丰田近日在线发布2019款卡罗拉掀背车，该车还将亮相纽约车展。该车采用了丰田最新设计语言，更突出动感外观。引擎盖位置更低，格栅和前大灯更宽。车头造型类似新一代亚洲龙和凯美瑞。与卡罗拉iM相比，该车长度增加1.5英寸至172英寸（约合4368.8毫米），轴距增至103.9英寸（约合2639毫米），宽度增加1.2英寸至70.5英寸（约合1790.7毫米），高度降低1英寸至56.6英寸（约合1437毫米）。该车采用了丰田的TNGA平台，由于车身面板缝隙之间增加了密封条并采用了更多隔音材料，因此车厢内更安静。新车内部储物空间更宽敞，包括中控台提供硕大储物箱，足以容纳包括智能手机在内的物品。车厢内装混搭抛光和哑光装饰件，前车门配备更大杯架，可容纳24盎司水杯和A4尺寸文件，后车门可容纳16盎司水杯。该车搭载了新的2.0升汽油引擎，它不仅重量更轻，而且体积更小，噪音和振动水平更低。虽然车厂并未透露其输出功率，但铁定高于老款车搭载的1.8升引擎，后者功率为137马力，扭矩126磅-英尺（约合170牛米）。与引擎搭配的六速手动变速器或CVT变速器将动力传递至前轮。2019款卡罗拉掀背车在纽约车展亮相后将于夏季在美国上市。（文/谭小涛）
2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback Gets Sharper Looks, New Platform
Toyota has introduced the 2019 Corolla Hatch online ahead of its public debut at next week's New York Auto Show.
The Corolla Hatch adopts a more dynamic look inspired by Toyota's recent design language. The hood is lower, the grille is broader, and the headlights are wider. Up front, it reminds us of the newest Avalon and Camry.
Toyota gave the Corolla Hatch softer edges; the Corolla iM looks almost wedge-shaped in comparison. Out back, the design of the lights and the bumper insert echoes the headlights and the grille. Compared to the model it replaces, it has been elongated by 1.5 inches (at 172 inches) and all of that stretch has gone into the wheelbase, now measuring 103.9 inches. It’s also 1.2 inches wider (at 70.5 inches) and has been lowered by an inch (56.6 inches).
Like the Auris, the new Corolla Hatchback is switching to the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform and that comes along with a quieter cabin thanks to additional seals in the body panel gaps as well as more sound-deadening material. It features more spacious stowage areas, including a center console box big enough to accommodate a smartphone with a 5.5-inch touchscreen. The interior brings a mix of glossy and matte surfaces, along with very large cup holders on the front doors (can hold 24-ounce bottles and A4-sized documents) as well as in the back where the rear doors can carry 16-ounce bottles.
More important is the new 2.0-liter gasoline engine that comes to replace the old 1.8-liter unit. The direct-injection engine is lighter and smaller than what the Corolla iM had and generates lower noise vibration harshness (NVH) levels that should translate into a smoother and quieter ride experience. Toyota isn’t saying anything for the moment regarding output, but we do know it’s more powerful than the 1.8-liter, which was rated at 137 horsepower and 126 pound-feet of torque. The undisclosed amount of power will be channeled to the front wheels through either a new and lighter six-speed manual or a completely new continuously variable transmission.The new Corolla Hatchback will celebrate its public debut next week at the New York Auto Show before going on sale this summer.（文/谭小涛）