New Wish listed by Toyota
Big-T sends out another silver bullet to kill all your family transport problems
The Toyota Wish is one of thsoe vehicles that achieved the impossible, it actually made people carriers half desirable. Honda’s stream pitched in too but what I am saying is that the Wish is an unlikely candidate for transforming the image of the MPV.
In terms of the design, the original Wish was a low-slung people carrier that took a few important cues from the original Estima. The single, unbroken line from the nose to the roof of the Estima was a first in the MPV-class.
The Wish and Stream took the people carrier idea and lowered the roofline to approximate that of a large station wagon and fitted seven seats into the cabin.
That simple transformation allowed men with families to convince themselves that they are buying a sporty people carrier, or at least a sporty-looking people carrier.
Once you have driven the Wish, among the qualities that really stands out includes mechanical refinement, frugality and painless ownership. In fact it is a typical Toyota.
PRESS RELEASE
Toyota Launches Redesigned ‘Wish’Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces the launch in Japantoday of the redesigned “Wish”.The Wish is a compact seven-seater minivan that has gained a solid reputation for itssporty styling, wide-ranging utility and comfortable driving performance—with sales ofmore than half a million units—since its launch in January 2003. The new,second-generation model has enhanced sportiness and comfort, and featuressignificant improvements in driving, environmental and safety performance. Theresult is a vehicle that aims to meet a user’s every “wish”.All vehicles in the series feature a new-generation engine with “Valvematic”, which is acontinuously variable valve-lift and valve-timing mechanism that achieves bothexcellent driving performance and superior environmental performance. The newengine, in combination with Super Continuously Variable Transmission-intelligent(Super CVT-i) transmission, gives the Wish a maximum of 15%-better fuel efficiencythan the previous model and more exhilarating driving performance.Steering-assisted Vehicle Stability Control (S-VSC) and Supplemental RestraintSystem (SRS) side and curtain-shield airbags—standard on all vehicles in theseries—give the new Wish class-leading levels1 of safety performance.Wish 1.8S(front-wheel drive)Cont’d2Monthly sales target for Japan: 6,000 unitsAssembly Plant:Tahara Plant, Toyota Motor CorporationManufacturer’s Suggested Retail Prices (Prices in Hokkaido and Okinawa differ)Grade Powertrain Engine Transmission SeatingPrice*(includingconsumptiontax)1.8X 1,840,0001.8SFront-engine,front-wheel drive
