A few days ago, overseas media exposed the latest news of Toyota's new generation of Corolla models, and the new car is expected to make its debut at the end of this year or early 2025 at the earliest, and is expected to go on sale in the first half of next year. At the same time, its domestic new generation models are also expected to be launched at the same time next year, and the main competitors in the same class include Nissan Sylphy, BYD Qin PLUS and Volkswagen Lavida and other models.
At a joint press conference held by Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru, the three parties revealed that the new 1.5-liter and 2.0-liter engines are smaller, lighter, and more powerful than the currently used 1.5-liter and 2.0-liter engines. At the same time, Toyota officials also said that this makes the car design more aerodynamic; The new engine is expected to replace the powertrain used by Toyota in its hybrid/plug-in hybrid segment models.
At the same time, this also indicates that Toyota's new generation of Corolla will completely stop selling the "pure fuel version" model, and adapt to the 1.5L and 2.0L new engines, and simultaneously launch 1.5L petrol-electric hybrid, 2.0L petrol-electric hybrid and 1.5L plug-in hybrid engines, and the transmission system is matched with E-CVT transmission.