2024-02-15 13:42:48
EPU Concept was presented in 2023 at the Tokyo Motor Show and could inspire a new Toyota pickup. Disclosure The Metalworkers Union of Sorocaba and region states that Toyota has a major project for the factory in the interior of São Paulo. Union sources stated in an interview with the specialized publication Autodata that Toyota already has a project to make a compact pickup truck with a flex hybrid engine and unibody body this year. Digital dashboard and other elements that show visual innovations that could reach the Toyota Toyota line Disclosure The base of the pickup would be the TNGA-C platform and would be inspired by the EPU Concept project shown in Japan last year. Following the EPU concept, the pickup is 4.80m long, has a wheelbase of 3.53m, is 1.82m wide and 1.82m high. Concept could use Toyota’s 4.80m long TNGA-C platform Disclosure But these would be long-term plans since Toyota’s investment is dedicated to a small renovation of the Corolla Cross in addition to the Yaris Cross that will be launched at the end of the year. The pickup would only arrive here in 2027 according to these sources. Toyota Disclosure The EPU concept shows a medium pickup truck with a flex hybrid engine that would be a competitor to the Fiat Toro, Ford Maverick, Renault Oroch and RAM Rampage. It’s still too early to talk about the lines of this vehicle and Toyota itself has not confirmed this information. Toyota tends to accelerate new projects with the recent change of presidency. The new CEO of Toyota do Brasil knows the processes of developing new products well and can accelerate the production of a new vehicle at the Sorocaba plant.
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