Yesterday finally I took the time to visit the nearest Toyota outlet (Toyota Garden, Lahore) to look for New Model of Corolla, It’s stunningly brilliant car with some new features introduced like ‘cruise control’. Although the new model has been launched for last few days yet i have not witnessed the new model on the road as yet, I still remember when corolla previous model was launched there was extraordinary excitement among the Corolla lovers however this time i did not see too many people making their way to nearest Toyota outlets that could be mainly because previous corolla model was starting from like Rs. 9.5 Lac and this corolla Model is starting from Rs. 16 Lac almost double the price of previous model, I know rival Civic launched ‘Reborn’ Model that also comes for like Rs. 16 Lac, However the fact is Corolla and Civic users are two universes apart, I meant Civic is always considered to be relatively high priced car than Corolla, therefore Reborn made some good sales, However i see disappointment for corolla lovers as most of them would not be able to buy this car.

The New Model is slightly bigger than the previous one, and Interior almost looked the same as of the previous model until the sales guy pointed out to me that it has got ‘leather seats’ and Sun Roof and small button attached to steering for ‘Cruise control’ – However I seriously think that Model won’t be as big success as the previous model if not a failure due to many reason, Many Banks are no longer offering Car lease and the one who are offering, are really riping customers off by charging over 21% markup, it would be too foolish to go for that. Fuel Prices are already soaring though the Marketing Rep told me this 1800 cc car can do 14 Km per liter that i hardly can believe.

They promised the delivery within 2 months and when asked if they are charging any ‘premieum’ he told me that people are offering 2.5 lac already wow … and I looked back at him like don’t fool me dude. Who the heck is gonna pay extra 2.5 lac for 18 Lac worth car and frankly this is not as ‘cute’ as Civic.

Anyway to me this Model is great disappointment for Corolla Lovers at least I am not gonna pay that much price for this car.