All-new Toyota models grab British Motor Show spotlight
All-new Toyota iQ city car will test British Motor Show waters
Author: Chris Barker
Published: 04 July 2008
Toyota has rounded up a raft of its new cars to haul to the British Motor Show that include amongst other things the UK premiere of its iQ city car and unfortunately-named Urban Cruiser mini-SUV, along with Britain’s most hulking pick-up in the guise of the Hilux Invincible 200 and lest we forget, the world show debut of the most militant supermini ever, the ballsy Aygo Crazy concept.
All-New Toyota iQ at British Motor Show
The revolutionary new Toyota iQ premium city car is a class defining ultra-compact metropolis-negotiating car that three adults and a junior can become familiar with the interior of from Spring 2009. Less than three metres long, yet wider than the current dimensionally-challenged Yaris, the iQ city car embraces an innovative steering assembly design and layout that helps establish its exterior dynamics, whilst a shake-up of heating and air-con mechanics alongside a ‘floating’ centre console frees up more interior space.
All-New Toyota Urban Cruiser at British Motor Show
The all-new Toyota Urban Cruiser owes more to the Toyota RAV4 blueprint than being a resultant kerb-crawler’s chariot of choice. Labeled as Toyota’s first B-Segment SUV in Europe, it is expected to emit less than 140g/km of CO2, and is constructed on the Yaris platform.
New Toyota Hilux Invincible 200 at British Motor Show
The Hilux Invincible 200 limited edition model - the flagship of the Toyota Hilux range - boasts a 3.0-litre D-4D engine boosted by a Toyota Motorsport Diesel Performance Kit to produce 197bhp – more than any other production pick-up on the UK market. Its style matches its performance with metallic-finish alloy wheels, a stainless steel mesh grille, black metallic paint and two-tone leather upholstery.
New Toyota Aygo Crazy Concept at British Motor Show
The Toyota Aygo Crazy is what happens when all motoring hell breaks loose. Cue a 1.8-litre VVTI engine lifted from the marginally larger MR2 lobbed in an Aygo boot, and the transmission assembly been linked to the rear wheels. What you’re left with is a 200bhp supermini that hits 62mph in under six seconds, and will leave your groceries all over the place.
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New Toyota Avensis out in January 2009 and will receive its global unveiling at Paris Motor Show, where it will share Toyota’s centre stage with all-new iQ city car and Urban Cruiser SUV.
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