Toyota "Verso" - smart family man

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

Minivans are becoming less and less common on our roads. And the reason for this is a wide variety of crossovers and SUVs. They seem to people much more practical, and they practically do not differ in price. Chinese models are even more affordable. The army of "SUVs" has given modern MPVs a good beating in the fight for a buyer, but even though many minivans have disappeared from showrooms, Toyota continues to impose competition in this segment.

Not so long ago, an upgraded version of Auris, the Toyota Verso, appeared on our market. It is strange that only the third generation reached the CIS countries. Prior to this, the car was only available in Europe.

What are the qualities allowed "Toyota Verso" to win a huge number of fans among motorists? It would seem that boring and slow family cars have long gone out of fashion. And they definitely can’t compare with nimble crossovers, which are useful in the city and can handle off-road. Let's try to uncover all the secrets of the family "Japanese" together.

As you know, the first Verso went on sale in 2009. It was the third generation of this car. True, earlier the compact van was named Toyota Corolla Verso. The third generation has become an independent model.

Today, the 2013 Toyota Verso is already on sale. This is the fourth generation. The car is a nice minivan with a modern design. The standard "Japanese" five-seater, but optionally you can deliver a folding third row of seats. Such a modification will cost the owner about a thousand dollars. This option is perhaps one of the main advantages of a car, because it is affordable, convenient and practical.

But only one seven-seater saloon is catastrophically not enough to fight competitors. Therefore, "Toyota Verso" has in store another trump card. Front-wheel drive paired with a 1.8-liter engine provide simply incredible dynamic performance for a minivan.

The motor produces 147 "horses" that will accelerate you to hundreds in just 10 seconds! The maximum speed of the car is limited to 195 km/h.

Now we can say with confidence that Verso is also suitable for active driving. But the developers of Toyota do not forget that the main task of the car is to transport the family. Most often, this is a family with small children. One way or another, our minivan copes with the functions of a “family cart” one hundred percent. There is also a mounting system for child seats, and a special mirror for monitoring children from the driver's seat. There is even a refrigerator in the car! More precisely, this is a glove box to which cold water is supplied.air from the air conditioner.

So, let's take a quick look at the specifications of the Toyota Verso:

- the car is equipped with a 147-horsepower 1.8-liter engine;

- front wheel drive;

- variable type of gearbox;

- fuel consumption 8.5 l/100 km;

- trunk volume 144 liters (with folded seats - 950 liters);

The car starts at $31,000.

VW Touran or Mazda 5 can be considered as an alternative to Toyota Verso. Only here you will not get that dynamics and agility of "Toyota Verso" in either case.