Toyota’s evergreen Corolla badge is gleaming.

In current-generation hatch form, it exhibits new-found youthful style with much improved comfort and dynamism – reflected by its chart-topping sales in 2014 when it ousted the Mazda3.

But until now, the three-box sedan version has languished by comparison, with Toyota continuing to offer the dreary – if dependable – previous-generation version that came standard with a complete personality bypass.

Things, however, are about to change, meaning Mazda and co should look out.

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