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| This is the Verso, Toyota's MPV based on the Echo hatchback. Though underpinnings may be the same, the Verso is quite unique in more ways than one compared to the Echo. For one, it has a bigger engine. | Where are the gauges? Same with the Echo, the Verso has a central instrument binnacle. Whoever said BMW pioneered a return to the central instrumentation design? The Echo was Car of the Year even before the Z8 came. |
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| Ah...headroom. This is a car that even Abraham Lincoln would like to own. You'd have enough space to ride in a Verso without removing your tall hat. Those roof compartments remind us of airplane luggage compartments. | Though the Echo doesn't come with an airbag (the Verso only has a driver's side), it does have 3, yes, 3 glove boxes. This is a very convenient excuse for the people who have the tendency to misplace things. What's more, it has tons of cubby holes too. |
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| Interior of the Verso is slightly less cheerful than the Echo. The reason for this is that the Verso is designed and marketed as an MPV | No overhangs for both the Verso and the Echo means that both of these cars are cake to park. This is the thing I need for Ateneo parking lots :-) |
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| The rear of the Verso reminds us of the Hyundai Atoz. However, the engineering that this car has is hundreds of leagues better than its Korean counterpart. The Verso's ride height has been reduced to lessen body roll. | Rear seats are more useable in the Verso. They are independently adjustable for distance and what's more is that the seats could be removed or folded flat to the floor revealing a luggage space bigger than even the RAV4's. |
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Flash! Flash! If you are interested to know more about the Toyota Echo, then why don't you drop by next month for motioncars.com's exclusive Philippine test of Toyota's mini wonder! (we might squeeze in a RAV4 too for a world exclusive). |
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