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According to FAW Toyota official news, today, FAW Toyota's new compact SUV Corolla Ruifang officially launched, the new car will launch five configuration models and have a variety of body colors to choose from, the pre-price is between 13 and 170000 yuan, it is expected to become the cheapest SUV model in the FAW Toyota family.

According to previous reports, FAW Toyota Corolla Ruifang and Guangzhou Automobile Toyota Fenglang Landa are sister models, both of which are based on Toyota TNGA-C platform. FAW Toyota Corolla Ruifang and Guangzhou Automobile Toyota Fenglanda Landa are both positioned as compact SUV (Fenglanda has been officially launched on January 6, with a price range of 12.58-169800 yuan), among which Carola Ruifang is located between Yize and RAV4 Rongfang.

In terms of appearance and styling, the front face of the Carroll Larry is different from the domestic Toyota models. The front face of the Karolaari uses a large front grille, and the interior of the grille uses a dot matrix layout supplemented by silver strips. The narrow headlights extend back toward the hood, and the interior is also equipped with LED daily running lights and headlamp lenses. In addition, the bottom of the new car uses the Toyota family classic through grille design. The overall recognition is very high. The side part of the body and the rear part of the car all use a lower guard plate similar to that of RAV4 Rongfang. Carola sharply puts the rear end of the car to echo with the front face, and also uses a narrow taillight shape and has been blackened, while the surrounding area is wrapped with a large area of black shield to form a hidden exhaust, which looks quite athletic. In terms of body size, the new car is 4460/1825/1620mm in length, width and height, and 2640mm in wheelbase, which belongs to the compact SUV size of the positioning standard. Officially, it is called "omnipotent household SUV". It is a SUV that pays attention to space practicality and cost performance.

Interior part, Carola Ruifang uses Toyota's latest family design, the overall design is relatively simple, mechanical dashboard with 4.2in LCD dashboard, 9-inch central control panel, equipped with Toyota Zhixing interconnected system and support AI voice interaction, but also retain the commonly used physical keys, in addition, Carola Ruifang will also be equipped with TSS Zhixing security system and 7 airbags Meeting the needs of the family also promotes sense of security.

In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine with a maximum power of 126kW and a peak torque of 209Nm, matched by a CVT gearbox. In the chassis part, the new car uses the front McPherson rear torque beam suspension, according to officials, the Carola Rui release 100 kilometers of comprehensive fuel consumption of 5.7L. In addition, in order to further improve the fuel consumption performance of the new car, the new car will also offer hybrid models, which are currently only available in the fuel version, and the hybrid version is expected to be launched in the second half of 2022.

In terms of competition, Corolla Ruifang is expected to compete with Honda Colorado / XR-V, Nissan Xiaoke and other models.

Generally speaking, in terms of appearance and interior decoration, Carola Ruifang is well-behaved, but its positioning is between Yize and RAV4 Rongfang. In terms of body size, Carola Ruifang's wheelbase is consistent with Yize, but the overall length, width and height of the car body surpasses Yize in an all-round way, while it is relatively smaller than the size of RAV4 Rong Fang. Combined with the price, the price of Carola Ruifang is lower than that of Yize (13.16-176800 yuan) and higher than that of RAV4 Rongfang (16.28-246500 yuan). Overall size and price, although Toyota small SUV Yize was once defined as FAW Toyota's most personalized model, but Carola Ruifang space occupies the advantage, in addition Carola Ruifang and RAV4 Rongfang both belong to the compact level SUV, but Carola Ruifang and RAV4 Rongfang have a difference of more than 20, 000 in terms of price, so, in contrast, Carola Ruifang may have a more advantageous party. According to reports, the planned annual production capacity of Carola Ruifang is 90, 000 vehicles, and the average monthly sales are expected to be 7500 vehicles. According to the latest data, Yize accumulated sales of 45295 vehicles in 2021, including 4926 in December 2021, while RAV4 Rongfang accumulated sales of 199285 vehicles in 2021, including 19707 in December 2021.

From the current SUV camp of FAW Toyota, FAW Toyota SUV camp has involved small SUV Yize, compact SUV RAV4 Rong Fang, medium SUV Ling Fang and medium and large SUV Crown Lu Fang. It is not difficult to find that FAW Toyota's layout in the SUV field has been very perfect. The listing of Carola Ruifang may better fill the gap between Yize and Rong Fang.

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