Toyota’s new 3-cylinder car
avgo
I bet the new Toyota AvGo is a perfectly ordinary car that they already sell in other countries, and they were just waiting for Americans to wake up and realize how cool it would be to have a 51-mpg urban car.
Don’t let the 3-cylinder engine fool you; it’ll get around just fine. I once had a Geo Metro XFI with a 3-cyl engine, and it had plenty of zoom (just not insane amounts of zoom). It also got 50 mpg in town, which was a nice feature.
But I didn’t like its flimsy construction, (stuff was always breaking) and it lacked air conditioning which made it unpopular with MrsDoF. The new Toyota comes with a 5-star collision rating and being a Toyota, will probably beat the Suzuki-made Geo on durability as well.
Probably won’t be able to drive it down a creek bed like my Beetle, though.
Probably beat the Metro/Suzuki? Uh ... yeah. The Metro got us to Soo and back, so we can’t fault it too much. It’s just that lowering and raising a window could be a challenge.
Mrs. Dram is considering the Honda Fit next year, but this little Toyota might be an option.
Posted by WeeDram on 09/20/06 at 08:48 PMHard to make a mistake there - Honda and Toyota are both extremely good cars.
Posted by george.w on 09/20/06 at 09:36 PMThis 3-cylinder car looks really intersting. It seems to be very good.
and yes…Honda & Toyota are both good ones.
Posted by Gamelexi on 09/21/06 at 09:25 AMWow…
Living where I do now we just traded in my wife’s elantra for a tuscon… a suv with at least decent MPGs…
My Jetta is going to be paid off this May, and it is now our ‘commuter’ car - maybe a trade in for this toyota… 51mpg city, what’s it highway look like?
Hmmm.. keep the Jetta and buy a new motorcyle, or trade in the Jetta for something that gets 2x the MPG…
Posted by John Hoke on 09/28/06 at 01:26 PMhmmmm… very interesting… but am still going with toyota.
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