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Am thinking of buying a new verso in Jan - when will a new model be out - salesman unable to tell me! "....maybe 2008"
 
Would you really like to buy a car built in Turkey?


I wouldn't!
 
I have turkish built toyota corolla. 2002. just over 60,000 miles. 4 services at an average of €130 per service ( one due) and 1 set of tyres at 46,800 miles. not one other cent spent on it. bar a light bulb (my fault for not checking) sailed through the nct in august. it's Japanese, built in Turkey. Still the best built cars in the world. and I will have no problems selling it next year (from previous experience of selling) and the good news is the new owner will have no problems either.
 
The only possible reason to buy a TOYOTA is for it's reliability (dynamically they are not great cars) and, IMO, the only reliable Toyota would be a Japanese built Toyota.
 
I must admit, I wasn't aware that Toyotas are now built in Turkey, but am fully aware of Toyota's reputation for reliability.

Is there evidence to suggest that Turkish built Toyotas are less reliable than those built in Japan? I hadn't heard that Toyotas were less reliable?
 
It's a fact of all modern day car manufacturers that a majority of cars are built away from home. Very few BMWs and Mercs are built in germany. Alot of them are built in South Africa, Mexico, USA and even China....would that stop you buying a BMW or Merc. No evidence of inferior build quality in any of these, and I'm sure the story would be the same of Toyota, who are generally the mst reliable cars out there, along with Honda and mazda.
 
Sunster said:
It's a fact of all modern day car manufacturers that a majority of cars are built away from home. Very few BMWs and Mercs are built in germany. Alot of them are built in South Africa, Mexico, USA and even China....would that stop you buying a BMW or Merc. No evidence of inferior build quality in any of these, and I'm sure the story would be the same of Toyota, who are generally the mst reliable cars out there, along with Honda and mazda.
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Well, yes actually. Mercedes C-Class cars built in South Africa are renowned for their poor build quality, while the M-Class (built outside Germany) was also guilty of very poor build quality.

I wouldn't consider buying a current day Mercedes, they are far from reliable. As for Toyota? If you could see the workshop walls in a Toyota dealership you will see a fair amount of recall and service notices. The VVTi engine, for example, in the 2000 model Corolla was a disaster, as is the current 1.8l jobbie in the Avensis. These are being repaired on an as-need basis.

It's funny, if Ford have a recall it's in all the Press, if Toyota have one it appears nowhere.
 
you state the 2000 vvti engine on the corolla and the 1.8 engine on the current avensis are poor. What has that got to do with Turkish build? never heard of either of those complains before this either and I have a vvti engine.
 
If you read the thread you would see that it has to do with perceived reliability.

As for you not hearing about this?
Well now you have.
 
Check out www.honestjohn.co.uk car by car breakdown for Toyota.

Here's a quote
VVT-i engines can start to use up to a litre of oil every 600 miles after 40,000 miles.
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Toyota dealerships have a replacement piston ring kit for VVTi engines readily available, they are using so many of them.

BTW, don't expect any sales man to tell you when a new model is available. He knows right well but will not tell. Also, don't expect hm to tell you of any known problems.
 
Could someone please answer the original query, I have no doubts over the reliability of Toyota
 
YOu will have to look this up on-line. Try some of the British car magazines.
 
better not let my corolla read that bit about using up oil every 600 miles after 40,000 miles. it will hand me a bill for arrears and demand new oil between services. which it isn't going to get.
 
Corolla Verso...in this genre of car (according to Top Gear, 5th gear and autocar), this was the most highly rated til the new Ford S-max came out
 
One set of tyres for 46,800 miles wow.(Is it kilometers? )
mine last approx 30,000 miles
 
We have had a corolla verso (latest model) for the last 2 years and find it brilliant. We have 3 kids and they all fit across the 2nd row in their various seats. We had one minor recall which was dealt with very efficiently and were given a complementary Avensis for the few hours it was in. The one drawback I find is that when all 7 seats are up you can just about fit the buggy in the boot. Apparently Toyota have stopped selling the bigger MPV (Avensis Verso) and have no plans to introduce a new one.

Apparently the S-MAX (nice looking car) is supposed to be the leader now however it's a fair bit more expensive.
 
DeBarr said:
...Apparently the S-MAX (nice looking car) is supposed to be the leader now however it's a fair bit more expensive.
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It's a much bigger vehicle. Based on the new Mondeo platform. Not comparable to a Corolla really.
 
RS2K said:
It's a much bigger vehicle. Based on the new Mondeo platform. Not comparable to a Corolla really.
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Fair point RS2K. One point to note on the S-MAX though is that the third row of seats are an optional extra (I think they are €760). I had a look at one at a recent show and with all seven seats up the boot is a bit bigger than the Verso's (but not by much). The Verso comes with 7 seats fitted.

Having said all that the styling of the S-Max is impressive.....
 
I have a 00 Corolla, VVTI. I brought it to the garage a while back to ask them to check it as the oil was being used very quickly. They told me that there was a very small leak in the oil tank, but that it wasn't worth fixing, I should keep an eye on it and top it up as required.

But it seems from the above that its actually more likely that its burning oil????
 
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