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Toyota engineers stretched too thin, Corolla redesign delayed
Toyota has delayed the launch of its redesigned Corolla until spring 2008. The car was delayed because the Japanese automaker's engineers were stretched too thin by several other projects, according to trade publication Automotive News. The current Corolla has been on the market for the last six years. Typically, Toyota likes to replace vehicles after five years.
AutoPacific analyst Jim Hall speculates Toyota may use the delay to make changes to the automaker's conservative plans for the car. Apparently, many people within Toyota feel the automaker should opt for a more aggressive design to compete with the Honda Civic.
Toyota executive Jim Lentz said he's not concerned about the delay. The automaker sold 40,000 Corollas last month alone, and there's no sign of slowing sales.
I guess we'll be seeing Altis for another couple of years. While Honda has the new Civic and Mazda will re-launch the Mazda 3.
Ironic, if the Altis still dominates sales..
Gue rasa corolla emang lebih baik ditunda daripada diluncurin tepat waktu tapi hanya tampil sebagai pecundang. Lebih baik telat daripada merusak reputasi corolla akibat kalah saing ama civic dan mazda 3.
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Herry wrote:Gue rasa corolla emang lebih baik ditunda daripada diluncurin tepat waktu tapi hanya tampil sebagai pecundang. Lebih baik telat daripada merusak reputasi corolla akibat kalah saing ama civic dan mazda 3.
Yup i agree with U. Lebih baik ditunda sampai saat yang tepat dimana Corolla baru memiliki design dan feature yang lebih bagus agar dapat mempertahankan reputasi, image dan penjualannya.
Dulu juga kalau tidak salah, Corolla Altis telat peluncurannya dibandingkan Civic. Tapi hasil penjualan Altis jauh lebih baik dari Civic.
Jaman sekarang kan trendnya sedan gendut2... namanya juga family sedan yg lebih pentingkan kenyamanan. Lain kalo sedan2 yg buat race, baru dibikin kurus...
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WP wrote:Dan lebih baik telat daripada harus jadi setengah sedan setengah mpv hehehehe.... Hidup Corolla!!!
Haha kayanya Mr. WP sebel banget sama mode semi sedan dan semi MPV yg belakangan ini jadi trend.
lagian trend kok gitu... Corolla sekarang ini (Altis) aja kan gak bisa dibilang sempit....begitu juga Civic yg lama... Untung Ford Focus sama Mazda3 gak ikutan...Tapi gimana ntar Lancer baru? kalo dia dibedain sama Lancer Evolution (jadi body beda) bakal begitu gak ya??
Tapi kalo udah trendnya begitu sama semua pilihan favorit saya begitu...yaa apa boleh buat..yg penting kualitas bagus lah..
Mudah2an Corolla baru bentuknya ngga semi sedan dan semi mpv.
Kalo Lancer sih belom ada kabar nih, tapi gw harap modelnya ngga beda jauh dengan evolutionnya. Kan bagus tuh keliatan sangar dan siapa tau bisa mendongkrak penjualan.
