After 60 years, 12 generations, and more than 57 million cars sold, the Toyota Corolla is finally getting a fully electric model.

Car and Driver reported Tuesday that Toyota is planning a major overhaul for the next-generation Corolla. The new models are expected to arrive sometime in 2027 for the 2028 model year, with the usual gas and hybrid versions alongside plug-in hybrid and fully electric models for the first time.

The Corolla first went on sale in 1966 and has since become one of the best-selling vehicles ever made. Toyota said earlier this year that global sales had exceeded 57 million units.

Six decades later, the car is still a major part of Toyota’s business. In 2025, Toyota sold 248,088 Corollas in the U.S., making it the company’s fourth-best-selling model and the 11th-best-selling vehicle in the country.

Still, Toyota has been teasing a major change for the classic car since last year.

At the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, the automaker unveiled a Corolla concept design with a sleeker exterior and a more futuristic interior than previous models.

More recently, in July, Japanese broadcaster NHK aired a behind-the-scenes look at the secret development site where the next Corolla is being worked on, according to Electrek.

Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda told NHK that growing competition and technological change “are inevitable,” but warned that complacency is the biggest risk for the company.

While Toyota hasn’t officially revealed a final production version of the new model, Car and Driver expects it to retain much of the concept’s dramatic redesign.

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