November 11, 2020

Is Avanza affordable enough?

Toyota Avanza is a MPV (multi-purpose vehicle), which has been produced in Indonesia since 2003. In addition to the Indonesian market, Avanza is also sold to the Philippines, Southeast Asia, South Africa, Mexico, Pakistan, Nepal, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Egypt and even other African countries.

Standard safety features include side door crash beams, driver and passenger airbags, anti-lock braking system with electronic brake force distribution, two three-point front ELR (emergency locking retractor) belts with pretensioners and force limiters, three three-point second row ELR belts, two three-point third row ELR belts, child lock protection (rear door only) and child restraint system Unification.

Toyota Avanza 1.3j MT (manual transmission) can be your choice. If you want a simple MPV, it will take you from point a to point B efficiently. It's Avanza's only five-seater interior.

Internally, you can now pair at least two mobile devices to the same 2-din system as the j variant. The third-row seats are equipped with anti-glare function, with 50 mirrors and mirror locks, and with 50 mirrors and mirrors.

The added safety features include two three-point third row ELR safety belts and a remote locking system. The Toyota Avanza 1.3e MT is priced at PHP 876000, while the Toyota Avanza 1.3e at costs Philippine pesos 919000.

The Toyota Avanza 1.5g also comes in two configurations, a four speed at or a five speed Mt. This is a seven-seater car. Under the hood is a 1.5L 2nr-ve engine with dual VVT-i (intelligent variable valve timing), which can output 103 horsepower and 136 nm of torque. Its alloy wheels are now larger, 15 inches, in combination with 185 / 65 R15 tyres, and it also features the appearance of the e variant with a few small exceptions. The front fog lamp is a standard configuration. The rear-view mirror has a direction indicator light, the grille is decorated with black chrome, the rear door is decorated with chrome, and the rear spoiler and led high-level brake light are equipped.

It has a button warning function, a silver tuning on the instrument panel's central dashboard, a 6.8-inch infotainment display with t-link smartphone images (IOS and Android), and can play music from five mobile devices, as well as four cockpit speakers.

The polyurethane steering wheel is now equipped with silver trim and audio controls, chrome and silver accents on the gear shift knobs and levers, a mirror on the driver's and front passenger sun visors, fabric seats with visible stitching trim, sunglass frames and front personal lights.

Additional safety features are Toyota safety system, with alarm and anti-theft lock.

Toyota Avanza 1.5g at costs 1.012 million pesos, while Toyota Avanza 1.5g MT costs 969000 pesos. Toyota launched locally in 2018, providing Avanza with the latest premium variant, Veloz only has a 4-speed at and has the same 1.5L engine as the G variant.

In addition to all the external devices of the G variant, Veloz exclusively gets a smoked chrome grille and smoked chrome back door trim.

The Veloz sedan gets a three spoke leather steering wheel with silver accents and audio controls, leather shift knobs and levers, and chrome interior door handles.

Besides, Toyota's Avanza Veloz sells for 1.077 million Philippine pesos. Toyota Avanza is available in seven colors: white, beige metallic, silver mica metallic, gray metallic, black metallic, dark blue se (Special Edition), and Veloz's dark red mica metallic.