toyota verso - mpv

It is a traditional MPV, it is literally, since their sole purpose is to squeeze as many people as possible while maintaining the external proportions of the cabin near the standard family hatch. On this basis, it is possible - and we say that a lot - but it is a small matter of his competitors.

See, if we are honest, the MPV is usually the last statement is ever so slightly on the wrong side of Mt. This could be a stereotype, but it is simply the way it is.

Invented, such as the spread of crossover vehicles, since the MPV, it seemed (Toyota, which was launched on the Space Cruiser loans for 25 years) and, in fact, since the original Corolla Verso 2002 and It is now all-terrain vehicles, mini-SUV. SAV, "plus" tailgates, urban crossover, lifestyle goods.Most of them are entitled to a certain excitement in the boring business, to add some people - so credit to Toyota holds fast to the principles of ...

Is it any good?

... although we argue that it is a little too rigidly, with the new Verso MPV design: This is almost the same as the previous one. Old Verso perfectly capable car, and it was a harmless, but it means - that is, it is quite easy. As the city crossover, MPV loses the winners of the room, up to a good light with a hint of visual or dynamic tension.

This means that if you need seven seats and / or a high boot, and you're a long time that the head of the involvement of starting shit oversteer, it could be there for you. Better Flat-7 seating system is a simple one, or all the seats flat, short lever tugs, freeing up space for more useful Sweden 1600-liter flat-pack furniture. If there are some people, but the seats are slightly less convincing - there is much less leg room for all rows, as might be expected, and there is less space in the cabin.

Before entering the Verso, we expect a large number of large and obvious places to throw the thing: it's not. There are some nice flashes when the upper side of the glove box to share with cold drinks, and storage under the floor of the second row - but after a van based on the latest offers on Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat, it feels really tight. And expensive.

Behind the wheel, nothing memorable, that would be fair, all of which are to be expected. The suspension strikes a good balance between rolling resistance in the wrong place, but the flattening of damaged roads to ensure a smooth run. "This is a convenient (for both words, even if the driver) is ergonomically strangely uncomfortable. At launch, the 1.8-liter cars mustering 145bhp petrol or 2.0-liter diesel and the 125bhp as a useful piece of extra torque: 229lb.ft of stuff. It is a bit like a pig though, you just need to get up small slopes, the Verso is full of grandparents and bicycles. This is not fast.

And this brings us back to the first thing we say to the car type Toyota MPV rivals. Need seven seats? Buy Qashqai +2. Do you need a room for five? Buy Peugeot Expert Teepee and pocket change. Love to drive MPV but love? Get Ford S-Max, or behind the Vauxhall Zafira VXR if you want. The reverse side is functional, but it is also my beige trousers, because they are a little more comfortable than jeans.