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No Corolla Diesel Or Wagon For Australia; Turbo Petrol A Possibility

Diesel, hybrid and wagon versions of the new 11th-generation Corolla won't be coming to Australian showrooms any time soon, with Toyota declaring them too expensive for the local market. However, a small-displacement turbocharged petrol engine


Diesel, hybrid and wagon versions of the new 11th-generation Corolla won't be coming to Australian showrooms any time soon, with Toyota declaring them too expensive for the local market.

However, a small-displacement turbocharged petrol engine could be on the cards.

Speaking to the media at the recent launch of the 2013 Corolla, Toyota Australia's head of product planning Greg Gardner said that the cost of importing the UK-built diesel Corolla would make local importation an uneconomical exercise.

"Diesel goes fairly well in trucks and SUVs and things like that, and that’s reflected by the sales figures in the [small car] market. [Sales] are very small in terms of diesel figures, about eight per cent of passenger car sales this year," Gardner said.

"And frankly, the cost of bringing it in is too high.”

Alongside the naturally-aspirated 1.8 litre petrol that is the sole engine choice for Australian Corollas, the European-market Auris is offered with a 1.4 litre and 2.0 litre turbodiesel, with 66kW and 91kW respectively.

Those power outputs might not sound like much next to the 1.8 petrol's 103kW peak power figure, but with the 1.4 diesel putting out 205Nm of torque and the 2.0 diesel developing 310Nm, both have more grunt than the 173Nm 1.8 petrol.

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