Besides Turkey, Russia has also received the facelifted 2017 Toyota Corolla that we first saw in March. By the way, this is the Corolla for the “rest of the world”, not to be confused with the North American facelifted car that was also recently revealed. The US market has been getting bolder designs for the Corolla and Camry that might not be preferred elsewhere.
The smart-looking facelift is as per what we’ve seen so far, with a slimmer grille and headlamp treatment. LED headlamps are available, and they are underlined by a strip of LED daytime running lights. The front bumper is also new, now featuring vertical slits on the edges for a bolder, more aggressive look. New LED tail lamps and a slimmer chrome garnish adorn the rear. Turbine-style multi-spoke rims complete the package.
The Corolla, which is Russia’s best-selling nameplate, gets unique adaptations for the local market. It comes with higher ground clearance (150 mm) and a bigger washer tank, among other things.
Inside, the basic architecture of the dash remains, but the centre stack has been redesigned and the side air con vents are now round items. Also new are the meter panel (with a new 4.2 inch colour multi-info display), the gearshift panel and the AC control panel. The digital clock, a Toyota trademark of sorts, has been moved down from between the central AC vents to a position next to the head unit.
That’s new too. The Toyota Touch 2 infotainment system touchscreen size has grown from 6.1 inches to seven inches wide. New and softer materials are reported, and the soft panel with stitching underlining the AC panel is obvious. Rear vents and a 12V outlet cater to those at the back. Curiously, the new dash design is similar to the North American model’s, but US cars retain the high digital clock position.
The top Russian-spec Corolla gets keyless entry with push start button, a reverse camera, heated front seats and a heated steering wheel, which is valuable in that region.
Three engines are available there, a 1.3 litre Dual VVT-i unit with 99 hp/128 Nm, a 1.6 litre Valvematic with 122 hp/157 Nm and a 1.8 litre with 140 hp and 173 Nm. The 1.8L can only be had with a CVT gearbox, the 1.3L is six-speed manual only, but 1.6L buyers have a choice between MT or AT. The 1.8L CVT does 0-100 km/h in 10.2 seconds. The slowest to 100 km/h is the 1.3L MT, at 12.6 seconds. Not in Russia, but Turkey gets a 1.4 litre D-4D diesel motor with 90 PS and 205 Nm from 1,800 to 2,800 rpm.
Earlier, Toyota said that it has improved the ride quality of the Corolla thanks to softer dampers and new springs. The sedan’s electric power steering has also been tweaked for sharper turn-in and better feedback. Cabin insulation has also been improved upon
The Russian-market Corolla will be imported from Toyota’s Turkish plant. Prices have not been announced, but commentators expect higher prices than the outgoing pre-facelift car, which sells for 891,000 (RM54,445) to 1.2 million roubles (RM75,294). ASEAN will also get this version of the Corolla Altis to fight the tenth-gen Honda Civic that’s stealing all the C-segment limelight. Should be reaching our market in 2017.
Pics from Artemachkasov.com via Drive2.ru
GALLERY: Toyota Corolla facelift, European-spec
GALLERY: Current Toyota Corolla Altis
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Nice car
How many units Civic 1.8 / Turbo been booked & sold in Malaysia…?
More than Perdana i guess?
Facelift Altis whats the point??
Takda VSC, 10 airbags.
Lousy n ugly car
still can’t match civic hahaha
when this facelift arrived sometime in 2017, it will be trimmed down some safety features like current pre-facelift spec.
Price will higher bit than 10th gen Civic
Again we see the truth:
Good car is sold at every corner at the world
Junk car can’t even cross border to Thailand and Singapore.
Wow…stunning…the headlights alone make the new civic looks very lame…the best selling car in the world continues to excel further…
No matter how many new look Corolla is launched, when it comes to Malaysia, Government crony UMW will strip it of its VSC and give you only 2 airbags.
In overseas, the standard and most basic Corolla (Altis) comes with 10 airbags, VSC and about 20 other safety features that are consciously stripped from our Malaysian Altis.
Then UMW will charge a hefty RM139k for the junk. I am sorry UMW,your car has been wiped out by the new Civic. Toyota in Malaysia will soon be the next Saab, Fiat or Lada.
Kunta
PNB giving out 8-10 percent dividends..a must,by year end.
How to give the ripped off Toyota buyer 8 airbags?
Banks give 3 percent FD interest.PNB got to give triple the amount for dividends.
In other words,Toyota buyers got a PERFECTLY RAW DEAL cos of this thing called everlasting perlindungan.
To read about this shambolic ripoff leads to MADNESS.To buy a SHAMBOLIC PRODUCT is pure INSANITY.
wake up everyone…u all think only umw malaysia does this ( removing safety features ) to us? even chinese in china also complaining toyota cars lacking of safety features but selling at high price…the problem might be toyota HQ marketing department
nowadays with modern technology, any cars that do 0-100kmph in more than 10 seconds is slow and underpowered.
Toyota wish 2000cc 0-100 km/h 11.4 sec. So it slow and underpowered, but wait,.it is your jepunis overlord car so cannot persoal
Go and read about rebadging, sheeeshh even Toyota your jepunis overlord rebadges Mazda
Is this enough for toyota to compete in C-segment
Civic looks a lot better internally and externally. Doesn’t look like it’ll sell well when compared to the Civic.
Air vent copied Mercedes!!!
Enough lah with the round dial shape aircon vents. So cheap-looking and low class.
Also the the steering wheel control buttons round shape, why slap a videogame joystick there. Simply cartoonish.
Overall, a lame attempt by Toyota trying to knock out new Civic. Fail big time.
So you’re saying Mercedes and Jaguar round shape aircon vents look cheap?
my grandma standing fan oso round shape^^
Mercedes uses round dial aircond vents. Must be low class as well huh.
Yes, Perdana is higher class
Civic fighter? KO round 1 after the bell ring. Call for help. Camry step into the field…and got thrown out. Civic cerebrate victory in King-Kong style with Altis still coma on floor. Accord sitting relax at the side: “who next?” Everyone pointing finger to Mazda 3, whom can clearly seen cold sweats start coming out from his forehead.
Perdana at the side enthusiastically throw few punches into the air,asking: “when is my turn?” “You?! You belong to the featherweight category, next door please!”
Perdana is smokin Cuban cigars with Accord laughing all the way with the bookies
Perdana is crying: “What have you done to my body by putting two fake pipes? Even my cousin Accord is laughing at me. Damn you Proton”
Too bad your jepunis overlord oso got fake pipes, remember hikari on swift?
Godcar vios can win over civic. The sales number tells the truth according fo bashers
Later he will says vios even beat kau Accord cuz sales figure many times more.
Again…this belong to featherweight. Next door. Wait! Vios?…Sorry. you belong to veteran group. Go straight and turn left. Join proton wira there.
Hey since when it belongs there? Vios got TRD sticker and bodykits you know, can smoke civic turbo anytime coz got additional 50hp and 130nm torque!
Too bad this civic can beat the crap out of all your Proton models
nothing can beat Tag team, Cerato & Elantra.
What is that? Everyone is looking at the Civic now okay?
Looks like Toyota and Mazda already started their corroboration. I can see Mazda gear knob and air con vent in this Corolla.
Wow the exterior design is really striking.
Boring interior for Toyota fan and no match to new civic with the captain seat dashboard.
But Albert said it is like been smashed by hulk
very hard to “facelift” a car that’s already ugly looking on the first place :)
When the 1.5L petrol turbo engine available?
When honda already settles its turbocor issue haha!
What the corolla really need is an entirely new interior!
Right now I will go for the Civic instead.
before facelift more better.facelift look funny.
This is the car that after 30 years you will condemn:”should have bought civic that time!”
Nope. Boh are crap cars. Buy any one of it 30 years later cannot afford luxury car
Thanks to P1 Protection. Any foreign cars are expensive
Too late, even in Thai also expensive, still bash p1? Duh
From 55-75k. Huh. Same price with high spec myvi and preve base-high spec here.
Thanks to the senile old man and his Proton, Malaysians pay an additional RM50k to get this beauty
Errr in Thai also not cheap neither, tq
99% remain from current Corolla,then they call this one a facelift.What a joke.Still got face to look down on new civic..as joker as same l0rr
Forget about a new sushi.
Get a brand new kimchi instead. Need sorhais to prime the 12-18 month old used kimchi market
Thailand really had to thank Prothon
Have been waiting Valvematic engine from UMWT…