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2009 Toyota Corolla debuts in dealer ad?
UPDATE: We figured it out. The car below is the Australian Corolla sedan, though what's to say the 2009 model destined for U.S. shores won't share the same front end?
Stranger things have happened, you know. We're about a week and a half away from the 2009 Toyota Corolla's official debut at this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas, and media will get to preview the new small car this week. It could just be, however, that a dealer somewhere spilled the beans by accidentally publishing a pic of the new Corolla in its weekly circular. Do we think that's the case? Hardly. It's probably just a Toyota model of which we're not aware, perhaps a Camry derivative. But hey, we've been wrong before. Muchos gracias to anyone who can correctly identify the car if it is, in fact, a current model.
Thanks for the tip, Peter!
[Source: Carspace]
Stranger things have happened, you know. We're about a week and a half away from the 2009 Toyota Corolla's official debut at this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas, and media will get to preview the new small car this week. It could just be, however, that a dealer somewhere spilled the beans by accidentally publishing a pic of the new Corolla in its weekly circular. Do we think that's the case? Hardly. It's probably just a Toyota model of which we're not aware, perhaps a Camry derivative. But hey, we've been wrong before. Muchos gracias to anyone who can correctly identify the car if it is, in fact, a current model.
Thanks for the tip, Peter!
[Source: Carspace]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Aetius 8:03AM (10/22/2007)
It doesn't look like the Camry. MIGHT be the Corolla.
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geo.stewart 8:05AM (10/22/2007)
gee, I wanted the one in the picture
Uh, not responsible for typos, car pictured may not be represenative of car offered, we sold that one yesterday, we cant sell that one for that price...
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FThorn 8:15AM (10/22/2007)
Camry
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Michael 8:16AM (10/22/2007)
Yes that is the Corolla sedan in Australia, See http://www.toyota.com.au/toyota/vehicle/Gallery/0,4667,4267_1634,00.html
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ale 8:16AM (10/22/2007)
Euro-Corolla perhaps?
http://www.toyota.fi/cars/new_cars/corolla/index.aspx
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berlin 8:30AM (10/22/2007)
This is European Toyota Corolla. In Europe Corolla is only available in sedan version. HB version is known as new Toyota Auris.
Daniel 8:17AM (10/22/2007)
The car pictured in the ad is a European Toyota Corolla sedan. Nice car, nothing special though, you can buy it here (Hungary) with a 1.4 and 1.6 liter inline 4 petrol engines, and a 1.4 liter turbodiesel. In the past, the US and European Corollas were different models, now probably Toyota will sell the same car worldwide.
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Geddar_Thei 8:28AM (10/22/2007)
http://www.toyota.kz/index.cfm?uid=C7A87AD4-C29B-9598-A0A41288FF8C79A2&docid=24&CFID=8135473&CFTOKEN=64569258
2007 corolla sellin here from fall 2006
ugly like a camry 40
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alphabeta777 8:38AM (10/22/2007)
It IS the new Corolla. I'm Australian and I own one.
Pics of my Corolla.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/alphabeta777/IMG_6191.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/alphabeta777/IMG_6189.jpg?t=1193056443
Boring, yes, but improved on the old model.
North America have to be one of the last markets in the world not to have even seen this car, let alone have it released for sale...
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Atomicbri 8:41AM (10/22/2007)
Just looks like more of the same boring type cars to me.... Yawn Toyota....
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Calebe 8:56AM (10/22/2007)
That is what happens when the Newpaper does a Google seach for a pic and copies it into an ad. I have seen it done locally. The person doing the ad doesn't know anything about cars and just went off of the seach.
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I_Hate_China_2 2:47PM (10/22/2007)
Whoever owns the copyright on those pix should sue.
Solo Racer 5:54PM (10/22/2007)
Dealers supply the art their ads.
calebe 8:49AM (10/25/2007)
Not according to my friend who works for a local newpaper. They take the info and set up the ad, Any typo's fall on them.
G 9:39AM (10/22/2007)
Are you guys kidding me? You don't know what it is? For an automotive blog which has actually covered this car its pretty bad... its the new Corolla, which we likely will be getting here very soon. How could you say Camry?
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David W. 9:35AM (10/22/2007)
I don't like the front end...
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Solo Racer 6:04PM (10/22/2007)
I wouldn't judge it from a crappy black and white photo.
Paul 10:46AM (10/22/2007)
Yes it's the new Corolla, but this is not an Australian ad. Aussies use the metric system officially so the reference to miles gives it away. Also, in Australia it's called the Toyota Ultima - but essentially the same car.
-ez
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chris 6:03PM (10/22/2007)
Um, it's called the Toyota Corolla. I saw a commercial for it like 15 minutes ago. I've lived in Australia all my life and have never heard of any car called the Toyota Ultima. It's an American ad where they just took pictures of the Corolla sedan from Australia/Europe to use in their own ad.
Paul 7:58PM (10/22/2007)
You're right. Seems I was talking out of my arse there. Ultima is actually just a Corolla trim level, according to the website. I've lived in Australia at some point too - I should know better. :)