GR Corolla

[banpei]

I love the concept and that Toyota actually is following the "fun to drive" motto again. However I think they are 7 years too late: the Focus and Fiesta RS did the exact same thing 7 years ago. Also with the current fuel prices the timing might be similar like the big announcement of the second generation Skyline GT-R. Nobody was waiting for a heavy fuel consuming car, which made it incredibly rare.

(04-09-2022 12:53 PM)Bean Wrote:  At the end of the day I do think that combustion engines won't be around for too much longer (not talking about few years though either) anyway.

Here in the Netherlands starting from 2023 the whole VW group stops selling diesel powered cars. The usual buyers for these cars used to be people who raked up many many kilometers per year and for them (even non-lease drivers) it doesn't make sense anymore. So there is now a big shift going on to abandon diesel. I think the same might happen with petrol once either hydrogen cars or solid-state batteries become mainstream. Then for the people who do less driving it will be worth switching.