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Toyota Auris and Auris HSD (2007 - )  
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Decent combination of ride and handling that might suit some people better than a harder sprung Golf or a Civic. Quick yet soft T180/SR180 2.2 diesel. Excellent hybrid version is best of the range.

Unadventurous styling.

Introduction

Latest Update 24-2-2012: Power steering of 25,000 mile June 2007 Auris diesel failed. Car taken to Inchcape Toyota. Reader informed that computer controller for the power steering had to be replaced, but Toyota provided it FOC and Inchcape only charged me £80 to install it. 

Introduction:

The Auris is a decent enough looking car, a bit like a big Yaris, sitting on a long wheelbase and a few centimetres taller than the average C segment hatchback. It's a bit more interesting inside, with a flying buttress arrangement housing the gearlever higher than most of us are used to, a commodious centre console and a flat rear floor making it a five seater which is genuinely comfortable for five. Disappointingly, the ‘Optitron' digital dash is laid out with analogue circular instruments instead of the excellent central digital display of the Yaris that you don't have to re-focus from.

 

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Last updated 24 February 2012
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