Japanese baby "Toyota Aigo"

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

The Toyota Aigo, often referred to as the twin of the Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107, began production in the spring of 2005. All three mentioned models are assembled at one joint factory, which is located in the Czech town of Kolin. In fact, they all differ from each other only in individual elements of decor. However, the Japanese copy favorably stands out with a textured trunk lid. It is a door of the original form, made of glass. At the same time, the usual metal frame is missing here.

Be that as it may, "Toyota Aygo", in comparison with the French counterparts, does not look like a "toy". The fact is that it has a larger size. As for the interiors of the cars, they are identical, so getting into one of the cars, you can find out which one you are in only by looking at the logo located on the steering wheel.

Under the hood of the car "Toyota Aigo", like its two French counterparts, is an engine with distributed injection, which consists of three cylinders and twelve valves. Powerthe unit has a volume of one liter and is capable of developing power up to 68 horsepower. As for the gearbox, the car uses five-speed mechanics. The model is also very beneficial in terms of low fuel consumption. More specifically, for every hundred kilometers in the combined cycle (assuming the driver has no racing habits), he needs only five liters of gasoline. It takes 14.2 seconds to accelerate from standstill to “hundreds”.

The car behaves very unpretentiously, clearly fitting into a given trajectory. The dynamics of the car can hardly be called impressive. On the other hand, "Toyota Aygo" was created for driving on city streets, so you should not demand something supernatural from it. Although the car is not frisky, it does not lag behind the leaders at traffic lights. The motor is quite noisy. This is due not only to its design, but also to the manufacturer's savings on soundproofing materials. It would be wrong to expect something else from a car of such a cash desk. The elementary solution to this problem is to turn on the audio system.

All this fades into the background when you consider the fact that the car behaves perfectly not only on city streets, but also on the highway, even when traveling for considerable distances. Both the driver and passengers will not have to complain about discomfort in this case. As for the luggage compartment, its volume is 139 liters. At the front, the car uses a MacPherson strut suspension, which is distinguished by the presence of an anti-roll bar. Behind she issemi-dependent with trailing arms. It is impossible not to note the level of safety of the car, which, according to the results of crash tests conducted by EuroNCAP, was four stars (the possible maximum is 5).

So far, the Japanese manufacturer does not officially supply Toyota Aigo cars to our country. 2013, unfortunately, was no exception. According to company representatives, an updated version of the car will roll off the assembly line next year. Any technical characteristics of the novelty are not reported. As for the cost of a Toyota Aigo car, the price of such used cars on the domestic secondary market is on average 300 thousand rubles.