2014 Toyota Corolla Altis to arrive this May; details inside

The Japanese automajor, Toyota, had been in news at the unveiling of its much anticipated Corolla Altis during Auto Expo'14. Being the 11th generation of the legendary Corolla, the vehicle has received some of revolutionary styling upgrades, more luxurious interiors and an upscaled comfort levels. The refreshing look is aimed at delighting more customers. The new Altis measures 4,620mm in length, 1,776mm in width, 1,475mm of height and 2,700mm of wheelbase.

As per the media reports, the sedan is arriving this May, while the bookings for the same have already started at an advance amount of Rs. 50,000, just after its unveiling. The new Corolla features some of the exciting features that enhances its exteriors as well as interiors. On the outside, it receives LED daytime running headlamps, LED clearance lamps and new 16-inch alloy wheels. While, inside the vehicle few luxury defining elements like, plush leather seats, dual tone interiors and cyber carbon piano black instrument panel cluster have been added. Apart from these, the array of luxury features include push start/stop button, smart entry, rain sensor, paddle shift, rear reading lamp, rear power socket, 7-inch touch screen, one button operation and voice command capable audio (with USB, bluetooth, navigation, back camera and mirror link).

Mechanically, the car hasn't received any change, and will be available with same petrol and diesel powertrians. The petrol variant comes powered with 1.8-litre Dual VVT-i gasoline powertain producing 138bhp of top power. This engine is combined to 6-speed manual transmission and also with an option of super CVT-i with 7-speed shiftmatic. While, the oil burner gets a 1.4-litre D-4D diesel engine developing top power of 87.2bhp.

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