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Toyota Tarago With Enhanced Features – Aug 03, 2016– Aichi , Japan (Techreleased) – Toyota has significantly improved the value and appeal of its Tarago range by adding in-demand features and upgrading interiors while lowering prices. Satellite navigation is now standard across the range, being rolled down to the volume-selling GLi and GLX four-cylinder and V6 […]
Toyota Tarago With Enhanced Features – Aug 03, 2016– Aichi , Japan (Techreleased) – Toyota has significantly improved the value and appeal of its Tarago range by adding in-demand features and upgrading interiors while lowering prices.
Satellite navigation is now standard across the range, being rolled down to the volume-selling GLi and GLX four-cylinder and V6 variants at the same time as recommended retail prices for these variants have been reduced by $1,500.
Range-topping Tarago Ultima V6, which falls in price by $1716, joins all grades in receiving new safety features – a reversing camera and an emergency brake signal that flashes the hazard lights during heavy stopping.
The four-cylinder Tarago range now starts from $45,490* – a price that has not been seen since the 1990s. Prices for V6 grades – first introduced in 2007 – have never been lower, now starting at $50,490*. The latest reductions follow price cuts early last year flowing from the free-trade agreement with Japan.
Toyota Australia’s executive director sales and marketing Tony Cramb said the latest updates would expand upon the compelling reasons for Tarago to be purchased by people whose needs have outgrown other vehicles.
“Families and business owners will appreciate that Tarago’s renowned space, comfort and quality have been enhanced by a more upscale interior and even better value due to expanded levels of equipment and sharper pricing,” Mr Cramb said.
All Tarago interiors have been upgraded with a black soft-touch dashboard, piano-black treatments for the centre cluster and air vents, and improved heater/air-conditioning controls with easier-to-use electrostatic switches.
The Optitron instruments have been redesigned to incorporate a colour 4.2-inch multi-information display (MID) alongside a semi-circular speedometer and a horizontal tachometer. New three-spoke steering wheels include MID controls.
Ultima, and now V6 GLX, have auto-levelling high-intensity discharge headlamps with an adaptive front lighting system that enables them to swivel on low beam to provide better illumination when turning corners.
Six of the seven exterior colours (not glacier white) feature self-restoring paint^ with scratch-resistant elasticity that can flex on impact and return to its original shape without damage.
Tarago engines are now certified to the higher Euro 5 emissions standard with no change to fuel consumption while the electric power-steering system has been improved with a revised intermediate shaft that provides a more direct on-centre feel.
Tarago’s 202kW 3.5-litre V6 is matched with a six-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission with artificial intelligence and a sequential-style manual gear select shift. The 125kW 2.4-litre four-cylinder with a continuously variable automatic transmission uses just 8.9 litres to travel 100km**. V6 fuel economy is 10.2 litres/100km** for GLi and 10.3 litres/100km** for GLX and Ultima.
Standard safety equipment includes seven airbags, vehicle stability and traction control, anti-skid brakes, electronic brake-force distribution and brake assist. All models have cruise control, hill-start assist, tilt-and-telescopic steering column adjustment, front and rear heater/air-conditioning, rear spoiler and remote central locking. Two front corner and four rear parking sensors are standard on GLX and Ultima.
GLi and four-cylinder GLX models offer eight seats, including a three-passenger second-row seat with 60/40 split. V6 GLX and Ultima grades have seven seats, including two adjustable captain’s chairs with integrated ottomans in the second row and a sliding centre console.
Three-person third-row seats are split 60:40 and can be folded forward to increase cargo space. In V6 models, they can be stowed with a flat luggage floor and are electrically operated in Ultima.
GLi models run on 16-inch steel wheels while the other grades are fitted with 17-inch alloys – 10-spoke for GLX and 15-spoke for Ultima.
Tarago is covered by the capped-price Toyota Service Advantage at a maximum of $180 per service for the first six standard scheduled services##.
Tarago – a favourite for more than 30 years
Tarago – with local sales of more than 102,000 vehicles – has played an integral part in the development and appeal of people-movers in this country.
The switch from rear-wheel drive to front-wheel drive, with the release of third generation Tarago in 2000, allowed for design improvements in space, accessibility and aerodynamics.
Tarago continued to evolve with the fourth generation in 2006, introducing a new level of style, package efficiency, performance, fuel economy and low emissions. The first V6 Tarago was launched in 2007.
