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07-13-2006, 05:29 AM
Next Generation Toyota Corolla Delayed
The Daily Auto Insider
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
July 2006
Toyota will not change the design of its Corolla, the world's best-selling small car, until 2008, Automotive News, a trade publication, reported.
The current Corolla design is in its record sixth year, the story said. Toyota has sold more than 30 million Corollas since the model debuted in Japan in 1966 and none of numerous generations has been on the market for more than five years, according to Toyota's Web site. The current version was released in March 2002.
The reason for the delay? "We decided to let Corolla go a little longer, mainly because Corolla has been such a huge sales success compared with where we thought it would be at this stage of its life cycle," said John Hanson, a spokesman for Toyota's U.S. unit.
U.S. sales of Corolla sedans and the Matrix hatchback climbed 13 percent in the first half of 2006.
I have to admit I'm suprised with Toyota doing this, they tend not to let anything hold up a launch of a new styled model of car, the 2007 Camery would come to mind as they started to sell it to the public right after the Toronto Auto show more or less.
The Daily Auto Insider
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
July 2006
Toyota will not change the design of its Corolla, the world's best-selling small car, until 2008, Automotive News, a trade publication, reported.
The current Corolla design is in its record sixth year, the story said. Toyota has sold more than 30 million Corollas since the model debuted in Japan in 1966 and none of numerous generations has been on the market for more than five years, according to Toyota's Web site. The current version was released in March 2002.
The reason for the delay? "We decided to let Corolla go a little longer, mainly because Corolla has been such a huge sales success compared with where we thought it would be at this stage of its life cycle," said John Hanson, a spokesman for Toyota's U.S. unit.
U.S. sales of Corolla sedans and the Matrix hatchback climbed 13 percent in the first half of 2006.
I have to admit I'm suprised with Toyota doing this, they tend not to let anything hold up a launch of a new styled model of car, the 2007 Camery would come to mind as they started to sell it to the public right after the Toronto Auto show more or less.
I was the only member on this board with a Yellow Focus Sedan, and a 2002+ Euro Facelift on a sedan.