 Both vehicles were built for Toyota under contract by Kanto Auto Works.Due to cost-cutting efforts as a result of the Japanese economic recession caused by the collapse of the Japanese asset price bubble, both vehicles were cancelled and ceased production in Japan on June 6, 1998.The market segment occupied by the Sprinter Marino and Corolla Ceres was served by a new concept of vehicles Toyota manufactured under the WiLL brandname, that was shared with products from other Japanese manufacturers and service providers.