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New Toyota Venza (USDM) to debut at Detroit 2008

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Toyota Mark X ZiO
Toyota Mark X ZiO

Toyota will be launching a new US model at the 2008 Detroit Motor Show in January next year called the Toyota Venza. Toyota has kept us in the dark about what model this is, without even a concept sketch but they say it’s a “crossover sedan” which will be a “unique blend of sedan and sport utility vehicle, offering seating for five, easy ingress and egress, a car-like ride and functional utility.” The Toyota Venza was esigned and engineered in the United States and will be assembled at Toyota’s plant in Kentucky.

This so-called crossover sedan will most probably be a restyled version of the Toyota Mark X ZiO (shown above) with unique SUV-like styling more suited to the American market tastes. Design inspiration will likely be drawn from the Toyota FT-SX concept – of which photos are available after the jump.

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12 Comments »

  1. mystvearn said,

    December 21, 2007 @ 5:51 am

    Nice concept, but will never look like that. It has 4 seats…

  2. BigFish said,

    December 21, 2007 @ 7:26 am

    Small car segment! Just like shorten Wish.

  3. frossonice said,

    December 21, 2007 @ 12:23 pm

    Ford’s grille and headlights! Mazda’s front wheel arch! Bentley’s rear wheel arch! Fast! Somebody scream copycat! Anybody…

    Nah.. It’s Toyota. Original design even if it is so damn obvious…

  4. kei9 said,

    December 21, 2007 @ 2:26 pm

    cool car but, the design is kida too common now.. =/

  5. mitlanevo said,

    December 21, 2007 @ 2:28 pm

    love the seats…..thats all…..

  6. bavarian said,

    December 21, 2007 @ 7:08 pm

    not bad but a little weird

  7. freeze said,

    December 21, 2007 @ 11:27 pm

    The engine will overheat because of that grille man….
    The seats look uncomfortable and impractical. So one thing for sure is that this can’t be what it will look like.

  8. auctioncenter2u said,

    December 22, 2007 @ 8:56 am

    Just another SHOW CAR from TOyota

  9. hyundai said,

    December 22, 2007 @ 8:45 pm

    Another bad car…

  10. szw said,

    December 23, 2007 @ 7:19 pm

    venza the bigger avanza .
    lolz !!!

  11. wildthingz said,

    December 24, 2007 @ 1:25 pm

    the designer have no more idea lol now proton designer is better wakakakaka

  12. in_put said,

    December 26, 2007 @ 11:05 am

    Mark X must have been penned with the R-Class in mind…

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