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07/17/2016 at 04:25 • Filed to: None
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Avensis estate
Auris Touring
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Svend
07/17/2016 at 05:14 |
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Toyota are basically the Yaris and prius at this point. Never see new Toyotas other than those.
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> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/17/2016 at 05:24 |
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I see new Avensii (Avensisis, Avensises) but I suspect they are business cars, the Auris I see in hatchback form occasionally while the only Prius I saw was a taxi (which may of been replaced by now). Old Yarii (Yarisis, Yarises) used to be a less than regular sight but now a rare sight.
Cé hé sin
> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/17/2016 at 05:47 |
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Ah, but we have the Corolla too. Taxi drivers have transferred their allegiance to them from the Avensis as the latest model has a boot that’s big enough for the regulations.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/17/2016 at 10:03 |
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In my area it’s all Tundra, or Hilander, with occasional 4Runner. Thats the bolck of the new Toyotas on the road anyway.
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Svend
07/17/2016 at 14:01 |
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I tend to see the Yaris Hybrid semi-regularly and the occasionaly Prius. Nothing else really has a presence.
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Cé hé sin
07/17/2016 at 14:01 |
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Yeah we dont get that one. Seems like a useful little car for Taxi work.
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/17/2016 at 14:02 |
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We get none of those haha.
bhtooefr
> Svend
07/17/2016 at 14:28 |
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I would’ve considered an Auris Touring Hybrid instead of my 2016 Prius if Toyota brought it to the US. (We get the Auris as the Scion iM, but only in hatchback form, not wagon form, and I think the only powertrains are a 1.8 gasoline I4 with a manual or a CVT.) I want the overall length for cargo (55 mm longer), but prefer a shorter wheelbase (100 mm shorter).
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> bhtooefr
07/17/2016 at 14:39 |
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There is a little more range but the 1.8 litre is the largest of the engines.
The engines sound small but then again you can get a Ford Mondeo/Fusion with a 1.0 litre Ecoboost 125ps 6 speed manual.
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bhtooefr
> Svend
07/17/2016 at 14:59 |
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What I mean is, in the US, we get a 1.8 non-hybrid instead, as our only engine choice, with Valvematic it seems - 137 hp, 126 lb-ft. Same engine family as the hybrid.
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> bhtooefr
07/17/2016 at 15:05 |
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Ye’, I guess the smaller engines wouldn’t get a look in and a hybrid wouldn’t appeal to everyone. .
As manufacturers wanting to sell in the U.S. have to crash test each engine and vehicle and not just each vehicle it makes sense to only test the car and engines you believe will sell the most.
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bhtooefr
> Svend
07/17/2016 at 15:11 |
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I think the hybrid is also due to import tariffs - my understanding is that Europeans pay more to import a Japanese car, whereas we only pay 2.5%. So, Toyota pushes the Auris Hybrid (made in the UK) more than the Prius (made in Japan) in Europe. Similarly, they don’t even sell the Aqua/Prius c (also made in Japan), instead selling the (somewhat smaller) Yaris Hybrid (made in France).
The iM’s role is effectively to be the hatchback version of the Corolla Sedan (although it’s also shorter wheelbase), and the Corolla is meant to be a cheap car (not as cheap as the Yaris, though, but the Corolla’s class is the smallest that’s really considered mainstream here). The American fuel economy tests don’t respond as well to downsize-and-turbocharge, and it makes the resulting vehicles more expensive and less reliable, so we get naturally aspirated engines instead.