Rolling into 2008 Toyota's best-selling model, Corolla, offers an extensive array of standard features, along with interior fabrics and textures designed to impart a high-quality appearance and feel.

Standard equipment includes air conditioning with a cabin air filter; an AM/FM/CD sound system with four speakers; anti-theft engine immobilizer; power mirrors; tilt steering wheel; intermittent wipers; tachometer; digital clock; digital outside temperature gauge; a driver's seat-height adjuster; a trunk lamp, and a dome light with delay.

Corolla's dual overhead cam 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine produces 126 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 122 lb.-ft. of peak torque at 4,200 rpm. The engine produces at least 90 percent of its peak torque from just 2,000 rpm to the 6,000 rpm redline. Equipped with the standard five-speed manual transmission, the Toyota Corolla can accelerate from zero-to-60 mph in just under 9.0 seconds.

Standard safety features continue to include advanced front airbags, pretensioners and force limiters for the front seatbelts and side-impact door beams. Front seat side and curtain shield airbags and an anti-lock brake system with Electronic Brake-force Distribution are available as options. The Corolla's rear seat is equipped with the Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children uniform child restraint anchorage system.