Is this the new sportivo?

[Armstrong]

this is what i found today. Anyone here from toyota able to clarify anything about a new sportivo?

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf...A2572E4000AB87E

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/665/2007-...see-awd-and-v6/

Edited August 24, 2009 by Armstrong

[Madrox]

boy oh boy.

Look at the dates lol.

Over 2 years ago.

No it is not the new sportivo is the short answer.

Pretty sure that if they were planning that for this year. It would either be released or at least being advertised getting ready to be released.

[J e r e M y]

WOo v6 i like..

The front i dont :\ looks like its got herpes or something :( come on toyota! u can do better than that!

[Guni]

i'll be waiting

[ELEGNT]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes please!!!

[SuperDave]

http://toyota.jp/blade/index.html

[CHA54]

auto only too, how boring :P

[ELEGNT]

"it is likely that a six-speed manual and six-speed automatic gearbox will be made available."

[chicaboo]

Toyota AU: Please base any not-to-distant hot Corollas on the sedan platform!!! :o

The Toyota US market at least has the 2.4L Corolla sedan, that's a start at least...

Gav.

[DJKOR]

I have been keeping an eye on the Blade Master G for quite some time. A bit of old news, but some people find things out sooner than others though.

Toyota AU: Please base any not-to-distant hot Corollas on the sedan platform!!! :o

The Toyota US market at least has the 2.4L Corolla sedan, that's a start at least...

Gav.

I dunno. Their AWD Matrix (based on the hatchback platform) with the 2AZ-FE seems to be more of a winner for me I reckon.

[chicaboo]

I have been keeping an eye on the Blade Master G for quite some time. A bit of old news, but some people find things out sooner than others though.

Toyota AU: Please base any not-to-distant hot Corollas on the sedan platform!!! :o

The Toyota US market at least has the 2.4L Corolla sedan, that's a start at least...

Gav.

I dunno. Their AWD Matrix (based on the hatchback platform) with the 2AZ-FE seems to be more of a winner for me I reckon.

You edited your post! :P Yeah well I prefer the Matrix over the Auris too (well, I prefer baked beans to the Auris...). But I dig the XRS 2.4L sedan! :)

Gav.

[DJKOR]

You edited your post!

Yeah. I made a little boo boo. Obviously I don't really follow the Rolla that well

[Mecha-wombat]

I would have one

I was going to convert my 2002 rolla with the avalon V6 before I woke up and realised that was too much for my feeble mind to comprehend

I would love to see a V6 AWD Rolla but it would then put the Aurion down a notch as the rolla would become the HALO car

[spillige]

:( come on toyota! u can do better than that!

..........no actually they cant

[chicaboo]

I would love to see a V6 AWD Rolla but it would then put the Aurion down a notch as the rolla would become the HALO car

Nothing against you, but isn't it strange to think a manufacturer's biggest car should be their hero (HALO WTF?) car. That's a bit of a Ford vs Holden way of thinking, to me at least... Just look at the WRX and Turbo Lancers, plenty of other examples too, but a small-mid sized car with a good motor and handling combination usually puts the smack down against much larger cars. Well, unless you give them double the power and endless straights or something... Given this, I think the Corolla (SEDAN!) should be the platform for a pocket rocket. :D

Gav.

[DJKOR]

HALO WTF?

Halo... as in the thing that goes above your head. I would guess a Halo car would be the most perfect one.

Anyways in response to you above, I would say that it wasn't a case of "a manufacturer's biggest car should be...". It's just that the new Corolla doesn't quite perform like they used to. As a result, Toyota is pushing the Aurion as their powerhouse. It just happens to work out that way.

[chicaboo]

Ahhh, I forgot to consider the car's Ki energy. :P

[Guni]

I was thinking if lotus can smack that 3.5L in the little Evora, y not corolla??? GDI .... <_<

Get going Toyota and stop "trying to eat Holden's dust!!!" :lol: :lol:

[juvenile]

auto only too, how boring :P

They are all autos even this one :(

[Hiro]

Toyota need to release a road version of THIS as a Sportivo :D

[Brad-dreama]

Well I saw a few of these ones( not as sporty as that one) while I was in japan, their not too bad tbh

[le.vinh.zr]

If the blade came to Australia I would buy one in the blink of an eye.

Vinh

[SuperDave]

Provided it was priced correctly (and the second gen Sportivo was), I too would have given it some deep thought.

[juvenile]

If the blade came to Australia I would buy one in the blink of an eye.

Vinh

me too and it would look like this ;)

[whitestivo]

looks bit like a caldina, i saw my first on parked beside hide park today

very femmine in styling when seen in real life. car was significantly smaller than the corolla, very tidy.

whitestivo