While Japan gets a boring facelift based on the old model, the longer Asian Corolla also built in the US has been replaced by a new wide-body model sharing styling cues with the Camry.

http://auto.sina.com.cn/photo/cpublish/154916.shtml

You know, it ain'y half bad, especially from this angle:

I see Camry in the front, Accord in the side, and a terrible c-pillar.

It is still FUGLY.

Awwww, its a baby Camry. Cutchy cutchy coo!

Actually, not bad. Better than the Japanese model.

The Accord-esque sides are horrible and the "Camry mated with a tC" front end could be better. I'd like to see the back but there are no photos I believe.

The grille blends between a Yaris and a Camry.

Aside from that I could have sworn I was looking at a Camry in Dodgefan's post (and thus I thought Dodgefan was cracking a joke about its similarity to the Camry).

Yeah. I'm not feeling it, especially the weird lines on the front 3/4 panel.

I'll be fair here: the headlamps do look decent. The shape isn't that bad.

What's with the 3D gauges?

http://auto.sina.com.cn/photo/cpublish/154932.shtml

it's a Camry that they ran into a brick wall a few dozen times.

Meh its decent... I don't really like any compact economy sedans except the Mazda.

it's also jetta like from the side.

the design mediocrity in this segment is amazing.

it's ok....and i guess ok flies here.

it IS better than the new Elantra. I like the Sentra better. Jetta is better. Mazda 3 still is the class of the field.

More pics and info from the European debut in Helsinki:

http://auto-report.net/WordPress/?p=276

From that side profile:

Front looks like a 2002 Protege, rear looks like a Kia Amanti.

All new, and it still will make everybody nearby impotent because it is STILL boring.

It looks large. Meh only Honda and Mazda attempted to put any style into their 4 door sedans in this segment. The rest get a D at best for effort.

Considering the Astra is on it's way..... uhm... no

Toyota will have no problem selling 300,000 of these per year in the U.S., even if the Mazda3 and several others are superior.

Toyota will have no problem selling 300,000 of these per year in the U.S., even if the Mazda3 and several others are superior.

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Toyota could sell 300,000 Model Ts a year if they had Corolla badges.

Please! Please GM! Kill this bitch of a car with the next Cobalt.

This is a solid F in terms of styling.

70% Camry

20% Accord

10% Civic

Add those up & it leaves you 0% for any originality!

Hey it ain't bad better than the ugly new Camry. Its pretty good. Still its a Toyota so I dislike it.

OMG a bodyside molding! I thought those were outlawed with every new car design. Must be Toyota is sick of all the complaints from consumers hense the $195.00 option on all Camry and Avalon models built after October. Too bad they grafted on the Miss Piggy grille from the Camry.

It still looks HORRIBLE!!!!!