Thank you, sir! "The Boss" actually offered the car to me about two years ago. I have finally now got round to filming it, and I am pleased to have done so, as nobody has a clue what these are!
Another excellent review Sir, this takes me back to my mark 3 Yaris that I owned from new back in 2011 to 2014. Very familiar from the instruments, heating controls to the touch screen, the touch screen was called Toyotas touch and go at launch. Even then the Verso S was a rare beast, do not think I ever seen one in the dealership where I bought mine.
Yes, I had never heard of one of these before "The Boss" bought his in 2018. Although it is what the Fusion was to the Mark VI Fiesta, it seems to have a character all of its own for some reason. I am sure that a lot of the interior parts and other components are shared. I am not sure that Toyota ever bothered to market these properly in this country!
I find this quite enjoyable, which is unusual for a Toyota! Exterior styling reminds me of the Honda Jazz/Fit. Thank you very much for the review Joseph!
Yes, it was definitely a rival to the Mark II Jazz at the time, same sort of principle, really. Far more common in places like Japan than over here and quite rare, actually. Glad you enjoyed it, sir!
Very interesting review - never seen one of those before. I know what you mean about driving round London, remember it well when I used to drive through there to the ex in laws…
I remember seeing the frontal area of this car but didn't realise that it was such an accommodating small SUV. Your review of the Vauxhall Meriva was very interesting and I would love to see the Ford BMax and the Renault Modus for comparison.
Well sir, we would have to see what we can do, it just depends what I get offered, really. A surprisingly practical and well engineered car, although the driving position was a little bit strange.
Obligatory Auto Trader check. 7 available. From approx £3k to £9.5k. The latter only have 5000miles on a 62 plate. Also, the auto is only £30 to tax. There is a 58000 version listed for 6700. So the one you tested could push 7000, I think I saw just over 40000 on the odo.
Yes, the dealership prices are higher than a private sale, but I would say that it is still worth around £5,000. Curiously, yes, the automatic has lower emissions than the manual.
That looks very stylish for a mini MPV. I did consider a Yaris 1.33 before I bought my Hyundai last year. Did any spot the red Reliant Kitten parked on one of the streets?!
There are a great many of these on the roads here in New Zealand, known as the Toyota Ractis. They are mainly the earlier model before the facelifted version tested here, they are used imports ex Japan, usually in nearly as new condition. I owned one for several years, brilliant little car, ours was totally reliable. Thank you for your continuing series of videos! My wife and I, (retired,) have a Nissan cube Z12, we call ourselves two squares in a cube 😊.
Yes, they sold the Cube over here for a short while (rather like the Verso-S, which also had a very short sales run in this country). I gather that a lot of the used cars in New Zealand are imports from Japan. Thank you very much indeed for watching and commenting!
