Brunei’d girl

My wife and I are moving to Brunei soon and will need to buy a car there. I have got wind of a car available - a Toyota Soluna 1997, but I have never heard of the model. As far as I can ascertain, it was brought out mainly in Thailand. Do you have any info? Assuming of course that it is in decent condition.

Asked on 3 October 2009 by

Answered by Honest John

We did 500 miles in our Thai assembled Toyota Soluna Vios in Thailand yesterday. It has done a total of 123,000km reliably. The Soluna model ran to 2003, then the Soluna Vios from 2003 to 2008, then the plain Vios from 2008. They are all sub-Corolla sized 4-door saloons with 1.5 litre engines and (mostly) 4-speed automatic boxes. Ours has a chain cam 1.5 litre 110PS engine. Not sure if the previous Soluna was belt or chain. Soluna Vios entry in car-by-car breakdown and also a road test at www.honestjohn.co.uk

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