Featured Corolla Touring Sports 2019 presented

What an ugly nightmare of a design! Those wheelses look like they were stolen from a ex-slaughterhouse mincing machine. (…stops to look further at link! ) …OK, all you expertses, I wonder what its drag coefficient might be?
"The wagon has a refined, sensuous appearance and the sweeping roofline of an elegant yet robust shooting brake. This sporting profile is reinforced by the wide, flared wheel arches, their edges hemmed to allow the positioning of the wheels further outwards to emphasise the new Corolla's wider stance and lower centre of gravity.

To the rear, the Touring Sports design theme showcases muscular rear shoulders, widely spaced, full-LED lamp clusters and a slanted rear windscreen."

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! What marketing HyperBilgeCackSpeak is that?????? Thank the Lord that I'm not in the market for a new chariot!

PS: I think I see a nod to BMW there at the back end!

 

…and "Under Priority Catamaran" …what the hell does that mean?

 

Now I know why they won't sell it in the US Europeans find this kind of design normal and popular.

It's is strange that US don't get the hybrid version of Corolla Hatchback, I would think that 180 HP 2.0 hybrid would be a nice option, any word about it?

 

True that. For example Auris wagon what is at my profile pic is quite popular here in Finland. There is wagon model available from every manufacturer and they sell nicely.

 

Our cheap fuel makes hybrids a tough sell. The sales of new models we get are making up for the loss of Prius sales.

 

¡Ay caramba! That's a hot little wagon. I'd love to get something like that. Small station wagons have done me well for the past decade... just enough towing capability, just enough internal cargo & pax room. With so many station wagons disappearing I've been worried that there won't be anything left when the time comes to replace the Outback we have now.

Maybe we'll get this one someday in the USA?

 

No problem, the anti-global warming crowd has too much money. Let them burn up their pocket change.

Bob Wilson

 

Younger buyers have less cash in addition to the cheap fuel.

But they are taking us with them.

 

Calm my friend, we are part of the same species and biosphere. Sometimes "Americans will always do the right thing after they have exhausted all alternatives."

Bob Wilson

 

I am calm. I've accepted that is already too late to do anything about global warming.

 

same, i can finally buy that dodge charger i've always wanted.

 

Didn't know Volvo had one, interesting. Unlikely to fit the budget. Barring disaster I'm still 3.5 years out from buying, but on the other hand I will likely be buying a 3 year old car, so whatever is surfacing now is still of interest.

 

The European makes are the only ones that have reliability offered wagons in the US, and they even call them such. You may not see a BMW or Mercedes wagon on the road, but they are for sale on their sites. Cadillac might still be following them on that front.

 

Good to know anyway. The V60 Cross Country was the one and only Volvo I'd had my eye on. I rented one a couple of years back and really enjoyed it. Many of the same favorable attributes as my old Outback plus better seats.

 

I'm going to recuse myself from the minutia of the debate.
But just say at first glance, I like the looks of the vehicle. I'd need to see it in person, and I'd like a 360 view. But it looks like a pretty sharp looking hatchback.
I may be prejudice because I like hatchbacks.

If it ever was sold in North America, USA...I'd want to take a look. As someone who enjoyed their Prius, and now enjoys a Honda Fit, that Corolla hatch, as a Hybrid would seem to be a perfect combination. A little bit "Prius"...a little bit "Fit".