Toyota Corolla Altis hybrid version CKD debut at the end of the year

At present, the C-Segment Sedan market is in a vacuum in the Malaysian market. Only Honda Civic FC is a CKD model. At the end of this year, UMW Toyota will join the battle! According to previous official news, Toyota Corolla Altis will be a CKD model soon!

The international version of Corolla was officially released in 2019, and was released in my country in October of the same year. This model is built on the TNGA GA-C platform. Compared with the previous model, the previous model is a very comfortable one. Family cars, but this generation has become a more sporty model, because the center of gravity of this platform is very low, the height of the body has been reduced from 1,460 mm in the previous generation to 1,435 mm, and the rear suspension has become a Double Wishbone double wishbone. , So friends who have driven Corolla Altis should all like its handling performance.

Of course, after reducing the height of the car, the space performance in the car will inevitably be affected. Another point is that Corolla's body width is a bit narrower than its competitors in the same class. Its width is only 1,780 mm, Civic FC is 1,799 mm, and Mazda3. It is 1,796 mm, so. So we can see that Corolla has also made a little sacrifice in its space performance after transforming into a younger and sporty model. This time, its space performance is not its selling point.

However, the ride quality of the two front seats of the Corolla Altis is still good. It looks like the design of a racing chair, support and baggage are not bad, although the rear seat is a bit smaller, the ride quality of the chair is still retained Toyota's long-standing advantages. In terms of the design of the center console, I still like it. It is very simple, but the storage space is relatively less, and the electronic parking brake is only available in the top version of the model. The entry model is still a traditional parking brake. I don’t know after CKD. Will it change? In addition, I believe that many friends will complain that this touch screen host is very similar to a TV, but in fact, after upgrading the 9-inch host, its visual effects are much better, and it supports Android Auto and Apple Carplay, and the experience is good. .

Safety equipment, the previous models already have Toyota Safety Sense, and there will definitely be after CKD. This set of TSS is still quite advanced, because it has mainstream functions, including acquaintance front collision warning, lane deviation warning and car arrival maintenance system , Both far and near beams are automatically adjusted, and its AC C is all speed, which means that it has the stop&go function, but I believe that only the top G version will have it.

The last thing is to talk about the engine, because Toyota itself is not currently suitable for Corolla Altis to use a small exhaust turbo engine, so it still uses a familiar formula and a familiar taste, that is, the 1.8L Dual VVT-i engine and the Shiftmatic CVT gearbox. , The maximum horsepower is 139 PS and the peak torque is 172 Nm. This performance is quite satisfactory. However, it is said that models after CKD may increase the hybrid version, which is sold in Thailand. This version is mainly fuel-efficient and the largest The horsepower is 122 PS, which is believed to be the top version of Corolla Altis CKD in my country in the future.

This time Toyota is clearly seeing this market, so it will CKD Altis . As long as the price can be reasonable, then Toyota 's gold-branded model can still have certain results in the market, but the problem is that the current Civic is big. The facelift is also coming. CKD 's Corolla may be very dangerous if it doesn't come up with a secret weapon, so let's wait and see what UMW Toyota will do!

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