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The Toyota Aygo (pronounced , Japanese
Japanese language

IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
 romaji
Romanization of Japanese

The romanization of Japanese or is the use of the Latin alphabet to write the Japanese language. Japanese is normally written in logogram borrowed from Chinese and syllabary scripts ....
) is a city car
City car

A city car is a small, moderately powered automobile intended for use in urban areas.It is comparable in size and features to a neighborhood electric vehicle , has four seats, and is typically long....
 sold since 2005. All Aygos are built at the new factory of the TPCA joint-venture
Joint venture

A joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing Ownership equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise....
 (Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile) in the city of Kolin
Kolín

Kol?n is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic some 55 kilometres east from Prague, lying on the Elbe river....
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
. The Aygo was first displayed at the 2005 Salon de l'Automobile
Salon International de l'Auto

File:IntAutoSalonGenf08.JPGFile:Automobilsalon Genf2006.jpgThe International Geneva Motor Show is an annual auto show held in March in the Switzerland city of Geneva....
 de Genève. The name "Aygo" comes from "i-go", symbolising freedom and mobility .

The decision to make these cars was made on July 12, 2001, when the presidents of Toyota and PSA Group, Fujio Cho
Fujio Cho

is chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation. In the Japan system, that puts him in charge of the country's largest automaker. Cho is only the second "outsider" to head Toyota Motor Co....
 and Jean-Martin Folz
Jean-Martin Folz

Jean-Martin Folz is a French businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of PSA Peugeot Citro?n from 1997 to 2007....
 respectively, decided to produce a small car to share development costs.






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The Toyota Aygo (pronounced , Japanese
Japanese language

IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
 romaji
Romanization of Japanese

The romanization of Japanese or is the use of the Latin alphabet to write the Japanese language. Japanese is normally written in logogram borrowed from Chinese and syllabary scripts ....
) is a city car
City car

A city car is a small, moderately powered automobile intended for use in urban areas.It is comparable in size and features to a neighborhood electric vehicle , has four seats, and is typically long....
 sold since 2005. All Aygos are built at the new factory of the TPCA joint-venture
Joint venture

A joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing Ownership equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise....
 (Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile) in the city of Kolin
Kolín

Kol?n is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic some 55 kilometres east from Prague, lying on the Elbe river....
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
. The Aygo was first displayed at the 2005 Salon de l'Automobile
Salon International de l'Auto

File:IntAutoSalonGenf08.JPGFile:Automobilsalon Genf2006.jpgThe International Geneva Motor Show is an annual auto show held in March in the Switzerland city of Geneva....
 de Genève. The name "Aygo" comes from "i-go", symbolising freedom and mobility .

The decision to make these cars was made on July 12, 2001, when the presidents of Toyota and PSA Group, Fujio Cho
Fujio Cho

is chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation. In the Japan system, that puts him in charge of the country's largest automaker. Cho is only the second "outsider" to head Toyota Motor Co....
 and Jean-Martin Folz
Jean-Martin Folz

Jean-Martin Folz is a French businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of PSA Peugeot Citro?n from 1997 to 2007....
 respectively, decided to produce a small car to share development costs. This project was called B-Zero
B-Zero

The B-Zero project was a joint venture between PSA Peugeot Citro?n and Toyota to develop a small city car. The project produced three similar cars:...
. The Peugeot 107
Peugeot 107

The Peugeot 107 is a city car produced by the France automaker Peugeot since summer 2005.The 107 was developed by the B-Zero project of Peugeot and Citro?n in a joint-venture with Toyota; the Citro?n C1 and Toyota Aygo are rebadged versions of the same car, although the Aygo has more detail differences than the C1....
 and Citroën C1
Citroën C1

The Citro?n C1 is a city car produced by the France manufacturer Citro?n since 2005.The C1 was developed as part of the B-Zero project by the PSA Group in a joint-venture with Toyota....
 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 and easily recognizable the rear end of the car. 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 , and a 1.4 L HDi diesel I4 engine rated at .The Aygo has a 4-star EuroNCAP
EuroNCAP

The European New Car Assessment Programme is a European car safety performance assessment programme founded in 1997 by the Transport Research Laboratory for the UK Department for Transport....
 rating.

The Aygo was used on BBC's Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)

Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
 in a giant match of football, showcasing its maneuverability. The Top Gear presenters deemed the Aygo and its Peugeot and Citroën counterpoints to be brilliant town cars.

Specifications

  • Wheelbase:
  • Length:
  • Height:
  • Dry weight:
  • Curb weight:
  • Turning circle:
  • Independent front suspension with coil springs, semi-independent torsion beam rear suspension
    Rear suspension

    For front-wheel drive automobile, rear suspension has few constraints and a variety of beam axles and independent suspensions are used.For rear-wheel drive automobile, rear suspension has many constraints and the march to the superior but more expensive independent suspension layout has been a long slog....
     with coil springs


Emissions and consumption


Gasoline / AYGO 3 & 5-door 1.0 VVT-i
VVT-i

VVT-i, or Variable Valve Timing with intelligence, is an automobile variable valve timing technology developed by Toyota, similar in performance to the BMW's VANOS....
 5-speed Man & M/M
  • Urban:
  • Extra-urban
  • Combined:
  • CO2 emissions: 109 g/km
  • 0-100 km/h: 14.2 seconds
  • Standing 1/4 mile 19.50 s
  • Top speed 157 km/h (98 mph)


Diesel / AYGO 3 & 5-door 1.4L Diesel 5-speed Man
  • Urban:
  • Extra-urban
  • Combined:
  • CO2 emissions: 109 g/km


Engines

  • 1.0 L 1KR-FE (998 cc) I3
    Straight-3

    A straight-3 or inline-3 is an internal combustion engine with three cylinder s arranged in a straight line side by side.Most straight-3 engines employ a crank angle of 120? and are thus rotationally balanced; however, since the three cylinders are offset from each other, the firing of the end cylinders induces a rocking motion from e...
    , 12 valve, DOHC, 68 PS (67 hp/50 kW) and 69 ft·lbf (94 N·m)
  • 1.4 L DV4
    Ford DLD engine

    The Ford DLD engine is an automobile piston engine family - a group of compact straight-4 Diesel engines developed jointly by Ford Motor Company and the PSA Group ....
     (1398 cc) HDi (Delphi
    Delphi

    Delphi is an archaeology site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. Delphi was the site of the Pythia, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, when it was a major site for the worship of the god Apollo after he slew the Python , a deity who lived there and protecte...
     common rail
    Common rail

    Common rail direct fuel injection is a modern variant of direct fuel injection system for petrol engine and diesel engines.On diesel engines, it features a high-pressure fuel rail feeding individual solenoid valves, as opposed to low-pressure fuel pump feeding Unit Injector , or high-pressure fuel line to mechanical valves controlled by ca...
    ) Diesel
    Diesel

    Diesel or diesel fuel in general is any fuel used in diesel engines. The most common is a specific fractional distillation of petroleum fuel oil, but alternatives that are not derived from petroleum, such as biodiesel, biomass to liquid or gas to liquid diesel, are increasingly being developed and adopted....
     I4
    Straight-4

    The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
    , 8 valve (hydraulic lash), SOHC, turbo charged (Borg-Warner, KP35), Non-intercooled, 55 PS (54 hp/40 kW) and 96 ft·lbf (130 N·m). The diesel engine option has been discontinued from the Aygo range


'Aygo Crazy' concept

In 2008, Toyota created a driveable one-off concept car based on the Toyota Aygo. Named the Aygo Crazy, it will be unveiled to the public at the British International Motor Show
British International Motor Show

The British International Motor Show is an automobile show held biennially in the United Kingdom. It is recognised as an international show by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, before appearing at other UK-based motor shows during the summer.

Aygo Crazy has a rear mounted 1.8 litre VVTi engine from the Toyota MR2
Toyota MR2

The Toyota MR2 is a two-seat, MR layout, rear wheel drive sports car produced by Toyota from 1984 until July 2007 when production stopped in Japan, in three different design series....
 and Celica, mated to an MR2 five speed gearbox and fitted with a Toyota Motorsport turbocharger
Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or turbo, is a gas compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. Like a supercharger, the purpose of a turbocharger is to increase the mass of air entering the engine to create more power....
 conversion. The manufacturer claims the engine produces at 6,700 rpm and torque at 3,400 rpm.

Weighing just , this gives it a 0-62 mph sprint time of 5.75 seconds and a theoretical top speed of , though the latter has not been tested. Unlike the standard Aygo, it has no driver aids, power steering or anti-lock brakes but its rear wheel drive layout helps traction under heavy acceleration.

Exterior modifications include wider arches to accommodate the one inch of extra track, 17-inch alloy wheels with Goodyear
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. Today it is the third largest tire company in the world after Bridgestone and Michelin....
 tyres and a carbon fibre rear spoiler designed for the American Champ Car
Champ Car

Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of automobiles used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race....
 series.

Suspension is from the MR2, with adjustable Tein shock absorbers and McPherson struts
MacPherson strut

The MacPherson strut is a type of automobile suspension system which uses the axis of a telescopic damper as the upper steering pivot, widely used in modern vehicles and named after Earl S....
 front and rear. To cope with the extra power, Toyota upgraded the standard front brake discs to a Brembo
Brembo

Brembo is a manufacturer of automotive brake systems, especially for high-performance cars and motorcycles. It was established in Bergamo, Italy in 1961, and now operates worldwide....
 conversion, with ventilated rear discs replacing the drums normally found on the Aygo. An uprated Helix
Helix

A helix is a special kind of space curve, i.e. a Differentiable manifold curve in three-space. As a mental image of a helix one may take the spring ....
 clutch is also used.

The interior features a partial roll cage
Roll cage

A roll cage is a specially constructed frame built in or around the cab of a vehicle to protect the occupants from being injured in an accident, particularly in the event of a roll-over....
 for extra chassis stiffness and driver protection. Two specially designed sports seats, trimmed in red and black, and a suede-rimmed Sparco
Sparco

Sparco S.p.A is an Italian auto part and accessory company headquartered in Settimo Torinese, Turin, Italy that specializes in producing items such as seats, steering wheels, harnesses, racewear and helmets....
 steering wheel complete the race-inspired look.

Toyota claims the Aygo Crazy cost £100,000 to build.

See also

  • Start-Stop
  • Toyota iQ
    Toyota iQ

    Toyota first introduced the iQ as a concept city car at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. Toyota later revealed the production version at the 2008 Geneva Auto Show, with Japanese sales beginning in October 2008 and UK sales in January 2009....


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