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According to media reports, FAW Toyota's new MPV will be launched in September, and the new car will be called GRANVIA in English. According to the plan, the GRANVIA will be included in the Crown series, with the Chinese name or name "Crown Willow". It is understood that the new car is based on the American version of Toyota SIENNA XSE sports version and is also a sister model of Guangzhou Auto Toyota Sena. FAW Toyota officials did not respond to the above reports. However, a few days ago, Tianjin TV News 1 reported that the FAW Toyota New Energy vehicle project will launch three new cars this year, including the FAW Toyota brand new MPV GRANVIA model mentioned above. From the images exposed by the project, the new car has entered the trial installation stage and will have a well-being version in the future.

Since the new car and the Guangzhou Auto Toyota race are sister models, it is expected that the appearance design of the new car will be consistent with that of the Guangzhou Automobile Toyota race, including body outline, body size and internal layout, but the new car, as FAW Toyota's new MPV, will certainly make changes in the details. Earlier, Toyota's classic crown logo will be hung on the front of the new car, becoming the third product after Crown Wilfa and Crown Lufang.

According to previous reports from the auto industry, the English name of the new car is GRANVIA because the GRANVIA is an overseas Toyota MPV, which was first launched overseas by Toyota GRANVIA in 2019. According to Toyota's usual style, the new car is likely to be named GRANVIA, and combined with the previous logo, the Chinese name of the new car may be Crown Willow. The Crown, originally a high-end model owned by Toyota, officially went on sale in 1955 and stopped production in April 2020. However, after that, FAW Toyota "Crown" re-listed in another form. On July 15, 2021, FAW Toyota announced that Crown was officially its high-end flagship brand, and then launched Crown Wilfa and Crown Lufang. The price range of Crown Wilfa is 83.9-920000 yuan, and that of Crown Lufang is 27.58-350800 yuan. FAW Toyota Crown Lufang and Guangzhou Automobile Toyota Hanlanda are sister models. Crown Lufang is based on TNGA-K platform. Positioning medium-sized SUV, with the launch of the new MPV model in September, FAW Toyota Crown family will usher in three models.

In terms of power, FAW Toyota's new MPV will provide a 2.5L gas-electric hybrid system with a four-wheel drive version. In terms of vehicle price, with reference to the relationship between Crown Lu Fang and Hanlanda, industry insiders expect FAW Toyota's new MPV positioning to be slightly higher than Guangzhou Automobile Toyota Sena, and its starting price is expected to be around 330000 yuan. At present, the detailed information about FAW Toyota's new MPV is still relatively limited, and the automobile industry will continue to pay attention to the latest developments of new cars.

Looking back on Guangzhou Auto Toyota's MPV model "Sena", Toyota attracted a lot of consumers' attention when it launched the domestic race. Toyota Sena model was launched on October 30 last year, based on TNGA architecture, a total of 6 models were launched, with an official guiding price between 30.98 yuan and 405800 yuan.

Senna, as Toyota's star MPV model, has been rumored to have increased its price since its launch. Before the listing of Toyota Sena, it was rumored that the price would be increased by 60, 000. After the listing, driven by dealers, it was widely rumored that the entry-level version needed to increase the price to more than 400000. However, although Sena has been in a state of crazy price increases, Sena's performance in terms of sales is not satisfactory. The latest figures show that Toyota Serena sold 5399 vehicles in January this year, of which the top 405800 platinum version accounted for 40%. Wholesale sales in December 2021 were only 2791, a far cry from its previous orders of more than 10, 000.

As far as the current MPV sector is concerned, the better sales performance includes Wuling Hongguang, Buick GL8, hybrid MPV and Honda Odyssey, Ericsson and other models. According to the December 2021 MPV sales list, Wuling Hongguang ranked first with sales of 38393 vehicles, while Buick GL8 ranked second with 20836 vehicles.

FAW Toyota's new MPV, as a latecomer in the domestic MPV field, has more four-wheel drive system in terms of power compared with Guangzhou Auto Toyota Saida, which is a sister model. It is expected that the new car will be more interesting after it is launched, but the future results still need to be further verified.

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