2024 Toyota Corolla vs. Mazda3

The 2024 Toyota Corolla and Mazda3 stand out in the compact vehicle segment. Toyota has engineered the Corolla for safety, reliability, value, and uninterrupted driving pleasure. Its eye-catching, modern exterior styling, advanced technology, generous safety features, and comfy cabin grab your attention. The good-looking Mazda3 flaunts an aerodynamic exterior, a sleek minimalist interior, and numerous high-tech features. If you’re considering investing in a new compact sedan, which one is right for you? Find out as Longo Toyota in El Monte, California, compares the 2024 Toyota Corolla and the 2024 Mazda3.

Exterior Design

The Corolla boasts a bold, modern exterior with fluid aerodynamic lines and a wide stance that exudes confidence and sophistication. Its sporty front grille features a distinctive mesh pattern. LED taillights, headlights, and daytime running lights provide excellent visibility and a premium look. The Mazda3 showcases a head-turning athletic curb appeal and LED lighting. While it comes in six trims, the Corolla’s lineup includes eight distinctive trims with versatile features and styles to suit your preferences and needs.

Both vehicles offer a range of exterior colors and wheel options, enabling you to personalize your ride. The Corolla’s color palette includes eight vibrant shades, including Blueprint, Ruby Flare Pearl, and Celestite, a graphite hue. Toyota steps it up a notch with the SE trims, offering seven striking bi-tone exterior paint colors, elevating the Corolla’s aesthetic appeal. Mazda offers nine bold solid color options but no distinctive bi-tone shades.

For a striking, innovative look, Toyota’s Nightshade trim delivers with black-painted sport side rocker panels and rear spoiler, blackout badging, and heated power outside mirrors, a roof-mounted shark-fin antenna, and window trim all in black. The Corolla and Mazda3 offer 16- and 18-inch alloy wheels, depending on the trim level, while the Toyota Nightshade trim stands out with 18-inch bronze-finished alloy wheels.

Interior Comfort and Practicality

The well-appointed cabins of the 2024 Toyota Corolla and Mazda3 offer contemporary sophistication. Both compact vehicles furnish a spacious, practical interior with around 13 cubic feet of cargo capacity. Experience superior comfort with the Corolla, boasting an extra 0.3 inches of front headroom and 0.4 inches of rear hip room compared to the Mazda3 sedan, ensuring ample space for you and your passengers to relax and enjoy the ride. The Corolla and the Mazda3 offer cloth- and leather-trimmed seating options, power-adjustable driver’s seats, and leather-trimmed steering wheels, depending on the trim.

Toyota enhances your drive with a tilt/telescopic three-spoke steering wheel featuring paddle shifters, audio controls, a multi-information display, voice command, full-speed range dynamic radar cruise control, and lane departure alert with steering assist, ensuring a seamless and intuitive driving experience. Mazda offers steering-wheel-mounted audio and cruise control switches. The Corolla’s interior color schemes, such as Black, Macadamia, and Moonstone, let you customize the interior to suit your preferences. While the Mazda3’s interior is stylish, the Corolla’s focus on spaciousness and functionality makes it the more practical choice for everyday use.

Performance and Efficiency

Under the hood, the 2024 Toyota Corolla offers two engine options, perfectly balancing performance and efficiency. The standard 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine delivers an impressive 169 horsepower and 151 lb-ft of torque, offering quick acceleration and responsive handling. The Corolla flaunts exceptional fuel efficiency, achieving an EPA-estimated 32 mpg in the city and 41 mpg on the highway with the 2.0-liter engine and dynamic-shift continuously variable transmission.

Toyota prioritizes eco-friendliness, offering a hybrid powertrain option. It combines a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine with an electric motor, delivering 138 horsepower and an impressive EPA-estimated 53 MPGe in the city and 46 MPGe on the highway. The Corolla is one of the most fuel-efficient vehicles in its class, with ample power for daily driving.

While the Mazda3 offers a range of engine options, including a 2.5-liter four-cylinder and a turbocharged 2.5-liter engine, it falls short of the Corolla in fuel efficiency. The base Mazda3 with the 2.5-liter engine achieves an EPA-estimated 27 mpg in the city and 37 mpg on the highway, while the turbocharged version drops to 23 mpg in the city and 32 mpg on the highway. Although the Mazda3 offers engaging driving dynamics, the Corolla’s superior fuel economy makes it the more practical and cost-effective choice for daily commuting in El Monte and long-distance travel throughout California.

Technology and Infotainment

The 2024 Toyota Corolla and Mazda3 boast advanced technology. The Toyota Corolla shines with more standard features for an integrated cabin, with a range of advanced technologies to keep you connected on the road. An 8-inch touch-screen infotainment system offers intuitive controls and crystal-clear graphics with wireless smartphone integration and navigation. The Mazda3’s 8.8-inch infotainment display lacks touch capabilities and only supports wired smartphone connections, so you must plug in your device for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.

Safety and Driver-Assistance Features

Toyota sets high standards for safety in the Corolla with 10 airbags and Toyota Safety Sense 3.0. The Corolla comes with a standard secondary collision brake, automatically stopping the car after a crash, reducing the risk of further accidents. The Mazda3 lacks this feature, leaving you vulnerable to additional collisions after the airbags deploy. In National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash and side impact tests, the Toyota Corolla outperforms the Mazda3.

The 2024 Toyota Corolla and Mazda3 offer electronic stability systems, traction control, four-wheel antilock brakes, rearview cameras, and driver alert monitors. The Corolla’s comprehensive suite of safety features, Safety Sense 3.0, crash test ratings, and reputation for being a reliable and secure choice ensure a confident drive around El Monte.

Experience the Practical Excellence of the 2024 Toyota Corolla at Longo Toyota

Now that you’ve checked out the showdown between the Corolla and the Mazda3, it’s your chance to experience the 2024 Toyota Corolla’s unbeatable practicality. Are you ready to discover your favorite 2024 Toyota Corolla trim? Contact us today to book a test drive and discover why the Corolla is a top choice for compact car buyers. Our knowledgeable staff is ready to exceed your expectations and help you select the trim level and options that best suit your lifestyle and budget. In the meantime, browse our new inventory to fire up your excitement.

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