NAIAS 2013: Toyota Furia Previews The Corolla

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

Is the era of beige finally over? This concept is supposedly a preview of the new Corolla, due in 2014 – and it’s far more striking than the JDM version reviewed by our own BS.



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  • Ponchoman49 Ponchoman49 on Jan 17, 2013

    What will the geriatric customers say? I mean 8 in 10 Corollas I see driving sport that proverbial little blue haired old lady going to the store. This is aimed at the Scion crowd.

    • MRF 95 T-Bird MRF 95 T-Bird on Jan 17, 2013

      Either that or younger people or the so-called secretary special. I actually find these to be attractive and far better than a pedestrian Sentra or Lancer especially in S or XRS trim. An S with a 5 speed or XRS with a 6 speed is a performance bargain.

  • Phargophil Phargophil on Jan 17, 2013

    Mom always told me that if I can't say anything good, I shouldn't say anything at all. I like the color.

  • Tassos ELON… ONCE… TOOK… MY…WIFE…FOR….A….DRIVE.,,,,,, IT WAS A …… PLEASURE TO… WATCH. BIDEN DOLLARS LYRICAL WAXING about serious PEOPLE ™️
  • Ajla I have Kobalt impact tools because I was poor and young when I bought them. Now all my friends with their Milwaukee and Makita tools make fun of me 😭
  • Tassos WARSAW VIP WOMEN USE POWER TOOLS TO WAX LYRICALLY ABOUT HOW MUCH OF A SERIOUS PERSON I AM!
  • FreedMike People are bringing up PHEVs, which I've shopped, and passed on. Why? Because they're great if what you want is high MPG, but if you're an enthusiast driver, your choices are going to be very limited unless you're willing to pop for a $50,000-or-up vehicle (which I'm not). Otherwise, your best choices are the Prius Prime or RAV4 Prime, and assuming you can actually put your mitts on one, and are willing to get bent over on price (both models are unicorns in my neck of the woods), neither is much fun to drive. That leaves you with a Mitsubishi CUV, or various other H/K CUVS, all of which are expensive for what you get, and aren't any fun to drive either. Hopefully there are better choices forthcoming.
  • Jkross22 I doubt it. If I have money for an extra fun car and all of the insurance, maintenance storage and gas needed, I'm not sure I'd even get one then.
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