Toyota introduces Limited Edition Corolla Altis Sport

Toyota India will launch the Corolla Altis Limited Edition in August this year. Toyota will manufacture only 100 cars per month for the next three months. The Corolla Altis Limited Edition will get a rear spoiler, side skirts all around, sporty alloy wheels, chrome finished grille and 2 new colors - Warm Silver and Grey Mica Metallic. After all the 300 limited edition cars are sold, all the accesories on the Limited Edition Corolla will be available at Toyota dealerships.
(Source:Motorbeam)

This is great. It shows that Toyota Altis, despite being a very good car, is having a tough time with the Civic. Hence the limited edition. Any idea about the pricing? Ithink it will be about 50k more than the regular Corolla. I can also say that it is a good alternative to the Civic.

altis is a good car but no matter what ou do, it cant beat the looks of a civic and also the feel which a civic gives :jump:

dcargod wrote:This is great. It shows that Toyota Altis, despite being a very good car, is having a tough time with the Civic. Hence the limited edition. Any idea about the pricing? Ithink it will be about 50k more than the regular Corolla. I can also say that it is a good alternative to the Civic.

Yeah, I too think so, Price difference would be around 50k.
This Spl. edition looks like the one which Toyota introduced in its older corolla, I can't recall its name now, but it had shiny chrome alloys and it was available in only two colours, Maroon and Black.

RoadRocket

nice. any pics of the car RR?

yeah any pics of the new special edition one?

Sorry, No pics now.

RoadRocket

Only 300 units to be sold
No change in engine configuration
Individual personalized logos for each customer
Available in two colours - Metallic Grey and Metallic Silver
Priced at Rs 11.35 lakh, ex-showroom Delhi

By adding an aerodynamic front chin and rear bumper spoiler, a headlamp garnish, sleek side skirts and rear LED spoilers to the Corolla Altis, Toyota Kirloskar is said to have launched a new car - the Corolla Altis Sport.

Toyota says that the all new Corolla Altis Sport (Limited Edition) has been launched, with young car enthusiasts in mind. The company claims that this car has been designed to give customers the stylish image of a car which is youthful and sporty, and has exciting new features.

Speaking on the marketing strategy, Mr. Sandeep Singh, Deputy Managing Director (Marketing), TKM, said ,

“The new Corolla Altis Sport will be promoted extensively by an integrated marketing campaign, which leverages its association with active sports such as Tennis, Polo and Formula One, and is focused on young, urban customers. This will include web, print and magazine campaigns, direct marketing, SMS and e-DMs exclusively targeted at young professionals.”
source: http://indianautosblog.com/2009/06/toyota-introduces-limited-edition-corolla-altis-sport

I think it is pretty lame intoducing a sports variant of a luxary sedan,specially the Altis which does not at all looks all that sporty!
P.S-there is already a thread running on the Altis Sport,i guess Vibhor merged it with the Altis executive thread.

this looks good to me

well this isnt so impressive! they should have changed the alloys!

siddhant wrote:I think it is pretty lame intoducing a sports variant of a luxary sedan,specially the Altis which does not at all looks all that sporty!
P.S-there is already a thread running on the Altis Sport,i guess Vibhor merged it with the Altis executive thread.

Yes, I merged it.
So many New Editions of Altis, Quite a confusion!lol.

VT

maybe they are introducing each variant as a new version :jump:

Yeah they have launched two new models, a base variant and a special limited edition(only 300 will be manufactured)

Toyota is working pretty hard to keep the Altis going. I also see a lot of Altises nowadays. Just goes to show that good products no longer escape the Indian consumer's eye.