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Seen quite a few Corolla TS in my area, but some are minicabs.


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I have to say that I seen a lot of new Corolla's, mostly Touring Sports, silver with the a few black. I have also seen a couple hatchbacks. It seem that a lot of the Touring Sports in my area (Bexley) are minicabs. Is this an indication that the Corolla estate, is replacing the Prius as the private hire vehicle of choice? 
 

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lots of hybrid Auris TS used as private hire cars too.

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11 hours ago, Heidfirst said:

lots of hybrid Auris TS used as private hire cars too.

Very true Scott. I think some PHV owners/users want something other than the 'common' Prius. I am not a PHV driver and not keen on the Prius looks. Plus Prius is always associated as a PHV. The Auris and Corolla are more conventional looking. 

I also see other brands like Hyundai IONIQ as hybrid PHV.

The second hand market will be interesting. 

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Yeap, most of them are PHV, I have seen many even a hatchback one as taxi and all estates with license stickers, I don’t personally think the new Corolla will replace the Prius but will take a large percentage of the sales, Toyota wins anyway, the question is not what make when looking for a hybrid but what model. Toyota / Lexus still remains the best hybrids. 

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I use my corolla sports tourer as a cab and the main reason for using the Corolla estate is the auris estate has now finished

Prefer the estate as you are not restricted on boot space

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On 8/5/2019 at 12:48 PM, TonyHSD said:

Yeap, most of them are PHV, I have seen many even a hatchback one as taxi and all estates with license stickers, I don’t personally think the new Corolla will replace the Prius but will take a large percentage of the sales, Toyota wins anyway, the question is not what make when looking for a hybrid but what model. Toyota / Lexus still remains the best hybrids. 

You are right. Toyota are in a win win situation, and have the edge in the PHV/taxi market. They must be market leaders, especially with fuel efficiency/emissions mix. London has the ULEZ, which is supposed to be expanding to the north and south circular roads. Diesels are penalised - they need to be Euro 6 and the DPF systems need to be working well. Toyota got rid of their diesel cars.
As I said before, the Corollas are selling well.

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