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Encyclopedia > Toyota Aygo
Toyota Aygo
Toyota Aygo at 2005 Belgrade Automobile Fair
Manufacturer Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech
Also called Peugeot 107
Citroen C1
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 inches)
Length 3.41 m (134.2 inches)
Width 1.62 m (63.7 inches)
Height 1.47 m (57.8 inches)
Curb weight 890 kg (1,521 pounds)

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. Download high resolution version (1280x960, 249 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Automakers, also known as carmakers, automobile manufacturers, motor manufacturers, or the automobile industry are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech (TPCA) is an automobile manufacturing company in Kolin, Czech Republic. ... The Peugeot 107 is a city car produced by the French automaker Peugeot since summer 2005. ... Citroën C1 - 4-door version The Citroën C1 is a minicar developed by PSA Group (Peugeot/Citroën) in a joint-venture with japanese group Toyota Motor Corporation. ... It has been suggested that Vehicle size class be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Urban car. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Internal combustion engine. ... The Toyota KR engine family is a straight-3 piston engine series, designed by Daihatsu, which is a subsidiary of Toyota. ... A Straight-3 is an internal combustion engine with three cylinders arranged in a straight line side by side. ... The DLD automobile engine family is a group of compact straight-4 Diesel engines developed jointly by Ford Motor Company and the PSA Group (Peugeot/Citroën). ... The UN Human Development Index (HDI) measures poverty, literacy, education, life expectancy, and other factors. ... Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913), inventor of the diesel engine. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kerb (sometimes mis-spelled as curb by Americans) weight is the total weight of a vehicle with standard equipment, all necessary operating consumables (such as motor oil and coolant), a full tank of fuel and not loaded with either passengers or cargo. ... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyōgana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji The romanization of Japanese is the use of the Latin alphabet (called rōmaji )   in Japanese) to write the Japanese language, which is normally written in logographic characters borrowed from Chinese (kanji) and syllabic scripts... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Urban car. ... Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile (TPCA) is a joint-venture set up by the PSA Group and Toyota Motor Corporation for the development and manufacturing of a new minicar. ... Kolín is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic on the Elbe river. ... Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the Rhône River. ...


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. July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Toyota Motor Corporation ), or Toyota is a Japanese multinational corporation and the worlds largest automaker by sales revenue as of 2007[3]. Together with its half-owned subsidiary Daihatsu, the company was the worlds second largest auto company by revenue of $179 billion and total vehicle production, most... The PSA Peugeot Citroën Group (in French, Groupe PSA) is a vehicle company that owns the marques Peugeot and Citroën. ... The B-Zero project was a joint venture between PSA Peugeot Citroën and Toyota to develop a small city car. ... The Peugeot 107 is a city car produced by the French automaker Peugeot since summer 2005. ... The Citroën C1 is a city car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën since 2005. ... Badge engineering is a term that describes the rebadging of one model of car as another. ...


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, and a 1.4 L HDi diesel I4 engine rated at 54 bhp.The Aygo has a 4-star EuroNCAP rating. EuroNCAP, the European New Car Assessment Programme, is a safety assessment programme for automobiles supported by several European governments, many major manufacturers and motoring organisations across the world. ...

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Specifications

  • Wheelbase: 2340 mm
  • Length: 3405 mm
  • Height: 1465 mm
  • Dry weight: 790 kg (1741.65 lb)
  • Curb weight: 890 kg (1962.11 lb)
  • Turning circle: 9.46 m (31.03 ft)
  • 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 (2007 Toyota Prius 104 g/km !)

Diesel / AYGO 3 & 5-door 1.4L Diesel 5-speed Man Hybrid Synergy Drive The Toyota Prius is the first mass-produced and marketed hybrid automobile/car. ...

  • 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[1]

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)

The Toyota KR engine family is a straight-3 piston engine series, designed by Daihatsu, which is a subsidiary of Toyota. ... A Straight-3 is an internal combustion engine with three cylinders arranged in a straight line side by side. ... The DLD automobile engine family is a group of compact straight-4 Diesel engines developed jointly by Ford Motor Company and the PSA Group (Peugeot/Citroën). ... Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913), inventor of the diesel engine. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ...

Trivia

  • The name "Aygo" comes from "i-go",[2] symbolising freedom and mobility.[3]
  • The Aygo was awarded the Car of the Year award for 2005 from Top Gear magazine, alongside the £840,000, 253-mph 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.

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