The Japanese automaker has attacked the US automotive market like a monster tidal wave. However as an alternative of destroying every thing in its path, it tries to set the muse for a return to the gross sales throne.
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And they don’t seem to be stopping there. As an alternative, simply as we had been busy falling in love with the 326-hp hybridized i-Drive Max 2024 Land Cruiser model for North America (in 1958, First Version, or Land Cruiser trims), the rumor mill caught wind that Toyota needed to morph the compact Corolla Cross right into a pickup truck that may slot as their entry-level choice under the N400 Tacoma.
In fact, that whisper was sufficient for the imaginative realm of digital automobile content material creators to start out fantasizing concerning the potential implications. The obvious ones are that Toyota has ditched the long-rumored Stout revival in favor of a less expensive Corolla Cross spinoff. Nonetheless, some pixel masters certain took issues up a notch or two.
For instance, Dimas Ramadhan, the digital automotive artist behind the Digimods DESIGN channel on YouTube, has taken up the duty of unveiling the rumored Corolla pickup with a lot enthusiasm that he modeled the Corolla Cross Hybrid truck after the third technology XK70 Toyota Tundra full-size pickup truck! The outcome – in basic SR5 trim type – is fairly bonkers but spectacular, nonetheless.
Apparently, with a number of delicate modifications, the Corolla Cross styling works excellently on a full-size pickup truck platform. It is rugged due to a lot of black plastic physique cladding, but it is also trendy as a result of the Corolla styling was conceived to please of us who normally run errands round city fairly than tow and haul heavy hundreds. Curiously, the writer additionally envisioned it as a hybrid mannequin, so maybe he additionally transplanted Tundra’s 437-hp i-Drive Max 3.4-liter electrified twin-turbo V6 mill!
Nicely, that is a sight to behold – nevertheless it’s additionally totally wishful considering. In fact, Toyota would by no means use the TNGA-F body-on-frame structure for a pickup truck mannequin rocking Corolla Cross styling. As an alternative, almost definitely, this will likely be a compact unibody affair destined to brawl with the ritzy Hyundai Santa Cruz and best-selling Ford Maverick. So, will we give this Tundra-based Corolla truck our CGI blessing or not?
