In September of this year, Toyota Motor released the “Corolla Cross,” which is the fourth body for the current “Corolla” and the first SUV in the 55-year history of the Corolla.[Photo]What is “Corolla-like” in Corolla Cross? The many body variations of the Corolla are not new. The sports car that is now independent as the “GR86” is a development of the old “Corolla Levin”, and there were also the minivan-style “Corolla Spacio” and the “Corolla Ceres” that featured a sleek style. The station wagon was also nicknamed “Karogon” and had been set for quite some time.
In addition, you may remember that there used to be a model called “Sprinter” as a sister car of Corolla, and there was a model called “Sprinter Carib” which could be called a pioneer of crossover SUV. It was a tall wagon and had an outdoor look. Anyway, with this, Toyota will release two new SUVs a year with “RAV4” and “Rise” in 2019, “Harrier” and “Yaris Cross” last year, and this Corolla Cross in “Land Cruiser” this year. That’s what I did.
The Land Cruiser and Harrier have been remodeled, but the RAV4 has been revived for the first time in 2 years and 8 months, and the remaining 3 models are completely new models. ■ 3 classes x 2 styles = 6 models Toyota’s domestic SUVs just before the revival of RAV4 are only four models, Land Cruiser, “Land Cruiser Prado”, Harrier, and “C-HR”, and the momentum is doubling in three years. Some may have felt that it was a strategy to overwhelm rivals by increasing the number of models at once in response to the establishment of SUVs.
However, looking at the packaging of the six cars, excluding the Land Cruiser series, it can be seen that Toyota is not the only reason for sending out the Corolla Cross. To explain according to the European segmentation, the A / B segment is Rise and Yaris Cross, the C segment is C-HR and Corolla Cross, the D segment is RAV4 and Harrier, and so on. There is. Next, looking at the packaging, it can be divided into models that prioritize design and models that emphasize size and ease of use.
