2025 Toyota Corolla FX vs. 2025 Buick Envista Avenir: Two options to avoid being spendy.

This week: Toyota Corolla.

Price: $29,089 as tested. Convenience Package added blind-spot monitor and cross-traffic alert for $530; black roof, $500; and connected services trial, $325.

Conventional wisdom: Motor Trend liked the “$27,785 base MSRP, cool black accents, and bigger, more readable screen”; on the down side, it was “not particularly quick,” the “engine drones,” and it’s a “dated cabin."

Marketer’s pitch: “Introduce fun to every day.”

Reality: You’re going for the fun angle, Toyota? Really, now?

What’s new: The Corolla adds a new FX model for 2025, which pays homage to the old FX16, something I’d never heard of before writing this. Still, I feel I can say with confidence, it doesn’t l

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