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Toyota Aygo

Toyota Aygo
Manufacturer	Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech
Production	2005-present
Class	City car
Engine(s)	1.0 L 1KR-FE I3 1.4 L DV4 HDi diesel I4
Wheelbase	2340 mm (92.1 in)
Length	3405 mm (134.1 in)
Width	1615 mm (63.6 in)
Height	1465 mm (57.7 in)
Curb weight	890 kg (1962 lb)
Related	Peugeot 107 Citroen C1

The Toyota Aygo (pronounced [ˈaɪ goʊ], Japanese romaji) is a city car sold since 2005. All Aygos are built at the new factory of the TPCA joint-venture (Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile) in the city of Kolin, Czech Republic. The Aygo was first displayed at the 2005 Salon de l'Automobile de Genève.

The decision to make these cars was made on July 12, 2001, when the presidents of Toyota and PSA Group, Fujio Cho and Jean-Martin Folz respectively, decided to produce a small car to share development costs. This project was called B-Zero. The Peugeot 107 and Citroën C1 are rebadged versions of the same car.

The Aygo's starting price is €8,500 (£6,845 UK on the road price). The main difference between the Aygo and its siblings is in the interior equipment, badges, logos, etc. The planned production is 300,000 cars annually - 100,000 cars per brand. Sales began in July 2005 and the car is available as a three or five-door hatchback. There are two engines available, a 1.0 L three-cylinder engine rated at 68 bhp (51 kW), and a 1.4 L HDi diesel I4 engine rated at 54 bhp (40 kW).The Aygo has a 4-star EuroNCAP rating.

Specifications

• Wheelbase: 2340 mm (92.1 in)
• Length: 3405 mm (134.1 in)
• Height: 1465 mm (57.7 in)
• Dry weight: 790 kg (1742 lb)
• Curb weight: 890 kg (1962 lb)
• Turning circle: 9.46 metres (372.4 in)
• Independent front suspension with coil springs, semi-independent torsion beam rear suspension with coil springs

Emissions & Consumption

Petrol / AYGO 3 & 5-door 1.0 VVT-i 5-speed Man & M/M

• Urban: 56.5 mpg or 5.0 l/100 km
• Extra-urban 68.9 mpg or 4.1 l/100 km
• Combined: 61.4 mpg or 4.6 l/100 km
• CO2 emissions: 109 g/km

Diesel / AYGO 3 & 5-door 1.4L Diesel 5-speed Man

• Urban: 53.3 mpg or 5.3 l/100 km
• Extra-urban 83.1 mpg or 3.4 l/100 km
• Combined: 68.9 mpg or 4.1 l/100 km
• CO2 emissions: 109 g/km

Engines

• 1.0 L 1KR-FE (998 cc) I3, 68 PS (67 hp/50 kW) and 69 ft·lbf (94 N·m)
• 1.4 L DV4 (1398 cc) HDi Diesel I4, 55 PS (54 hp/40 kW) and 96 ft·lbf (130 N·m)

Trivia

• The name "Aygo" comes from "i-go", symbolising freedom and mobility.
• The Aygo was awarded the Car of the Year award for 2005 from Top Gear magazine, alongside the £840,000, 253 mph (407 km/h) Bugatti Veyron supercar.
• The Aygo was featured in two episodes of the British motoring programme Top Gear: in the first, two teams of five Aygos each, piloted by presenters James May and Richard Hammond and various professional racing drivers, played a game of "car football", using the cars to push a giant inflatable ball, about the size of the Aygo, into goals; in the second, the stunt was repeated with one team of Aygos and one team of the new Volkswagen Fox. The Stunt was also done at the MPH shows in London Earls Courts and Birmingham NEC in the years of 2005 and 2006.