Toyota Taiwan has introduced the new range-topping Corolla Altis GR Sport, a name you’d be familiar with had you seen our earlier coverage of Thailand’s own Corolla Altis GR Sport. They may share the same name, but the two cars are not identical.
Visually, the Taiwanese model looks more refined, or cleaner if you will. The front fascia features a massive lower grille with rounded fog lamps at the bottom edges, “air inlets” on the sides, and a slightly bolder grille with a thin chrome strip and thicker black inserts.
Like the Thai Corolla Altis GR Sport, it too sits on 17-inch dual-tone wheels, but gains a small wind deflector behind each wheel. Other model-specific enhancements include dark tinted tail lights and GR Sport badges. The GR Sport variant is available for the standard Corolla and Corolla Hybrid, the latter featuring four exterior colours – Dazzling Red, Ebony Black, Ferret White, and Aurora Silver.
For the cabin, there’s a new two-tone red/black leather seat upholstery (the Thai model is full black), GR embossment on the front headrests, red contrast stitching, and shift paddles for the steering wheel.
Mechanically, the car gets a newly developed GR Sport suspension with thicker front and rear anti-roll bars, which the company says improve stability and reduces body roll. Otherwise, it runs on the 2ZR-FE 1.8 litre engine producing 140 PS at 6,400 rpm and 172 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm, all of which is sent to the front wheels through a Super CVT-i gearbox with seven virtual ratios.
The hybrid, on the other hand, is powered by the 2ZR-FXE 1.8 litre Atkinson cycle engine that makes 98 PS and 142 Nm on its own, but is assisted by an electric motor (72 PS and 122 Nm). The total system output is 122 PS, and it gets an e-CVT with four drive modes – EV, Eco, Normal and Sport.
Finally, for safety, there’s seven airbags as standard, while more expensive variants get Toyota Safety Sense which bundles features like pre-collision system, lane departure assist, and adaptive cruise control. Prices for the Corolla Altis GR Sport in Taiwan starts from TWD828,000 (RM120k).
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What’s so sporty about this apart from its looks? It’s still using an anemic engine. You can’t dress a 60-year old man as Usain Bolt and expect him to do a 100-meter sprint in even under 15 seconds. Outwardly it looks sporty but the engine is weak, what’s the point?
Such a Game Changer! Already Toyota Corolla have a very sleek and clean design, now it is sportier, stunning and resembles Game-Changing Camry. I hope Proton can design a sedan like this, the Game Over Prevé is a failure
You’re back with this…. filth.
Putrid…. stench.
So…. disgusting.
It… reeks.
Proton has this game-changer tech against COVID19
https://paultan.org/2020/05/04/proton-x70-to-get-n95-cabin-filter-available-as-retrofit/
Meanwhile Toyota can only hope to tack on fugly bodykits.
U are the selected group of buy Ferrari and speed.
Many dream to own a Ferrari but dont want to speed.
Do u have a problem?
I have a problem, an eyesore problem when this car is trying to be something it is not. Something that can’t be unseen.
Wrong! Eyesore problem is for those ah beng owners bought the wrong car such as civic but not this and others
This is just as ah beng as City Type R laaaa
You’re correct but this Altis doesn’t look like ah beng.
With hybrid, it sprints less than 8 seconds and it still sporty.
Buying an Altis and expecting it to be Usain Bolt? Dude you’re in the wrong segment. If you want Usain Bolt there’s Supra and M division.
This is for unkers who are facing midlife crises but no funding to buy a Supra or M car.
Sporty look
Like that Toyota change the upper part of the grille to black color. Looks a lot more vibrant in that way.
Toyota – Lets Go Forward
1.8l hybrid will be extremely super fast
“Super CVT-i” LOL. “Super” & “CVT” shouldn’t be in a same sentence, at least to me.
Better than E170
This looks cool to me!
Hybrid will rock the sedan market when launched here
Don’t waste time
Looks: B+ grade
Performance: C- grade
Value for money: F grade
Meanwhile Honda only just started making performance without putting more safety (unlike other countries) and checking quality. That is what happens when relying on Japs that only knows how to tidur goyang kaki and minum sake 8x a day.
Missed opportunity. Should have stuffed the 2.0 168hp engine in to at least get some of that GR merit
Bro, 1.8 Hybrid Variant will be more faster than 2.0V. Trust me.
I would prefer this face rather than ‘elegant’ look of our corolla here. I also wonder why UMW did not bring the 2.0 dynamic force engine to corolla as Aussie get it.
Any difference? Bare in mind, original corolla front is also more familiar as this. So, original corolla in here has really good look too especially for hybrid.
TWD828,000 is now RM 120K. bravo, keep on reduce OPR, our ringgit devalue until no tomorrow