Toyota leaves 2.0-liter tussle (2.0l Altis coming?)

[Monseratto]

Posted: 2:18 PM | Jul. 18, 2004

Victor Agustin
Inquirer News Service

MARKET leader Toyota has decided to leave for now the crowded 2.0-liter car market and, instead, move up the top-line Camry to the 2.4-and the 3.0-liter segment.

Toyota will launch today the new, three-liter, V6 engine Camry for P1.68 million, after Nissan Cefiro last week introduced the market's first three-liter model for P1.45 million.

Like the new Cefiro, the bigger Camry also has a power rear sunshade, but with the bonus that its all-leather rear seats, not only the front, have power recline.

The two 2.4-liter Camry versions are priced at P1.48 million and P1.295 million. In contrast, the two 2.0-liter versions, which have now been phased out, carried price tags of P1.34 million and P1.23 million.

With Toyota's 2.0-liter segment void, it is likely that the Toyota Corolla Altis, whose current top range is powered by a 1.8-liter, will likely be revved up with a 2.0-liter version, just like what Honda did with its Civic lineup.

Camry is currently the local top-seller in its class with a 40-percent market share, and the market leader in Taiwan and Thailand as well.

[mazdamazda]

HID lamps and bigger fog lamps!



LED tail lamps (the US version still looks better IMHO):

[theveed]

Nice... Camry is such a great car for its class...

[carlocaraddict]

Hmmmm, Accord and Camry are very tempting! Cefiro? Ayoko na! Luma na yung body eh!

[mazdamazda]

Originally posted by theveed
Nice... Camry is such a great car for its class...

bagay sa DOMs... hehehe! :D

[wowiesy]

darating kaya ang time na mawala na mga 1.6L at puro 2.0L na lang? sinimulan dati ng galant / corona but then the tax structure wasn't right... now that naayos na... almost lahat eh naglalabas na ng 2.0L na compact sedan...

[mazdamazda]

Originally posted by wowiesy
darating kaya ang time na mawala na mga 1.6L at puro 2.0L na lang? sinimulan dati ng galant / corona but then the tax structure wasn't right... now that naayos na... almost lahat eh naglalabas na ng 2.0L na compact sedan...

i don't think that they would phase out the 1.6L sedans... there would still be a market for that as not everyone can afford & maintain a 2.0L car

[boybi]

nandyan pa rin mga 1.6l engines, pero sa mga city & vios na isasalpak mga yan. yung mga naka 1.6L ngayon na altis and civics, magiging 2.0L na.

[skipper]

nagiging mas fuel efficient na kasi karamihan ng japanese engines kaya nilalakihan na ang displacement.

[gearspeed]

darating kaya ang time na mawala na mga 1.6L at puro 2.0L na lang? sinimulan dati ng galant / corona but then the tax structure wasn't right... now that naayos na... almost lahat eh naglalabas na ng 2.0L na compact sedan...

Agree ako dyan mukhang darating na ang panahon na 2.0 na lahat ng kotse.Pero bago mangyari yun ang unang mawawala ay mga 1.3 at 1.5 then mga 1.6 na...:D
Sayang wala nang Corona...Camry na lang..:D

[chokers]

totoo bayan mazdamazda na hid lamps na camry as standard options? very tempting!!... pero since honda biased ako.. gotta w8 for the accord 3.0v6vtec pumping out 240hp nga.. sana sagarin na nila with full options.. moonroof,hids pati ung automatic braking system found in the honda inspire....

[ssaloon]

yup, totoo yan. nasa autonews sa motioncars.

other changes are the rims. all 2.4 variants come with 16" rims on 215/60/16 rubber.


the 3.0 V6 comes with 17" rims with 215/55/17 tires as standard (sorry, di ako makahanap ng pic eh).

[kyle618]

wow ganda... but with a price tag of 1.68m... bka ang accord umabot ng 1.7m+

[boybi]

the accord will definitely be priced lower than the camry. look at the prices of all of toyota's cars, they are always more expensive than their competitors.

[mazdamazda]

i hope that with this move, the mazda6 would also get a bump in engine displacement!

[GlennSter]

ano ba yan...1.7 million?!?!

id rather get the lincoln town car ganyan nalang ang presyo nun...

maintenance?sa casa naman parehop lahat yan ipapagawa eh....

[mbt]

skipper,

true, but if you're stuck in traffic, fuel economy with the bigger engines will nose-dive hehehe

mas mabangis yung Accord 3.0 at Mazda 6 3.0 kesa Camry 3.0

[pepengtom]

di ba kayo natatakot sa konsumo ng mga yan?

[boybi]

The New 3.0 V6 Camry

- HID Headlamps
- Front Grille Design
- Front Bumper Design
- Front Fog Lamp Design
- LED Rear Combination Lamps
- License Plate Rear Garnish
- Alloy Wheel Design
- Automatic Rain Sensors
- Leather Seat Material (3.0V, 2.4V) with Camry Logo and Perforations
- Power Front and Rear Seats
- Center Wood Cluster with New Wood Color
- Optitron Meter Design with Logo
- Power Rear Sunshade
- Clearance and Back Sonar Sensors
- Front Side Airbags
- Illuminated Entry (3.0V)
- New Audio System

[mazdamazda]

Originally posted by pepengtom
di ba kayo natatakot sa konsumo ng mga yan?

nope.

the satisfaction of smoking a poseur riceboy is more than enough justification for me! :D

i think that the 3.0L V6 (Camry, M6, Cefiro) are more or less rated at 220hp right?