Toyota last week announced the introduction of the Aqua in Japan, a month after it made its debut at the Tokyo Motor Show. The compact hybrid is the domestic version of the Prius c, and wears a Hybrid Synergy Drive system based around a 1.5 litre engine.
The 1NZ-FXE Atkinson cycle mill offers 74 PS at 4,800 rpm and 111 Nm at 3,600-4,400 rpm, and works alongside an electric motor/Ni-Mh battery combination offering 61 PS and 169 Nm, with combined maximum output being 100 PS. Performance figures include a 0-100 km/h time of 10.7 seconds and a 35.4 km per litre consumption, under the JC08 test cycle.
Standard safety kit includes ABS, EBD, brake assist, VSC and hill-start assist, and ten exterior colours abound, with four interior accent shades patterns (Earth Brown, Fresh Green, Cool Blue, and Natural Gray) to boot.
The Aqua will be available in three grades, these being L, S and G, with different packages to boot. Pricing starts from 1.69 million yen for the baseline model, which is just under RM70,000. It’ll be interesting to see when UMW Toyota brings this one in – it should be right up there mixing it with the Honda Insight from a price perspective, when it does.
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kalau kat Malaysia berapa laa agaknye?
Bang, this one if perodua redesign it can sell under 70k. Hahaha
lagi best replacement…
here’s another dreamer thinking Toyota-Daihatsu would be decent enough to provide Perodua with latest technology
80k will be a good buy~
Wow i found the song on youtube Aqua – barbie girl
better looking than Prius !
Unfortunately a bit smaller than Prius
wow the dashboard design so very organic! cool ! toyota is the bset!
dashboard is very ugly….
any idea when UMW will be bringing this car to malaysia? will there be a plug in Lithium battery version available like the prius?
UMW, please price it under 100k!
They will priced is under 100k, but you get the 1 or no airbag version, take off traction control, EBD, Hill-start assist. Your life ain’t worth it to give you more safety features, that is Toyota style. Kekekkeke
seriously UMW….dont think of cutting spec just becoz u wanna sell it cheap…..the “cut spec to sell cheaper becoz of high tax” does not apply anymore to this car.
put in some real good specs that the japs are getting and fight at a good price.
Again, you are just making a silly comment Vincent the childish kid
OMG…nice for the front look, how abt the rear view? if the price below 100K…the sales will better than H.Insight.
toyota badge can command rm110K, still will sell like hotcakes
It s rm 104,000. Source from umw Toyota!
Seriously?
yes make sense, insight priced at 65k in US and where new car tax almost none . sold in malaysia for 99k. so toyota aqua shall be price around 100k. however as many said, smaller than prius but not a bad choice when compared with overpriced vios or city(due to tax) plus very low fuel consumption.
Dont look nice… remind me of of some species of fish…
And now it looks like a slightly more aggressive ‘fish’.
Don’t understand why majority of the hybrid cars are hatchback??? Can’t it be a normal sedan car???
Got sedan, Camry hybrid but with the tax structure of M’sia… *sigh*…
And also the 2012 Civic Hybrid sedan
Hatchback design is more aerodynamic than sedan, from the streamline point of view. It reduces the swirl at the rear of the car, thus lowering the coefficient of drag, Cd. As a result, fuel consumption is minimized, which is the main idea of a hybrid car in the first place.
Cd wont affect much in town driving!
Believe me it does. A fraction of a second drag does affect the overall fuel consumption and performance in a long run.
what’s wrong with fish? if you are eating it; its healthy and delicious and if you are not it represents peace and serenity. its all good.
this is nice! if UMW could price 90k surely it will be a top seller! :D
The front looks like Alza….
The head lamp looks like Alza….
no, perodua copied their design language
When I first look at the front….it remind me of this kinda cute looking original Star War trilogy character
Lando’s Co-pilot “Nien Nunb”
http://www.thearchnemesis.com/best-starwars-side-characters.html
The skyline-like bumper is rather nice……and yes, petrol economy figure is astounding.
Our petrol prices still not a deterrent to encourage us to use hybrid. Assuming they priced RM100K and below, there are other choices within that price bracket(unless you’re looking at Jap cars only).
this aqua looks better. i hope toyota can bring it here and price below 80 k . sure meletop one !!
referring to the prius price of japan and malaysia, this Aqua should be around RM95k to RM99k, anything more than that is overpriced, please bring the one with 6airbags, with the price can kill Insight easily.
even that much is overpriced already
i suggest 85k-90k, with rm20k for umw to cover shipping and profit
Prius for the mom… Aqua for the son/ daughter… Camry Hybrid for the dad… way to go.
This car must sell below Honda Insight, since the price in Japan without consumption tax merely Y1.69m, a way below the cheapest Insight 1.3 Y1.84m.
Since the cc is different , and being a Toyota we can understand that the price maybe close to the Honda BUT as a fully hybrid, Aqua may entitled more tax privilege.
Toyota is real cocky if they sell this above Insight.
Ingat Toyota bodoh? If they can sell higher for better profit and the people still buy due to emblem, why they should set a price below insight.
Sama gak org sembang if tax takde, flx lagi mahal dari vios. If tax takde, of course Toyota akan naikkan harga for better profit. Tengok sajalah P1 and P2. Why P2 all overprice except 660bx
Takde org meniaga nak buat public service. Semua kepala $$$
You’re kidding me my friend! How can this be cheaper than the cheap Insight?
Insight is named “hybrid” but not really perform as named! FC is really terrible, better get a normal car instead!
In addition, this is 1500cc car! The under power Insight is 1300cc car same engine size as Myvi or Saga! But it sales nearly 100K! wao! Please wake up M’sia!
We should expect this car priced about Vios, but with hybrid technology, price should be higher than that but lower than Altis.
D u know the terms ‘atkinson cycle’? u better learn rather than teach.
Can someone kill the interior design for this car?
heard that it will be here Q1 with 100k range.
80k ok lah~ 1.5L 100k???
80k vios mati terus lu…..somemore this 1 got better performance and consumption than vios…..sure price premium, cilaka.
at least put in tons of spec to make our RM100k worth it…dammit.
According to Toyota, the Aqua/Prius c will be equipped with standard technology as in regular Prius i.e. smart key entry, bluetooth connectivity, USB port for iPod and 9 airbags (US spec though). But, there are only three driving modes (Normal, Eco and EV).
malaysian spec will surely only have 2 airbags, and tons of other features emitted
they should sell it lower than japanese price and add some for shipping and profit, which would translate to around 80-90k
OMG….1.5L for 100K…Ok lah…better than Insight, 1.3L for 98K.
Come to Malaysia please!!! Thousands++ waiting! :D
dont like the steering, dont like the console location at the middle
If bring into our local market, nama kene tukar dulu. Then price must also be much lower than Insight, else tak laku. This car is much smaller than Insight.
In US it is called Prius C.. i think C stands for Compact.
C= Cheap.. hehe..
Folks, the Prius C is on preorder in SG…
Here’s the pricelist… No thanks to the stupid COE systems we have here :(
https://www.borneomotors.com.sg/asp/ToyotaPriceListPassenger.aspx
Not my cup of tea…I mean car la. It’s actually a new Yaris with a slightly stretched chassis and a premium pricetag… Don’t expect it to offer any big car ride quality since its still based on a small car chassis
COE? Are you over the Causeway?
yes captain obvious
the aqua is more expensive than vios G by about 9-10%.
so our prices were expecting should be RM90K-RM105K region….
how’s the tax structure in SG for normal engine and hybrids? or is there tax at all?
but this car has no tax compared to the vios sold here….
so should this be cheaper instead?
Hi bro
yes I’m from the little red dot south of Bolehland.. :) where we the citizens are expected to pay tons of $$ to the gov for some services and products that we can’t even see much less feel them…. :(
‘Green’ cars eg hybrids and CNG enjoys special tax rebates here in SG. However with the recent sharp increase of COE, any tax rebates savings has been long overwhelmed by the ultra high COE $$ liao.
The details are over here
http://www.lta.gov.sg/motoring_matters/motoring_vo_tax_pte.htm
Vios is 90K.
Prius is140K
So Aqua should be 110k. or
The best price expected is 105k
Don’t expect it to be lower than 100k.
That is impossible in Malaysia.
I agree with 123, I anticipate UMW Toyota would put the price at RM105k.
man CT-200 lexus is base on Altis chassis and platform and it really and premium price. i think range 90-100k should ok, feel interior better then insight much more,
i think all hybrid designs r look alike
drool….. i want this car!
wondering how much here. Hoping considering rakyat…..
lets just hope :)
Around the price of Honda CRZ at best I think, and Insight facelift is coming soon. Honda is winning all the while for hybrids, Toyota don’t really stand a chance even though fuel efficiency is slightly higher and price is quite high. Boring drive and design for me.
Drive wise, the Prius feels better than the Insight.
and don;t forget the Insight is not a full hybrid. The engine is supported by the battery while the Prius runs the other way round.
Quite a number of Insight owners have complaiend about the constant cut-off of the air-con during traffic jams and yes, it happens. The trick is actually to leave in N, and engage handbrake.
C’mon my friend! Toyota leads the hybrid technology all the way. Honda is just follower because this is the market trend! Nissan made a right choice which try to skip this hybrid war but straight away go to “0 emmision” vehicle with its Leaf.
Prius is over-priced here but those people who appreciate the hybrid technology, worth it! Those people who don’t really know about hybrid but attracted by the “cheaper than Prius” mind-set, will then go for Insight. This is comparing Vios with Camry! 1300cc with 1800cc my friend!
is it true that when the hybrid battery of prius ‘kaput’ the car cannot start at all? or it can run using petrol alone after the battery ‘kaput’?
I think so ya, a major disadvantage compared to other mild hybrid system like Honda’s IMA. Which the car can still be driven with the petrol engine alone, and there’s a switch at the back to turn off the IMA system in case of emergencies.
you guys forgot about sales tax here… expect extra 20-30% from the real price… =)
Eh, any news on the 3008 Hybrid4? Itu barulah lagi power lagi best!
The petrol hybrid ones not really jimat, on top of that power pun takde. I’d rather buy a Focus TDCi than any of these petrol hybrids. But if the 3008 Hybrid4 betul-betul coming, wa mau booking satu!
Interior wise, I still prefer Prius’s interior if we were to compare the two only.
Normally I really don’t like the Toyota design (except for the GT-86 and some Lexus). Especially the hybrids are ugh. But this one actually looks quite good. At least from the front. Interior is still quite bad, but at least the exterior…
some this is to vs Insight? RM110K?
stupid junk will surely be overpriced at 100k +.
better buy crz anytime.
just test crz…. it small then believe….behind totally unacceptable at lease u have 3 year old kid….. over-roll 2 seat expensive car
If it’s rm 100k in malaysia, the price is still acceptable, because we don’t expect clean people/business in malaysia, we still need protection anyway, the dirty business will go on until we are free one day, but when?
‘aqua’ in Hokkien means ‘pondan’. This car will not sell in Malaysia.
Hybrid, Engine + Electric = ‘aqua’
that’s Ah kua. this one water lah ah pek!
My BF will buy for me wo :) he says the front light similar to peugot . hehehe i luv it :)
Get back to your kitchen
Ask ur bf buy u a Kancil lah ! u should go back to kitchen !
Looks very nice except for the steering… why does it have to look “fat”…
hybrid car tax still waived untill 2013 right? =)
or at least until Proton has its own hybrid