If you prefer compactness and practicality to performance and appearance, then this Toyota must tick all the right boxes. The short L1 version of the ProAce City Verso, powered by a three-cylinder, turbocharged 1.2 liter engine, making 110 DIN-hp. Well, that won’t earn you any bragging rights either. But it will get you all the groceries you’ll need.
The L1 is 4,403 mm long (173.3”), with a wheelbase of 2,785 mm (109.6”). Height 1,880 mm (74”), width 1,848 mm (72.8”). The stretched L2 is also offered as a seven-seater. Its overall length and wheelbase extension: 350 mm (13.8”) and 190 mm (7.5”), respectively.
A true van, so with an upright seating position. The 110 hp ProAce City Verso has a six-speed manual transmission. The same 1.2 liter engine is also available with 130 hp, in which case the transmission is an eight-speed automatic. That’s it, those are the only drivetrain options.
Fancy it ain’t, roomy and airy it is.
There are sliding doors on both sides. Hop in and walk through.
Close to vertical, with a big hatch.
A torsion-beam rear axle and solid brake discs, MacPherson struts and vented discs at the front. Neat 16” rims, good tires too!
This vehicle-type is what the French call a Ludospace. And French it is, all the way. We’re looking at the Toyota edition of the third gen Peugeot Partner/Rifter and Citroën Berlingo, as introduced in 2018. Logically, also driving around with an Opel and Vauxhall logo. It speaks for itself that all of them are also offered as a panel van.
For clarification, the 1.2 Turbo as used in the Toyota Corolla and C-HR is Toyota’s own, four-cylinder engine.
We are waiting for the FIAT version of this PSA K9. Peugeot, Citroën, Opel, Vauxhall, Toyota and FIAT with the same car (truck ?), who says better ?
PS: 1.5 diesel (75/100/130 hp) is available in other market
Yes, here too, but only in the ProAce City panel van. The Verso only comes with the 110/130 hp gasoline engine.
A bit confused by the pictures of the rear seats. Only two are visible, but there must be a third one folded down or removed, right?
Yes, there’s a third one, removable and foldable.
Sorry, but I don’t see the point of a Toyota that isn’t made by Toyota. I would buy a Toyota but not a Peugeot.
Toyota have no repute in Europe for good vans ,
If I were where these were a thing I could see myself in this. But I’d like to fold the seats flat (enough) and sleep in it.
Looking at that first picture I thought “wow, actually a nice looking vehicle from Toyota. It’s not fully of weird, angry lines and bumps.” Then I read that is not actually a Toyota. That explains why it actually looks ok.
That’s exactly what I thought as well!
My immediate thought was “Too bad the 2nd-generation xB wasn’t this instead of that porky thing they put out instead”.
This is 6″ longer, 3″ wider, and 11″ taller than the porky thing second xB. And that’s for the short one.
That said it’s likely a great little van judging by the Berlingo I rented a few years back. And with a Toyota badge obviously more reliable than the rest. 🙂
There I go adjudging books by covers, I guess!
Nice. Almost zero “tumble home”
I had no idea, so I had to look that up. All cleared. (courtesy of Wikipedia/TONYWONG).
Me too… never heard of it before. In looking it up a bit, I found this video, which is pretty interesting. Overall, it seems to me that tumblehome in car design is a good thing in moderation.
I didn’t know there was a name for It.
I have that model Avalon, and I love the upper roominess of it. Great if you’re tall, and it helps keep the rain and snow off you. The sides of the roof are sculpted in a way as to function as big rain gutters too. I keep finding new reasons why it’s the best car ever.
Nice examples. Minimal tumblehome is one reason I like the FIAT Ducato/RAM Promaster.
its a ship builders term.
I would argue using it for cars is improper but clever.
Very neat — interesting enough that I looked it up on Toyota’s website. The pictures I found online have a full console between the front seats, which reduces a lot of the appeal in my opinion, because that open area adds a much roomier feel.
I did a bit of searching and configuring on our Toyota website, the full console comes with the top trim level, the Dynamic.
Thanks — that makes sense.
Is this also going to become a Fiat Doblo (Ram Promaster City in the US)? Then we would truly have a van of a thousand faces. This is a size and stle of vehicle I really like for a family of four but they sell poorly in the US (Mazda5 and Kia Rondo) or are niche vehicles like the Transit Connect wagon which is slightly more common lately. These would actually make a good taxi like the Transit Connects used in NYC.
Small correction, the 1.2t engine that equips this van is of 3-cylinder PSA origin, while Toyota’s 1.2t is four. The Toyota engine is not available on this van.
Yes, as mentioned in the article.