Looking For New Toyota Mpv

[MrMom]

Hi All,

I'm in the market for a new family car, I'm looking at Toyota as I have had Toyotas before and they were all good.

We are currently moving from a Ford Fiesta which we have outgrown rather quickly.

We need something for the four of us to driver around town in and on a possible holiday (but mostly around town).

It's my wife and 2 small kids. I'm 6foot7 so I need something that I can drive too.

I think we would be looking at a Verso but I don't know the car at all.

My questions are:

1) Is verso Toyota's answer to a family car or is there something better?

2) we will be buying a used car so what should I look out for on a verso, does it have any common issues?

Thanks

[astroscope]

I have a previa and it's great family car. Can also turn into a minivan

[korat102]

I quite like my Verso. The interior is tougher than it looks, I haven't managed to damage anything in spite of using it as a small van as well as a car.

If you get a Verso and it doesn't have a spare wheel (unless the original owner specified otherwise, the spare was replaced with a can of gunk in recent cars!) you can get one and carry it easily because Toyota haven't managed to use the space for anything else yet!.

In the 7 seat Verso, the two rear seats are too small for anything other than children or small (really very small) adults and they're quite close to the back of the car, not much of a crumple zone there. Probably not an issue for you though. With four people, you'd probably want to leave those rear seats folded down for the extra luggage space anyway. With those rear seats folded down, there's loads of legroom for front and back (mid!) seat passengers and still plenty of luggage carrying capacity. It's almost like a high-roofed estate.

I'm six feet tall and have the seat about halfway along it's travel so there's plenty of room there, I also have four inches of headroom. I think you'd probably fit.

The Verso got a facelift (mainly front and rear) in 2013 and higher spec models have plenty of toys to play with. Everything works on mine and nothing has fallen off!

It's no sports car though. It handles safely enough and has all the usual 'driver aids' but you won't be chucking it into the corners.

I'm not aware of any particular issues with Verso's. The 2.2 litre engine has a few issues that would be worth looking out for but that's not a Verso specific problem.

I'm very happy with mine, though it is diesel and I no idea what the petrol engined Verso is like to drive. If you're doing a lot of town driving you'd want to think carefully before buying a modern diesel. All that emissions stuff our EU legislators have had tacked onto diesels results in them getting clogged up with soot and other gunge, they really need long journeys to burn it all off...lots of short trips around town won't do them any favours at all.

Can't comment on other mpv's, the Verso is the first one I've ever owned.

[Paulscarbs]

You could import a Japanese vehicle to the UK or USA. The Estima (Previa) and the Alphard are good MPVs with the Alphard being the bigger of the two.

[crow3030]

Bring a mechanic mate could buy someone else's headaches verso and privia lovely cars

Things to look for injector seals. down in power ie no boost black are blue smoke has clutch been changed can they prove it. all this gets expensive when things go wrong on the d4d I can assure you

Pay a mechanic with diagnostic machine if seller allows u to plug in good luck ;-)