TOYOTA
SPADE
Responding
to increased demand for subcompact cars with minivan-like features in its home
market of Japan, Toyota has given its Spade model a makeover in 2013.
Spade
had a boxier front end with sharper lines and headlamps and bespoke tail lamp
graphics and rear bumper trim.
Spade
is equipped with a single, remote-controlled electric sliding door (1,020 mm
wide by 1,250 mm tall) on the passenger side and two conventional doors on the
driver's side, and measure 3,995 mm long (157.3 inches), 1,695 mm (66.7 inches)
wide and 1,690 mm (66.5 inches) tall, while riding on a comfy 2,600 mm (102.4
inches) wheelbase.
The
five-seater cabin comes with all sorts of practical features ranging from a
front passenger seat that folds down completely to form a table and which can
be adjusted back and forth 700 mm, to a 60/40-split rear seat with seat cushion
tip-up function, and hooks for hanging shopping bags to specially designed
tissue holders front and back.
Powertrain
options include 1.3-liter and an updated 1.5-liter petrol engines coupled to a
Super CVT-i (Continuously Variable Transmission-intelligent) automatic
transmission and either front- or all-wheel drive.
Prices
for the Toyota Spade in Japan range from 1,450,000 Yen to 1,910,000 Yen (US$ 18,450
to US$ 24,300 / € 15,100 to € 19,900).
