Black is back

Our car’s interior is black-on-black in the way that Japanese carmakers have specialised in for decades, except the Corolla Hybrid is fussier than usual, with fake carbonfibre dash trim contrasting oddly with the shiny piano-black fascia and matte- chrome highlights. There’s also some stitched leather/vinyl material, heaps of orange-skin hard plastics in the lower console, and speckled white seat faces. So much to take in, although the leather wheel and climate control toggles are lovely to behold.