在经历了几个月音讯全无之后，最近谍照记者再次拍到了下一代丰田卡罗拉。这次该车并非是在进行极地测试，而是在密歇根州AnnArbor附近的公路上，不过密歇根州近日气温非常低，与北极圈也差不多了。遗憾的是，丰田这次对车辆包裹得很严实，完全掩盖了车辆的全部细节。不过还是能看出新车的一些端倪，比如它的车头就采用了双层前脸，中间用水平横杠进行了分割。引擎盖前部向下弯曲与格栅连接，底部向上与风挡很好的结合在一起。与竞争车型本田思域相比，卡罗拉的车顶更平坦，这将牺牲内部空间。车尾看不出什么，但尾灯组似乎是水平设置的。新一代卡罗拉与普锐斯和C-HR共享丰田新全球平台（Toyota New GlobalArchitecture——TNGA）。据说由于丰田和宝马结成伙伴关系，未来卡罗拉将能使用宝马提供的动力总成。丰田将在亚拉巴马州与马自达组建的合资工厂生产下一代卡罗拉，该工厂将于2021年开始运营。而新一代卡罗拉将在新工厂开工之前亮相，因为丰田还将在密西西比州建立的工厂生产卡罗拉。
2020 Toyota Corolla Spied In America For Very First Time
After months of not seeing it's development, the next-gen Toyota Corolla is finally on the road again. Rather than conducting arctic testing, this test mule is on the roads around Ann Arbor, Michigan, which can feel nearly as cold as the North Pole this time of year.
Unfortunately, Toyota covers the sedan in cladding, which completely conceals the vehicle's styling details. The way the covering adheres to the body provides some clues, though. In front, there's evidence of a two-tiered fascia with a horizontal bar separating them. The hood curves downward to the model's grille, and the shape flows nicely to the raked windshield. Compared to its chief rival, the Honda Civic, the Corolla has a flatter roof, which sacrifices a svelte look for interior space. There's not much to see at the rear, but the cutout in the vinyl reveals the reverse lights, which tells us that the taillights have a horizontal orientation.
The new Corolla will ride on the Toyota New Global Architecture like the Prius and C-HR. Rumors suggest that BMW and Toyota's partnership might lead to the Corolla using BMW-sourced powerplants.
Toyota will build the next-gen Corolla at its new joint factory with Mazda in Alabama, and the site's doors will open in 2021. The model could debut before that time, though, because the company already builds the Corolla in the U.S. at its plant in Mississippi.