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Heard a few whispers around the watercooler today that Toyota will be releasing a TRD version of the Corolla. Aimed at teh Mazda3 MPS, Focus XR5 ect it will be using a Aurion 200Kw V6 driving the front wheels!

Having driven both the XR4 and XR5 i have to say i would be a bit weary of a FWD car with that much power and weight over the front wheels. Although i doubt Prodrive will release a car that isn't up to their quality. Although looking at FPV's thats not that high... LOL

my sources are pretty reliable, so we will have t wait and see if this is true

look out for TRD(Australia) versions of all Toyota Products

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Super of TRD - I saw a R33 Skyline drive past me today with stickers of all sorts on it, the front bar had mugen, the sides has Mazda speed and the back a huge TRD sticker. Uumm.... either this dude was confused or is new a retailer of stickers. LOL

Also, damn, I've seen a few turboed Corollas out there, damn fast, but the engine is too small, a turbo Skyline will rip it to shreds anyways.

We'lll just have to see how the above TRD version stands up.

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The corolla TRD rumour is untrue. The head mechanical engineer had given a talk at UTS about a month ago. There is however, a TRD aurion. It's running a supercharger and is done by one of the Australian V8 supercars team. At a price range close to $70,000 they said this was not aimed towards the younger market. Asked if they would consider making sports car, such as the celica or corolla and the answer was no. It is simply not feasible.

Don't know the final power figure as he was not allowed to disclose this info.

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thats the 2L rally car not a street car though

That's the TRD one, the rally one is based off that. Both are 2L

The corolla TRD rumour is untrue. The head mechanical engineer had given a talk at UTS about a month ago. There is however, a TRD aurion. It's running a supercharger and is done by one of the Australian V8 supercars team. At a price range close to $70,000 they said this was not aimed towards the younger market. Asked if they would consider making sports car, such as the celica or corolla and the answer was no. It is simply not feasible.

Don't know the final power figure as he was not allowed to disclose this info.

Well I was at Castle Hill Toyota less than a month ago and the salesman told me head office had confirmed it to them.

I think your engineer was just not allowed to discuss it :D

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The corolla TRD rumour is untrue. The head mechanical engineer had given a talk at UTS about a month ago. There is however, a TRD aurion. It's running a supercharger and is done by one of the Australian V8 supercars team. At a price range close to $70,000 they said this was not aimed towards the younger market. Asked if they would consider making sports car, such as the celica or corolla and the answer was no. It is simply not feasible.

Don't know the final power figure as he was not allowed to disclose this info.

The TRD products are made by Prodrive. They are planning a TRD version of all toyota cars sold here. The Hilux will be 235Kw's and from memory it will have the same supercharged engine as the Aurion. I doubt it will be even close to $70 000, I would have said $45,000 - $60,000 max.

Corolla92 i heard it will be running the 3.5L NA V6 not a 2L 4cylinder, but that was through a local toyota dealer here in SA so knowing Salesmen he is more than likely spinning a huge amount of BS

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While driving on I-90 the other day, I was passed by a Pontiac Grand AM with no less than 5 stickers on the back of it saying "Grand AM". I took a picture.

LOL

but at least it's still the same brand etc... the above dude had all types of stickers .... LOL

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Well I was at Castle Hill Toyota less than a month ago and the salesman told me head office had confirmed it to them.

I think your engineer was just not allowed to discuss it :)

But that was a salesman, and a car salesman at that. The vast majority of them don't know their a$sholes from their earholes, and will say anything to hook you in.

Lets not forget that the Infiniti dealers in the US swore blind that the next GT-R would be badged as an Infiniti over there because that's what they'd heard or that it was the only possible course for the company's flagship (and were so confident as to take pre-orders), until Nissan made an official announcement that the car would be branded the same internationally under the Nissan badge and there were never any concrete plans to do otherwise.

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The TRD products are made by Prodrive. They are planning a TRD version of all toyota cars sold here. The Hilux will be 235Kw's and from memory it will have the same supercharged engine as the Aurion. I doubt it will be even close to $70 000, I would have said $45,000 - $60,000 max.

Corolla92 i heard it will be running the 3.5L NA V6 not a 2L 4cylinder, but that was through a local toyota dealer here in SA so knowing Salesmen he is more than likely spinning a huge amount of BS

Oh yeah forgot about the TRD hilux. Very impressive.

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The new Corolla architecture is based on that of the current RAV4. The 100-200kg weight increase of the latest model is directly attributable to a requirement to be able to fit AWD to the platform, and as the RAV4 will soon be mounting the 200kW 3.6 V6 out of the Aurion, the same capacity exists for the Corolla.

A 2.4 litre Corolla is already on sale in Japan and known as the 'Blade'.

Currently the big T is still deciding on it's next platform for TRD after the Aurion and Hi-Lux and it appears to be leaning towards a TRD Yaris. A Euro Hot Yaris with a 90odd kW engine is currently out here on trial. The Corolla might be thge next cab off the rank maybe by 2009.

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i hate fwd's but the idea of a corolla with a 200kw engine sounds good.

FWD (or AWD) is almost a necessity where I live. We get snow 5 months a year here and RWD is balls in the snow. The problem with powerful front drive cars is torque steer. Mazda pretty much eliminated all torque steer in their Mazdaspeed 3 though. Front drive can also handle and brake just as well as RWD, but in order to do so, it eats up tyres. I'm very curious to see a TRD Corolla, especially since the Celica GT-S is gone. The US is at a huge loss in the powerful hatchback market.

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The US is at a huge loss in the powerful hatchback market.

You guys need the Euro hot hatches then.

RenaultSport Clio or Megane, Ford Focus RS, Honda Civic Type-R, GM's Astra SRi Turbo and VXR, Volkswagen Golf GTi and R32, etc.

There has never been a better time to be in the market for a hot hatch than right now.

I would have thought that the Euros would have tried to bring some of these vehicles in.

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We get the GTi and the R32, but none of those others. I would kill for a euro Focus ST.

The current RS (which we don't get down under) is a much quicker car....on the track. Top Gear did a review (its probably on YouTube) and apparently it torque steers like nothing else...but then it was also Jeremy Clarkson who reviewed it and sometimes he's a little out of touch with reality.

The old one, from the reviews I've read in UK mags, was quicker in the wet around a track than an Impreza WRX (non STi) even though it was FWD.

The RenaultSport Clio and Astra SRi Turbo have both, in their days, won the Australian mainstream performance car magazine's (Motor Magazine) Bang For Your Buck awards. Both are more "fun" and quicker than the Focus ST by all accounts, but apparently the ST is better overall vehicle (its not as responsive or quick but its far more stable and comfortable).

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