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VANTAGE Toyota, .Lan cashire's leading group of Toyota centres, keeps on evolving to meet the needs of its loyal customers, meaning that there has never been a better time to
get into a Toyota. The reliability and quality of
. Toyota needs no introduction and the management team at
' Vantage Toyota in Lancashire has decades of experience, which helps a great deal when each centre is building up to the busy month of September, when the new '58 registration plate will become available.
- Operations director Bernard
Wharam says: “With some fan tastic finance offers, such as 0% APR, 24-hour test drives and. impressive fuel consumption fig ures, I really think there has never been a better time to con sider a Toyota. “Even people who have never
driven a Toyota before have been popping into our centres, asking about fuel efficient cars such as the fantastic Yaris and the world-leading Hybrid car, the Prius. And when people hear about some of the savings that can be made across the range, they start to see how a Toyota is the perfect fit.”
L ? I Vantage Toyota - a fresh approach to helping customers
AT YOUR • SERVICE: From the left, Andy Ashton, Ken Palmer, and Mike Gar ner, centre, ■ principals of. Vantage Toy ota Black- ' burn, Colne and Preston respectively; Jason Kenny (second. ■ right), sales '■ Manager at Vantage Toyota
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Blackburn; and Bernard Wharam (far. right), opera tions director.
.S110808/2b : - N. In fact, Vantage Toyota has
just completed a successful Green Week, during which cus tomers could make great savings on fuel-efficient cars and even qualify for a voucher worth £500.
. . "T h e aim of .our Green Week
was to help people see that pro tecting their pocket against ris ing bills, could also help them do their bit to protect the environ ment too,. Even small steps like driving a more fuel efficient car
and driving it responsibly can help make a difference,” says group marketing manager Louise McLoughlin.
■ “And so long as driving remains the only reasonable mode of transport for many of
our customer’s journeys, we want to help encourage people to think a little greener. That’s why, tor example, we made the switch to using the internet and, where we could, printing on recycled paper to help communi
cate our offers. That’s something we’re keen to continue.” Never ones to sit stiil,-the new
members of the team at Vantage Toyota Lancashire team have been gearing up tor the Vantage Toyota Motability Open Week end, which takes place from Fri day until Sunday this weekend. During the open weekend,
Motability specialists will be on hand to help existing Motability customers find out about cur rent Toyota offers, such as nil advance payments, available on newToyotas. Individuals who have never
been part of the Mota bility scheme can also pop into any Vantage centre to see if they
■ qualify and discuss their require ments in confidence over a cup of coffee with one of Vantage's friendly team.- Whatever your needs, the
Vantage Toyota teams in Black burn, Golne and Preston are absolutely committed to ensur ing complete satisfaction. To find out more about Van-
■ tage Toyota's current offers or the Motability Open Weekend simply get online and find out more at
www.vantage.toyota.
co.uk or just call into any wel coming Vantage Toyota centre for a browse.
WHEN it was first launched, the Daihatsu Terios was a slightly crude and simple thing. The fit ment of the 1 .3 -litre all-a lloy engine purloined from the Toyota Yaris range gave it a little more in the way of refinement, but the lat est Terios is a huge step forward.. It is no longer the narrow, slightly •
odd-looking micro 4x4, instead look ing like a proper grown up proposi tion. Walk round the car and there are no weird angles or clashing details.' ' Although its performance may b e '
a little strained, the 104 b.h.p. 1.5- ■ litre four-cylinder engine that pro vides the motive force ivill still see a three figure top speed and an aver age m.p.g. in the mid-30s. With prices starting from £12,995, this is an awful lot of car for your money. To extract the maximum perform
ance figures for the 0-60 m.pih. sprint and the 103 m.p.h. top speed, gears need to be held longer as max- ^ imum power arrives at 6,000 r.p.m. The engine’s high-rewing character istics mean you can drive in a sedate manner for improved fuel economy '■ or press on harder when you feel like - : it.
Fuel economy of 40.4 m.p.g.-is Q
possible on long motorway trips if you are reasonably prudent with the right pedal in the manual models - while the automatic gearbox is
slightly thirstier with a 39.8 m.p.g.' extra urban average. The engine is'" quite flexible for stop start urban . motoring with a smooth power delivery and maximum torque of 140Nm at 4,400 r.p.m. ,
- The Terios has ride and handling
among the most car-like in the com pact 4x4 sector. Body, roll in the' bends has been successfully curbed, and on the flat you should not be .' reaching for the travel sickness pills. > It is one of the few 4x4s that you would take for a drive on Tarmac just for the fun'of it. : ■ ; - ■ ..... The penalty for all that nimble
handling is off-road ability that’s decidedly modest. With a mere 17cm of ground clearance, the Terios;; is not the ideal tool to take out into ; the wilds, but wheel articulation is surprisingly good and although the little Daihatsu will adopt some . rather dramatic angles of lean.-: through a,gnarly off road: test course; it will manage to keep its :
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belly from scraping too badly. Com pared to
a.big Volvo XC90, the Terios is a good deal more useful in the mud. If you can keep the Terios. on smooth surfaces, it will do sur prisingly well, although tyre choice is obviously very important, but without a dedicated low range or hill descent system, really hilly terrain is beyond its scope. : Fully.l42mm longer than the pre vious .Terios and wider, too; this model'creates opportunities that;-’' Daihatsu was completely unable to pursue with the oid car, offering. : space for young families and enough; style to suit twenty and thirtysome-’,.; things looking for a leisure-oriented vehicle... '
. - , •' . The interior is clean and unfussy
with materials quality that’s a long way removed from the old .Terms :■ and the cowled instrument panel is : a very nice touch. If you are familiar - with the RAV4, you’ll have a sense of deja vu in here.
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