As we are urged to do I clicked the Toyota Corolla Verso advert that is now appearing on the Backroom site.
I thought that there was an error in the price quoted so went to the Toyota website to check. The 114bhp T Spirit costs £20,095(Twenty thousand and ninety five pounds) with metallic paint and is not even available as an automatic. Add the leather and SatNav and it costs £24,195.
Now I am a great fan of Toyota but £24,195 - for a Corolla!!
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The top spec 6 seater Toyota Wish on which the new Corolla Verso is based (see car by car breakdown) is 1,299,000 baht in Thailand (£18,557) v/s a base spec Vios which is is 505,000 (£7,200). I guess that perception of a Corolla as a £10k car has gone out of the window. Toyota doesn\'t do diesel automatic Corollas, Avensis, or Previas.
HJ
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I think Toyota must be re-aligning their specs/prices with new model intro's.
My new shape Corolla T-Spirit has a nice amount of spec, but nothing too fancy and didn't cost the earth.
Avensis, and now the new Verso T-Spirit spec appear to have all the toys you could ever want, and the high price to go with it.
Just hope the quality takes a leap up to command the high prices.
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