Is the MPV doomed? Well no. BMW recently introduced a brand new 2-series Active Tourer and today it is Toyota that introduces a new MPV. The new compact MPV from Toyota listens to the name Rumion and, despite its modest dimensions, offers space for up to seven passengers.
The relationship between Toyota and Suzuki grows closer every year. Suzuki supplies its own versions of the Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid and Corolla TS in Europe in the form of the Across and Swace and far outside Europe the Suzuki Baleno drives around as Toyota Starlet and Glanza. In addition, Toyota has recently introduced a new Urban Cruiser in India, a car that is in fact nothing more than a Suzuki Vitara Brezza, which Toyota has been able to pour its own sauce over. Today, a second model from Suzuki is going to Toyota, in South Africa Toyota is launching a new MPV called Rumion.
Toyota Rumion
The Toyota Rumion is secretly not a Toyota at all. In fact, the Toyota Rumion is a Suzuki Ertiga, a relatively compact MPV that was unveiled in its current form in 2018. The Ertiga is an MPV that Suzuki supplies in countries such as Brunei, India, Indonesia, Indonesia, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam and which is now also sold as Toyota in South Africa. Just like the Ertiga, the Rumion is a MPV that is just under 4.4 meters long, which, despite its limited dimensions, offers space for up to seven passengers thanks to a third row of seats. The Rumion is therefore a size smaller than the 4-meter long Daihatsu Sigra and Toyota Calya built in Indonesia by Astra Daihatsu Motor, which operate in a comparable segment. Unlike those two MPVs, the Rumion is just like the Ertiga on the Heartect platform that we know from the Suzuki Swift. At 2.74, the wheelbase of the Toyota Rumion and Suzuki Ertiga is considerably larger than that of the Swift (2.45 meters).
Toyota Rumion
Toyota puts a name that may be familiar to Toyota fanatics on its new compact MPV, a Japanese department of Toyota once delivered the Toyota Corolla Rumion based on the Scion xB based on the Scion xB, but the Rumion part of that name has no longer been since 2015. in use. The new Toyota Rumion has a 105 hp and 138 Nm strong 1.5-liter four-cylinder petrol engine that can be coupled to a five-speed manual transmission and a four-speed automatic transmission. The MPV offers up to 550 liters of luggage space and costs €14,160 in South Africa.
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