I was just browsing on the Toyota website and notice now that the release date of the Toyota Cruiser says May 2009. When I first looked back in January it was saying March 2009.
I think this is the Verso replacement?
I assume it is the depression - I mean, credit crunch - that is causing this launch back?
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No. Not the Note-like Ractis:-
www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/index.htm?md=1076
The Urban Cruiser is a small, low CO2 SUV with 2WD or 4WD. More here:-
www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/index.htm?md=1345
I get to drive it along with the new (Corolla sized) Verso on 26th/27th March.
HJ
Edited by Honestjohn on 22/02/2009 at 12:06
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Looking forward to the 4WD review of the Urban Cruiser (awful name though) and the Skoda Yeti (Strange but slightly better name).
Edited by andyfr on 22/02/2009 at 12:16
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Hmm, pity the Urban Cruiser has gone back to May - if it had been on sale in March, as per originally stated on Toyota's website, I probably would have gone for one.
Having said that, I probably would not be able to get my legs under the steering wheel and my head would have been banging against the roof :-)
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I think this is the Verso replacement?
No there`ll be an Verso based on the Auris which has been put back from its intended replacement date.
Edited by dervdave on 22/02/2009 at 12:59
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No there`ll be an Verso based on the Auris which has been put back from its intended replacement date.
Thanks - that is interesting to know. Seems that Toyota is moving several cars back, presumably due to the depression. When I last read about the Verso replacement, in the Autumn, I was reading March 2009 as a launch date and had a Toyota dealer confirm that to me.
Hence why I naturally assumed the Urban Cruiser was going to be the new Verso - it too is based on the Auris floorplan is it not? I like the look of the Urban Cruiser but March has already become May and, with no sign of the economy getting better, I wonder if May will become September? :-)
I love Toyotas internally even if they are bland on the outside. Everytime a new Toyota comes out I find myself wanting to buy one - with the exception of the last 'old man's Avensis - but as soon as I sit in them I find that I am simply too tall. I keep living in hope that Toyota will built bigger cars - what a fool I am - for taller people. The only exception to their 'small inside' being the Verson.
The Verso is still on my possible buy list along with the CRV but I was very out off, a few weeks back, when I discovered that the spare wheel is underneath the rear of the car and held on by a bolt and screw. I could barely remove it in the dry and safety of the showroom and it worried me greatly how I would feel trying to remove it on the side of the road, let alone get a wheel back on there - you needed 3 hands IMPO.
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Hence why I naturally assumed the Urban Cruiser was going to be the new Verso - it too is based on the Auris floorplan is it not?
No not the Auris but the Yaris platform.
Edited by Webmaster on 30/05/2009 at 03:26
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No not the Auris but the Yaris platform.
Thanks - that will definitely be too small for me. It looks big in the video on their site.
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