class. For example, its back seat and trunk are smaller than those of its top competitors. It's also possible that some may find the driving experience, cabin design, and exterior styling to be less inspiring than those of other compact cars.
Pros
- More powerful base engine than some rivals
- Noteworthy fuel mileage of up to 35 mpg in combined driving
Cons
- Small back seat for the segment
- Trunk space is limited compared with competitors
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2025 Toyota Corolla Sedan Trim Levels
The 2025 Corolla sedan seats five people and comes in four trim levels: LE, SE, FX, and XSE.
The car's gas-only engine is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder that produces 169 horsepower and 151 pound-feet of torque. The Corolla sedan is front-wheel drive and comes with a continuously variable transmission (CVT).
Highlights from each trim level's standard features are as follows:
- LE
This basic trim level comes with 16-inch steel wheels and LED headlights. The cabin offers automatic climate control, cloth upholstery, four USB-C ports (two in each row), an 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, and SiriusXM satellite radio.
- SE
The SE gains an upgraded suspension, 18-inch alloy wheels, different styling, proximity entry and push-button start, sport seats, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel.
- FX
This version builds off the SE with lowered suspension springs, black wheels with machined surfacing, black exterior trim, a trim-specific rear spoiler, and orange interior stitching. Inside, it offers a 7.0-inch digital instrumentation panel, a 10.5-inch touchscreen, and a wireless phone charger.
- XSE
The XSE includes most of the FX's interior features but builds off the SE's styling and suspension. It adds its own design elements, plus a power sunroof, heated front seats, a power-adjustable driver's seat, and an upholstery mix of cloth and Toyota's SofTex simulated leather. Only the XSE is eligible for an optional nine-speaker JBL sound system.
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2025 Toyota Corolla Sedan Cargo Capacity
The Toyota Corolla sedan's trunk has a volume of 13.1 cubic-feet. A 60/40 split-folding back seat is standard on every trim level to expand cargo capacity. Proximity opening of the trunk with Toyota's Smart Key system is standard on all trims except the LE, which offers it as an option.
2025 Toyota Corolla Sedan Fuel Economy
Most versions of the 2025 Corolla sedan can achieve an EPA-estimated 34 mpg in combined city and highway driving. The one exception is the base LE, which can get up to 35 mpg combined.
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2025 Toyota Corolla Safety Ratings and Features
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) gave the Corolla sedan (non-hybrid) five out of five stars for overall crash protection. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded the 2025 Corolla sedan a "Good" rating, its highest, in both the small overlap front-impact and the updated side-impact crash tests. IIHS awarded the 2025 Corolla sedan a "Marginal" rating in its moderate overlap front updated test.
The 2025 Corolla comes standard with the Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 package of driver-assistance tech. Systems include adaptive cruise control, forward-collision warning with pedestrian and daytime cyclist detection, automatic emergency braking, lane-departure warning, lane-keeping assist, lane-centering assist, and automatic high-beam headlights. A blind-spot monitor with rear cross-traffic alert is included on the XSE model and available on other trim levels.
James RiswickJames Riswick has been testing and reviewing cars since 2007, serving as an editor at Edmunds and Autoblog, and contributing to Autotrader, Car and Driver, AutoGuide, Auto Express, and Capital One Auto Navigator. You name it, he's almost certainly driven it. He has attended an auto show every year since he was 2 and has wanted to be an automotive journalist since high school. He owns a babied 1998 BMW Z3 2.8 in James Bond blue, a silver 2013 Mercedes-Benz E350 Wagon (his idea of a three-row family vehicle) and a 2025 Cadillac Optiq because his wife would rather drive something from this decade.
