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Toyota releases new Corolla in Japan
Toyota will begin selling their newest iteration of the Corolla in Japan later this month and the image above is a stark departure from the recently debuted Auris concept in Paris. The new JDM Corolla is a subtle redesign and will not form the basis for future sedans sold stateside, which will draw more cues from the Auris and come equipped with a 2-liter engine.
The JDM version comes in two flavors – the Axio for the sedan and the Fielder for the wagon version. Power will come from a 1.8-liter inline-four, fitted to the automaker's Super CVT-i gearbox and will come standard with trick features, including electric-folding rear seats and backup camera. High-performance variants will include all-wheel-drive, with lesser models coming standard with a 1.5-liter engine and five-speed manual.
[Source: Toyota.co.jp and Motor Authority]
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Kowell 9:05AM (10/10/2006)
Oh great the new Camry... no wait..Corolla is here...
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Hamud 9:20AM (10/10/2006)
Same boring design...
Toyota should take some lessons with the guys at Honda, or with the guys that designed the Supra, Celica, etc.
Anyway, good to hear about the electric-folding seats and the backup camera.
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DarkKnight67 9:20AM (10/10/2006)
Ho hum! What boring fun!
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Charles 9:24AM (10/10/2006)
Its actually really impressive for a small car, especially for a Corolla. It doesn't have the comical dimesions that many other small cars are plagued with, and doesn't look half bad. Laugh all you want, its still going to be a huge hit to Toyota once they bring it over to America.
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Kowell 9:29AM (10/10/2006)
"it doesn't have the comical dimesions that many other small cars are plagued with"
Ain't that the point of buying a COMPACT???
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PuffyC 9:37AM (10/10/2006)
Wow, that's truly uninspired. It's always disappointing to see the great companies shun great design.
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bernie 9:46AM (10/10/2006)
AB-SO-LUTE-LY HIDEOUS. Next to the Civic, Sonata and new Sentra this thing is an eyesore.
Honey, they shrunk my Mercury Mystique!
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guyincognito 9:55AM (10/10/2006)
Holy shit that looks exactly like a Ford Fusion!!
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Ed 10:03AM (10/10/2006)
You can bet this will not be the new Corolla for the states. Toyota is not going sit back and let the Civic kick there ass.
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AladdinSane 10:08AM (10/10/2006)
Yawn!!!
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Steve 10:37AM (10/10/2006)
The jelly-bean-shape of (most) new cars continues... and it will continue until people stop buying these uninspired, ugly cars.
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Luis 10:52AM (10/10/2006)
"The new JDM Corolla is a subtle redesign and will not form the basis for future sedans sold stateside"
Still the current bland gen Corolla is beating anything else in its class (in sales). It doesn't look like this one would lose market either. I don't even think Toyota really has to make sportier/furistic vehicles when they got Scion to take care of that.
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SherbornSean 11:16AM (10/10/2006)
This is exactly what most Corolla shoppers are looking for - traditional, riskless, and even boring. Toyota should build this as the US market Corolla and use the Auris for Scion.
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Carlos 11:18AM (10/10/2006)
I think it looks great. It does better at achieving the look that the Mercury Milan was going for. Classy.
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ramsport47 11:50AM (10/10/2006)
"its still going to be a huge hit to Toyota once they bring it over to America."
Once they get the quality up in their home market first so it could attempt to be a high quality car here
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Hamud 12:22PM (10/10/2006)
#12 Just cause the current gen is up on sales doesn't mean that everything they throw on the market has to have the same success.
The fact is: they really need to learn how to make attractive vehicles. Americans (those who live in the so called continent) like to have a car that has a personality, and to do so they need to look attractive, not this "i'm always the same" design.
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Corey W. 12:39PM (10/10/2006)
"...and doesn't look half bad. Laugh all you want, its still going to be a huge hit to Toyota once they bring it over to America."
Half bad!!! Is this what the industry is coming to?? Is mediocre styling what the masses demand? America's love for the automobile has truly died, can we have a moment of silence.............
"...and doesn't look half bad. Laugh all you want, its still going to be a huge hit to Toyota once they bring it over to America."
Half bad!!! Is this what the industry is coming to?? Is mediocre styling what the masses demand? America's love for the automobile has truly died, can we have a moment of silence.............
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bartman 12:52PM (10/10/2006)
Okay, if your objective is to buy a small car, why would you want to buy the 'biggest' small car? The Nissan Versa commercial is stupid, the "largest rear legroom in it's class" which means what? Bigger car? Why not just advertise your new Nissan Sentra as the world LARGEST mini... STUPID !!!!
GO CIVIC !!!!
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KT 1:01PM (10/10/2006)
" I think it looks great. It does better at achieving the look that the Mercury Milan was going for. Classy."
Are you stupid or what. It does ape the Milan quite a bit but the Milan is MUCH better looking than this econo-crap box.
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ssgtakeo 1:07PM (10/10/2006)
I guess everyone missed that they are available with AWD in Japan. How I'd love to see that feature here.
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