The Technical Monitoring Association, TÜV, awarded the Toyota Corolla Verso with the Golden Vehicle Inspection Sticker of TÜV Report 2009. Dr. Guido Rettig, president of the association, bestowed the award upon Director of Toyota Germany, Keiji Sudo, during a parilamentary evening in Berlin. Also among the participants was the Japanese ambassador Toshiyuki Takano, who much embraced the accolade.

Companies in the TÜV association are responsible for 11 million general inspections in Germany, the largest share of the total of 24 million. Around 7.7 million of them were evaluated for the TÜV Report, describing the strengths and weaknesses of a total of 201 automobile models.