2002 Toyota Estima V6 AWD G Aeras goes for a drive 

I own the 2004 version of this with incredibly low mileage. Its a beautiful car in showroom condition. I bought this after owning the mk1 version for many faultless years. The Japanese version is so much nicer than the European previa ... The Estima has tons of extra features with a real feel of luxury. I bought mine in a Japanese auction with the AA as acting guide. I bought a bargain and a superb runner.

These are sold almost everywhere in Australia, basically all of them have low kilometres (and really foggy headlights). One of my favourite import cars because of their cool minivan styling

Sold as the Tarago here in Australia and yes as you pointed out we got the 2.4 litre engine from the Camry,a 5 speed manual was offered and from 2012 the auto was offered as a cvt transmission,popular here for use as airport shuttle buses,Tarago by the way is a town in New South Wales.Excellent video.

I really like how thorough the review of the interior is

'Engage'...what a motor! It's massive! Good review, many thanks.

Love my recent purchase of a 2006 Estima G edition here in Australia. I have the 3.5 V6 with 6 speed auto. It looks and drives like a brand new car. Mine hasn't got the body kit so it has good ground clearance.

Bought ourselves this model last year. Love it. Ours also came with the double sunroof which really makes it great for driving in the mountains so we can look up. Only had a bit of snow last year, but it did well. Haven't tried it in mud yet! I built a bed for it and we've done some weekend camping too.

Another very useful and informative review, thank you.

Great thorough review! I was offered a UK spec Previa T-Spirit 2005 when my Volvo V40 broke beyond economical repair and it's been great so far. The 2.4 is does clatter somewhat but I get the impression they do that. Surprisingly good handling, and actually easier to par compared to the V40 since you can easily see where it begins and ends despite being larger in all dimensions. Fuel consumption is a bit pocket-bashing, so the 3.0 would most probably be eye-watering, but sounds sooo much nicer. Hopefully, rust won't be an issue, long-term. Yesterday I scooped out about 1kg of mud from the rear wheel arches, as a preventative measure for rust. The T-Spirit has nearly as many luxuries, including the addition of a front and rear sunroof, drop down DVD player in the roof, for the rear passengers. Great driving position, mile-muncher and carrier of many things.

Another fab review! Always loved the driving position on people carriers. The big long dashboard is so epic

Love the Previa always have and always will. I've got the D4D full leather T3 8 seater. It's very luxurious and comfortable indeed.

It's basically a Japanese grey import version of the Toyota Previa MPV, in other markets it's usually called the Estima Lucida. The Japanese version had the optional diesel engine offered, other markets only got a petrol engine.

wow , What a wonderful Review mate, thanks alot . I m looking at onw in sydney soon to replace my tired delica. Cheers from AUS mate

mine is 2004 mcr30 aeras premium. got it for 10 years now & still running good.

I LOVE THIS CAR!!! Thanks for making a video on this! 👍

I'd love to own one of these someday.. my parents nearly bought one back in 2002 (2.4 petrol) but they opted for the the Avensis Verso instead

More JDM oddities pretty please (with sugar on top!) Through the 90s I worked at a towbar aand trailer centre in Essex. I remember it well when the UK started to get the flood of weird and wonderful Japanese cars that were often very, very different to the normal UK release version. To start with we were often caught out, as owners just assumed they'd bought a bargain Mitsubishi Shogun (in Japan it was called Pajero) and could just buy a normal UK towbar. The problem was that the actual chassis was different and the standard UK towbar wouldn't fit!!! In the end, no matter the make/model we had to find out if it was a JDM import. Luckily a UK company made towbars for any car, a great company called Watling Towbars (still going strong, I just checked haha!) As a car nerd I used to love reading through the Watling catalogue hearing of all these hugely different versions they sold in Japan. Turbo AND supercharged Nissan Micras, big engine AWD people carriers (like the one featured and the Mitsubishi version with Shogun running gear) Skyline estate cars, turbo charged MR2s, supercharged MR2s, 200SX with larger much higher power engines etc. The Japanese aren't concerned with standardisation on their home market (at least they werent in the 80s and 90s!) bringing out different models nearly every year.

I’ve got my Toyota Previa 2001. I just love it! Would be great if Toyota started to produce Estima in different variants in Europe because the market is missing this fantastic car.

Awesome video by the way 👌🏼👍🏼

Later models had a very ingenious third row folding mechanism to provide a flat floor.

I got a lift in Australia in one of these, as my wife was driving our big Ford sedan. She didn't keep an eye on the fuel guage, or thought that E stood for enough. We were literally in the middle of nowhere and the temperature was around 40C. The car was full of kids and the lift back from the petrol station was about 80km. The car internally looked very quirky to me, but not unpleasant.

3:34 Possibly local traffic info from the bottom l/h button-they were early to introduce telematics (though from the text alone it could be _any_ info)

Love it -something different on our roads

Some T-Cut would do miracles on those headlamps

I knew I had seen one before - just been out round the block with the dogs and a house round the corner have got one. Just checked - it's just Estima, possibly the base model. It's very nice, really nice design in the flesh. Another great video. PS - nice one on the subs - coming up to nearly twice as many in as many months?

The 1MZ-FE was used in a lot of US market Toyota and Lexus models. It was notorious for oil sludge problems if you didn't change the oil when you were supposed to. Why Toyota replaced the Estima with the Sienna here I don't know. We never got this generation in North America so all those beeps are for the Japanese.

I have a soft spot for JDM cars over the years but this tops the lot, even though it's loaded with calligraphic scripture on the warning stickers since being imported to the UK from a specific town in Japan.

I am considering a 2010-2014 estima.i think they look a great car

I have a 2006 estima 3.5 v6 awd Aeras G. A wonderful beast.

“There’ll be Lego everywhere” - brilliant...

Nice review on this Estima,they look quite big for what they are,you could probably wire a PS2 with the coloured prongs on the back LOL,for a car it's got alot of gear.

@13:30 For the Autobahn of course. It doesn't has to be a sports car to be a "bowl of fire". @15:31 It provides a great foundation for a DIY camper. @16:06 That is something you probably could change with a programmable scan tool if it is that annoying.

Careful you’ll have a HubNut lawsuit on your hands! Great content as usual a nice car always regretted buying a bongo instead as you can’t beat Toyota build quality for the money.

To add to my comment below, I now own a top spec Toyota Alphard in mint condition with just under 30k mileage. I love my Previa Estima, but this takes things to a new level of performance and luxury. It's bigger inside, and if you want to ruin it, you can make a rather surprising spacious camper out of it - don't! 😅

Once upon a time, this used to be one of the most sought after reconditioned Japanese cars in Malaysia. Now, Estima's place has been replaced by a bunch of large, quirky and boxy vans made by the same manufacturer. They're called Alphard and Vellfire (even their names are weird).

@ furiousdriving Just carry on doing your videos , don't listen to ppl trying to compare you with other RU-vidrs... we enjoy them, there informative and that's what counts...

A company I worked for in the 90’s had a Previa.. quirky, interesting vehicle, but it had the column mounted manual gears and were terrible. Like stirring porridge!

Came here to see how you fold down the rear seat and how much room there is. "I'm not even going to try" Well, ok then.

That’s so cool, love your videos. I’d love you to do one on my 2013 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso, that’s also a weird one and I love it 🤣

This would be great for going on a road trip!

There's even an after market lift in/out kitchen unit to go in the boot area.

Nice video

How does the 3.0 compare with the 2.4 . Any one got any experience comparing these ?

Interesting this version comes with a V6. The ones sold in the US only had 4 cylinders and suffered because of it. Honestly I'm not sure it was that much slower, especially after they turbocharged it, but it appeared to be pricey for less engine and it didn't sell well.

You should do a review of a 2nd gen Toyota Alphard 350G L. They are luxurious on the next nevel and car carry the whole families luggage with a smooth and powerful 3.5 V6 under the bonnet.

I'd love one as a work van with all the 4WD and toys and panel van rear

The Aearas badge on the rear - literally mean wind in Greek

The combination of the Furiousdriving T-shirt and the quirky Japanese Domestic Market specification of this Estima (Previa) is most enticing...

We had a Toyota Townace 4 WD which was great . The second row of seats could be swung 180 degrees so they could in effect face backwards. the rear seat split and folded up to the rear side windows the only down side of things was the fact it was hard to get car insurance on it. Might be different now but when we had it not many insurers did them. The Townace was built like a brick wall . but would recommend anyone having one to put under slung bull bars on them just to protect the front end. It also had self controlled head light which would come on if you went into a tunnel this on a 1996 model MPV ....wow !!!

An epic car no one can dispute this fact

nice but i love the Talbot Rango

King of the banger tracks ! they take a lot of stopping !

Those headlights need some good polish!

Sir can we get 6 or 7 speed automatic Toyota estima. 4 speed fuel consumption 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Does it have Peugeot 206 headlights ?

This Estima replaced the first gen Estima (the egg car). The first gen Estima has the engine under the seats between the front and rear axles and the first gen Estimas didn't have a V6 instead they had a 2.4 4 cylinder supercharged engine with 160 bhp.

The Toyota Tarago and the Estima were part of my childhood as a person born and raised in Australia. Addition: you could’ve used Google translate. - Japanese to English.

Lego Pah! T least you can vacuum lego bits out. The real car killers are Skittles, they start off hard and dry, then the deliques into a sticky puddle and finally they fossilise rock hard, gluing them to the upholstery or the paintwork. Any attempt to remove them causes real damage.

Great car

I’ve got a Mazda Bongo and it’s full of this sort of Japanese craziness, along with the engine being under the seats (also a V6). Weird but I love it.

the car has cataracts

There was also the Toyota Alphard which was a little bit bigger and a bit more luxurious than the estima.

I have never seen a UK review of the Mitsubishi Delica D:5 or Mitsubishi Grandis, can you please try to track down these cars to test? The Grandis has a very clever rear seat that disappears into the boot floor, dubbed hide & seat by Mitsubishi.

I think I prefer the previous generation Previa/Estyma , it looks less grotesque than this.. But awesome vehicle all the same...

That car was in Japan 4 years ago in Hamamatsu city. I am not so sure why the original owner decided to have 4WD because Shizuoka is not famous for snow.

Hi Matt, it's Jamie from the Bromley Pageant you took my number. I've got the M3 down in Tonbridge for the next couple of week's let me know if you still want to drive it.

Great vehicle great review, but it's a vehicle relatively foreign to the uk though.

Lovely Jubbly review, take what looks like a after market body kit off, it would look far better.

The car is good but in my country we aren't allowed to buy a car with a right hand drive, and this one is with right hand drive.

Need some toothpaste on those lights broooooo

Yes please do more JDM. Love the HubNut style psssshhhhh 😂

You forgot to mention the middle row of seats can rotate 180°.

Not sure what it costs but must be better than a fake MG!

Good video, I like this car. Curious if you can make a bed of the seat configuration. Dont think zo, at least not a comfortable one. These also remind me of startrek every time. Didn't even liked the series..

My first car

Talk about the tv inside

If they added a digital reciever the tv would probably work.

best van in the world

Ah yes, the official soccer mom car here in Malaysia lol

My dad had thay car in 2012

Great for moving a big family around, but no room left for all their stuff in the boot....

Any sign of a 2004-2012 fiat panda review? 😁

Nice. I think I would prefer Citroen C4 Grand Picasso, or Citroen C8.

They look like a TNG shuttle pod.

Think it's a nice car for making into a small camper van lol

Use Google Translate from your phone's camera to translate the Japanese 👍

fantastic cars . in australia we get these imported . 10 times better than our poverty pack tarago !

First Comment 👍🏻

Estima? Where i come from its a Previa

It's a minivan

This is a rather distressing car....woman here where I live has been sleeping in this all winter. She won't budge and Crown land is Crown land in the antipodes too...

Toyotas are excellent for Moting.......

Not for UK this car, I need from Romania cause it's better

A favourite amongst the Jewish community

u earn a sub from me,do u think i shud wait till it depreciates below $5000?

Heavy drunker

I love these things but they are so old now they have had 100000 babies throw up and poop all over the interior. The stains are proof.

you forgot the cherry on the cake.......13mpg!

I find this less attractive than the previous generation Estima.

imitation hub nut! stop trying to make money off of iains fame!!