First images, details of Toyota Verso peek out

First images, details of Toyota Verso peek out

Filed under: Minivans/MPVs, Geneva Motor Show, Euro, Toyota, UK



All you need to know about the Toyota Verso: It's like our Matrix, but cooler. The Verso is a seven passenger Corolla-based MPV that's being refreshed for the 2009 model year, and details are starting to trickle out onto the web. The new version goes on sale in April and is intended for European buyers. 1.6- and 1.8-liter gasoline engines get power boosts, emissions reductions and a reduced appetite. Aimed as it is at European buyers, there's also diesels; a 2.0- and 2.4-liter rattlers are available. Transmissions depend on engine choice, with a six-speed manual and CVT offered.

The Verso is longer and wider than its predecessor, and Toyota says it's been tuned to drive well on European roads, which means it'll drive far sharper than anything Toyota offers its North American customers. Inside, the seats are configurable in a billion (32, really) combinations; each folds individually. Safety has been attended to with more high tensile steel in the body shell, so the Verso stands a good chance of earning five-star ratings like its Avensis and iQ siblings. We'll be able to catch a glimpse of the Verso when Toyota rolls it out at the Geneva Motor Show, but for now, there's but a single photo floating around.

[Source: 4Car]First images, details of Toyota Verso peek out originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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I kind of like it :S

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!

I hope it has better acceleration than the pitiful 9 secs for the Fit.

at least the fit has parts you can get to tweak if you want it to go faster. This verso looks like an overgrown matrix. I never liked the matrix so i'm never going to like this. They should just bring over the Aygo instead.

a 9 sec. 0-60 is perfectly fine for a car like the Fit

I want the Aygo Crazy. The Aygo normally is 14 seconds to reach 60 (although it's also said that it takes 16.8 seconds to reach 62 mph as well). I think that would get on your nerves eventually. However, it does average 90 mpg.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/12/mid-engine-mr2-powered-aygo-crazy-is-a-real-japanese-shogun/

bleh.

a stock corolla is in the 9 second range.


verso kinda sounds like versa, what's next a altimo or a maximo?

wussup with toyota making the wagons look like a mini van,other than that i think the honda fit is a better wagon.