The
Toyota Noah is an eight-seater MPV with two rear sliding doors built by Toyota Motor Company and sold only in
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. A five-seater version without the third seat row is available (YY grade). Its predecessor was the
Toyota Liteace NoahThe Toyota Liteace is a line of motor vehicles produced by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota. Launched in 1970, the Liteace is a medium-sized van which was most commonly exported to Asia, Australia and Africa....
. The Noah has a twin version named
Toyota Voxy, with lower ground clearance.
The Noah's 154 hp engine takes 9.8 seconds to reach 100 km/h (60 mph) up to a top speed of 175 km/h. It also has a smoother ride and better handling than the last generation Noah.
First launched in 2001, it is positioned below the Estima and
AlphardThe Toyota Alphard is a luxury MPV produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota since 2002. It is available as a seven or eight-seater with 2.4 and 3.0 litre gasoline engines in 3 different model lines - Alphard G, Alphard V, and the Alphard Hybrid, which uses the 2.4 litre engine along with an...
, and above the
SientaThe Toyota Sienta is a small five-door minivan with sliding doors sold only in Japan. Introduced in September 2003, it seats seven despite its very small size. It features avant-garde styling that is very similar to the Renault Twingo....
. Its main competitors are the
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and the
Nissan SerenaThe Nissan Serena started life as a very small people carrier, but grew larger with each generation over the years. Earlier versions were FR layout with a live axle mounted on leaf springs. Later versions had a multilink independent rear suspension, and were FF layout or 4WD...
.
The current design of the Noah was released in 2007. This version has a 2.0 L
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engine,
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and standard front wheel drive or available
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.
For model year 2007 on Japanese models only,
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, a subscription
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service, is offered as an option.
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