Toyota Launches The 2014 Corolla In Spectacular Fashion — Check Out The PARTY Pics

Toyota Launches The 2014 Corolla In Spectacular Fashion — Check Out The PARTY Pics

Toyota's press release follows:

Next Generation Toyota Corolla Unveiled With Extravaganza of Experiential Events


  • More than 750 people attended evening gala at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

  • Celebrity chef Richard Blais, performance group Fuerza Bruta and comedian Adam Carolla part of the celebration for the  iconic American-made compact

  • 2014 Corolla lowered from ceiling above to surprise guests


Santa Monica, Calif. (June 7, 2013) – Dramatic sights, sounds and tastes helped introduce the strikingly re-styled 11th generation Toyota Corolla at a packed celebration inside Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. on Thursday night.

More than 750 consumers, journalists and Toyota guests took in a captivating theatrical performance by Fuerza Bruta, fog clouds from celebrity chef Richard Blais’s liquid nitrogen cocktails, and the capstone reveal of the 2014 Corolla lowered from the rafters with a surprise visit from comedian Adam Carolla.


2014 Toyota Corolla Photo Gallery



The multi-sensory experiences celebrated an iconic compact vehicle with nearly 50 years of success and almost 40 million global sales. The sleeker, more advanced 2014 Corolla features chiseled, modern character lines, a more premium interior, improved fuel economy and an enhanced driving performance. Each trim level (L, LE, LE Eco, and S) will offer a range of popular features designed to delight current Toyota customers and attract new, youthful buyers.

“Full of surprises and unexpected features, this global reveal event captured the new era and elevated experience of the redesigned Corolla,” said Bill Fay, group vice president and general manager, Toyota Division. “As our second best-selling vehicle and a familiar sight on American roadways, the new Corolla retains its trusted quality and reliability while adding an exciting new look and energy.”

At the beginning of the evening, guests sampled innovative culinary creations including roasted pork belly with licorice grits and pickled peaches from Blais’s custom menu. Blais, who recently published his first cookbook, Try This at Home, is perhaps best known from his appearance on Season 4 of Bravo’s hit show “Top Chef” and his winning run on “Top Chef All-Stars,” for which he received his own Corolla among other prizes. Partnering with Los Angeles gourmet catering company Along Came Mary, Blais prepared items in front of guests, including the fog-inducing liquid nitrogen margaritas.

After tasting from each culinary station, guests were ushered into a newly revealed second space where the first of three viscerally stimulating Fuerza Bruta acts began. Fuerza Bruta (“brute force” in Spanish) is a critically acclaimed, live experience show first founded in Argentina then introduced in New York City in 2007. Elevated above the guests, some in tanks of water, the performers put on a 30-minute, high-energy acrobatic show.

As a finale to the spectacular performance, a 2014 Corolla descended from the ceiling while three additional new Corollas appeared from a hidden space, surprising and delighting guests with their new design. With a new longer wheelbase and  roomier premium interior, the new Corolla offers a collection of enhanced features including standard LED headlamps and Bluetooth® connectivity, along with available touchscreen audio, backup monitor, Smart Key, paddle shifters and Entune®, Toyota’s multimedia app suite.

During Fay’s brief remarks about the Corolla, car enthusiast and comedian Carolla interrupted from the side of the stage and joined to joke about being the “oldest Corolla in the room,” referring the similarities of the vehicle name and the comedian’s own last name . Carolla further described growing up in a working class community in the 1970s and 1980s and the value of the Corolla to many friends and families. Representing that era was a 1969 Corolla, from the Toyota Museum in Torrance, Calif.  In addition, three other vintage Corollas from the museum were on display, including models from 1971, 1983 and 1987.

At the conclusion of the presentation, DJs The Hood Internet kicked off music while guests were encouraged to explore and view the 2014 Corolla models.


2014 Toyota Corolla Photo Gallery




















OBieOBie - 6/7/2013 8:54:44 PM
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European Honda and dodge dart mesh. I don't see how anyone in their right mind would pick this over a civic (the re redesigned version), elantra, or focus. But of course it will sell to the lifeless drones who want a safe and reliable Toyota.


ThegeekThegeek - 6/7/2013 10:30:43 PM
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Are you the world's #1 Honda Cheerleader? Are you saying the Civic is not for lifeless drones who want a safe(?) and reliable(?) Honda? If I was a lifeless, hapless drone, the Civic would be my first choice. And you would get the added benefit of having a noisy, piece of sh#% that the Civic truly is.


irishmikeirishmike - 6/8/2013 11:12:16 AM
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Eh...we've yet to hear how this new Corolla drives, but judging by the power train options(or lack of)it's business as usual here for Toyota. As far as pitting it against the Civic, you cannot deny the differences, at least up until now.
Civic demographics, historically younger buyers. While the Civic is not what it used to be as far as driving pleasure, it still offers a more controlled ride and way better steering feel. The example that I am driving right now is consistently exceeding MPG estimates, has been just as reliable(I've owned both)and will probably bring a stupidly high price, as my last one did, at resale time.


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