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The imaginary pick-up based on the Toyota Corolla

Shortly after Toyota unveiled its new Corolla Cross three years ago, an independent artist decided to imagine what a pick-up version of the Japanese model could look like, and now, in August 2023, it looks like the brand could be considering a version of this one. type.

According to rumors echoed by Automotive News, 'reliable sources' ensure that this imaginary pick-up based on the Toyota Corolla Cross could become a reality in the not too distant future, although logically not with the design of the recreations that appear in the images.

The publication states that Toyota would be considering a small pick-up within the Corolla family, but the project would still be in its embryonic phase, since a final decision has not been taken.

“A pick-up based on the Corolla remains a probability, but its project is still in process”, assures Automotive News, which also comments that, in any case, although it may have received the 'green light' for production, it will not arrive at least until the year 2027.

If this deadline is correct, within four years it is possible that this hypothetical pick-up from the Corolla family will be based on the next generation of the Japanese compact SUV, and not the current one.

This possible model, smaller than the Toyota Hilux, will face rivals in the United States such as the Ford Maverick and the Hyundai Santa Cruz. Like these, the Corolla Pick-up will feature a monohull chassis and not a traditional spar frame.

Automotive News even ventures to anticipate that this Corolla Pick-up will be manufactured at the Japanese brand's plant in Mississippi, United States, along with the conventional Corolla, although the Corolla Cross will be produced in a new joint factory with Mazda, in Alabama .

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