[Ayrton]

[quote="fanis";p="52648"]Και τωρα η πιο επισημη απαντηση εκ μερους της TOYOTA.

Automotive News reported yesterday that Toyota has decided to leave the current Corolla on the market for an extra year and delay its replacement until 2008. This will be the current generation's sixth year on the market, which is a record and breaks the company's long-standing tradition of redesigning vehicles after their fifth model year.

Toyota cites the redistribution of engineering resources to ensure a smooth launch for the redesigned Camry as the main reason for the delay. Other automotive news outlets are speculating that the real reason is because Honda's new Civic has forced Toyota to go back to the drawing board.

For our part, we believe Toyota. The Honda Civic is currently enjoying a 17.1% increase in sales through the first six months of 2006 and has moved 165,056 units. Despite the Honda's critical success, the Corolla continues to steam roll its competition, including the new Civic, with a 38.7% increase in sales during the first half of the year, selling nearly 200,000 units. Clearly the Corolla can hold its own for one more year, which gives Toyota 365 more days to build a better Civic slayer.

Αυτό ειπώθηκε στις 11/06/06. Ητανε η επίσημη εκδοχή για την καθυστέρηση κυκλοφορίας της νέας Corolla.

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Οποιος ψάχνει όλο και κάτι βρίσκει, δυστυχώς, είναι αλήθεια απ' ότι φαίνεται. Η TOYOTA αλλάζει το όνομα [acronym:8f7997ed48="ΔΙΑΦΟΡΑ"]COROLLA[/acronym:8f7997ed48] τουλάχιστον στην 3θυρη και 5θυρη έκδοση.

"Toy*ota has decided its next compact family hatch won't be called Corolla, we can exclusively reveal.

It's an amazing decision to drop the badge, as the first Corolla went on sale in 1966, and the Japanese firm has sold a staggering 30 million examples across the globe. That makes it the world's most popular model range, even though sales in the UK have struggled to match class leaders such as the Ford Focus.

To emphasise what a radical departure the next model will represent, bosses have decided a name change is needed. There's no confirmation of what the new badge will be, but Toy*ota is hoping it will represent a similar shift in perception to that achieved by Ford when it dropped the Escort badge in favour of the Focus. The new Toyota will go on sale in the UK early next year. A four-door version will keep the Corolla name - although it won't make it here - but the three and five-door hatchbacks will be rebadged.

Designers are promising a radical new look both inside and out for the replacement model, as Toyota follows the lead of Honda's latest Civic in trying to attract younger buyers."

Αυτό ειπώθηκε στης 11/08/06. Δυστυχώς, μοιάζει να το έχει πάρει απόφαση, ότι το αποκαλούμενο Civic Slayer, πρέπει να έχει νέα ονομασία, κάτι που θα υποδηλώνει και την ριζική ανανέωση του μοντέλου.