Toyota Aygo
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| Manufacturer: | Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech |
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| Production: | 2005-present |
| Class: | City car |
| Engine: | 1.0 L 1KR-FE I3 1.4 L HDi diesel I4 |
| Wheelbase: | 2340 mm |
| Length: | 3.41 m |
| Width: | 1.62 m |
| Height: | 1.47 m |
| Curb weight: | 890 kg |
| Related: | Citroën C1 Peugeot 107 |
The Toyota Aygo (pronounced [ˈaɪ goʊ], Japanese katakana アイゴ) is a city car sold since 2005. All Aygos are built at the new factory of the TPCA joint-venture (Toyota Peugeot Citroen Automobile) in the city of Kolin, Czech Republic. The Aygo was first displayed at the 2005 Salon de l'Automobile de Genève.
The decision to make these cars was made on July 12, 2001, when the presidents of Toyota and PSA Group, Fujio Cho and Jean-Martin Folz respectively, decided to produce a small car to share development costs. The Peugeot 107 and Citroën C1 are rebadged versions of the same car.
The Aygo's starting price is €8,500 (£6,730 UK on the road price). The main difference between the Aygo and its siblings is in the interior equipment, badges, logos, etc. The planned production is 300,000 cars annually - 100,000 cars per brand. Sales began in July 2005 and the car is available as a three or five-door hatchback. There are two engines available, a 1.0 L three-cylinder engine rated at 68 bhp (), and a 1.4 L HDi diesel I4 engine rated at 54 bhp.
The Aygo and its siblings are deemed to be very safe (with a 4-star EuroNCAP rating) and comfortable, and their fuel consumption is lower than average.
A new version is planned for a U.S. release, but with a redesign to make it smaller. The new car will be smaller than the current smallest car in the U.S. lineup, the Toyota Yaris coupe. The company is planning to compete the new microcar with the Daimler-Chrysler Smart car.
[edit] Specfications
- Wheelbase: 2340 mm
- Length: 3405 mm
- Height: 1465 mm
- Dry weight: 790 kg (1741.65 lb)
- Curb weight: 890 kg (1962.11 lb)
- Turning circle: 9.46 m (31.03 ft)
- Independent front suspension with coil springs, semi-independent torsion beam rear suspension with coil springs
[edit] Trivia
- The name "Aygo" comes from "i-go",[1] symbolising freedom and mobility.[2]
- The Aygo was awarded the Car of the Year award for 2005 from Top Gear magazine, alongside the £840,000, 253-mph Bugatti Veyron supercar.
- The Aygo was featured in two episodes of the British motoring programme Top Gear: in the first, two teams of five Aygos each, piloted by presenters James May and Richard Hammond and various professional racing drivers, played a game of "car football", using the cars to push a giant inflatable ball, about the size of the Aygo, into goals; in the second, the stunt was repeated with one team of Aygos and one team of the new Volkswagen Fox.
- The Aygo currently sponsors programmes on T4 on Channel 4
