All-new Toyota Corolla coming to India by mid-2008
October 9, 2007 – 9:26 pm by Ashish
The premium luxury car segment was once dominated by one name - Toyota Corolla. It was set as the benchmark and the segment’s new entrants had a path cut out to try and beat the Japanese major at its game. Skoda’s Octavia did sell well, but the Toyota Corolla was still setting the sales chart afire! And then came the Honda Civic, to change everything.
Honda Civic, owing to its futuristic styling and funky interiors was an instant hit and soon went on to become the highest selling premium luxury car. So what would Toyota do? Sit and watch? Hardly. Toyota is going to introduce a Corolla all dressed up to beat the Civic in the D segment. Though not as futuristic looking as the Honda, Corolla presents itself as a smart and good-looking vehicle with some design elements taken from its elder sister - Camry. The front end is reminiscent of Toyota’s flagship model owing to the sharp looking headlamps, grille and the bumper. The rear is not path-breaking but looks neat.
The A and C pillar are rakish which gives a feel and look of a bigger car. The wider track and will endow the car with more cabin space. Interiors too are expected to be ergonomically laid out to ease the driving and the quality will be a notch higher.
The 1.8L engine powering the current Corolla may be tuned for more power and better efficiency. A super powerful 1.6L, 126hp motor is also being considered by Toyota while a 2-litre common rail diesel engine will surely make life difficult for the Optra Magnums and the Skoda Octavias here!
It will be fireworks! Honda, Chevy, Skoda - come mid-2008 and you have something to worry about.
23 Responses to “All-new Toyota Corolla coming to India by mid-2008”
Diesel on Toyota Corolla would be a great worry for Skoda and Chevy for sure.
I hope it comes with good makeover on the exterior, something like dashing/refreshing Honda Civic.
D segment needs more option for consumers for sure.
Cheers
By Pintu on Oct 10, 2007
i just wanna no wen is toyota fortuner is launching in india
By jain on Dec 6, 2007
can u please let me know when the toyota fortuner will be launched in INDIA?
By sasanka kunam on Dec 12, 2007
why has the company stopped manufacturing qualis?
By Rinkal Shah on Dec 22, 2007
i really don’t understand whats with toyota i am certainly very sure that they’ll not launch the new corolla in 2008!!!!
By Tejas on Dec 30, 2007
Can we have the expected price and exact date of launch of Toyota Corolla 2008
By Anurag Chawla on Jan 4, 2008
Same Price and Around Aug bt the deisel by may next year!
By Abhinav on Jan 11, 2008
This is beyond belief…Toyaota has been the slowest in bringing their models here.they should have figured id out by now that milking and old corolla and huge bulky taxi looking innova is not what the indian consumer wants…MID2008 is vague and why not deisel as an option now..
I hope they realise that they should release yaris here before jazz comes in and make a killing in the country
well…..waiting to buy the new corolla and the yaaris
but if they do not release the corolla before ganpati well too bad…..coz like me many are not waiting…cheers!!
By ppbajaj on Jan 13, 2008
This is beyond belief…Toyaota has been the slowest in bringing their models here.they should have figured id out by now that milking an old corolla and huge bulky taxi looking innova is not what the indian consumer wants…MID2008 is vague and why not deisel as an option now..
I hope they realise that they should release yaris here before jazz comes in and make a killing in the country
well…..waiting to buy the new corolla and the yaaris
but if they do not release the corolla before ganpati well too bad…..coz like me many are not waiting…cheers!!
By ppbajaj on Jan 13, 2008
…..pls give me accurate price of new corolla
By muhammed on Feb 1, 2008
Toyota should bring the Avensis to India…its bigger than the corolla….It should also bring the SUVs it offers in the US like the highlander which are much more cheaper than the Cruiser……there is a big market for suvs in India like the international trend ….but they become double the price here due to duties…..they should start assembling them here rather bringing them as CBU’s
By aks on Feb 2, 2008
Toyota Corolla 2008 will be launched in Aug,08 with 3 engine options, 1.6L, 1.8L petrol engines and 2L diesel engine. Diesel engines will be the first ones to be launched with mileage aroung 15kmpl. Though priced little higher than the existing corolla, the interiors would be comparable to D segment. Please check out chinese toyota site for exact model and specifications.
By Bunty on Feb 3, 2008
cooL!!!!!!
tHE CAR looks all set to compete with the CIVIC
By Nanhi on Feb 11, 2008
DEFINATELY 2008 NEW TOYOTA COROLLA WILL GIVE STIFF COMPETITION TO ITS RIVALS IN ITS SEGMENT
By ANKIT ANEJA on Feb 11, 2008
heard of new facelift of the current innova this year and also an economy 4wd from toyota can soon be expected in 2008…any truth regarding the newz or ,,,……??????
By saeed on Feb 28, 2008
should i wait till august 2008 for new corolla 2008 ?
By d k chaubey on Mar 31, 2008
Most likely, delay in launching new Toyotas in India is the main reason for transfer of former MD: however Co.’s silent attitude, for the sake of selling a few ‘old’ Corollas, is not consumer friendly.
Concerning ‘Fortuner’, Co.’s (lack of) communications is next to…callous.
Toyota needs to realize that (clients’) frustration comes to a price, we may claim when choosing from whom buying our next cars.
By tars on Apr 10, 2008
when new toyota corolla coming in india ?what`s prices of the car?i plane to buy new car within a month
By vimal on Apr 10, 2008
what will be the approx price and mileage of new version of toyota corolla(1.6 petrol)
By Joseph on Apr 17, 2008
will it in and around 10 lakhs?
By Joseph on Apr 17, 2008
will the price be in and around 10 lakhs for 1.6 petrol
By Joseph on Apr 17, 2008
will the price be in and around 8-12 lakhs car which has power like suv or any suv
By vnchoubey on Apr 18, 2008
should i wait till august 2008 for new corolla 2008 ?
By amyy on May 8, 2008