"Raum Toyota" - compact minivan for family use

The car of the brand "Raum Toyota" was produced from 1997 to 2011. The model was created on a common Toyota platform, but some modifications of the chassis were made to the design. The car "Raum Toyota", a compact minivan, needed reinforced suspension, as its design loads exceeded the technical parameters of the prototype by an order of magnitude. The front suspension of the new car, multi-link, independent with transverse stabilizers, allowed the installation of powerful spiral springs. That was done without compromising on technical characteristics. Thus, the Toyota minivan car received a front end with a sufficient margin of safety.

Finalization

With the reinforcement of the rear suspension, the developers limited themselves to half-measures, increasing the width of the pendulum-pendulum structure and slightly extending the beam-stabilizer bar. Nevertheless, the strength of the running gear of Raum Toyota increased significantly, and the car could already be operated as a family minivan. To this also had a spacious interior of the car.

Toyota Raum: Features

The overall and weight parameters of the car are impressive:

• The body is compact;
• Type - five-door, rear doors are sliding;
• Length of the car - 4045 mm;
• Height - 1535 mm along the spoiler line;
• Width - 1690 mm;
• Wheel base - 2500 mm;
• The rear track is 1430 mm;
• Front track - 1455 mm;
• Clearance, ground clearance - 150 mm;
• Capacity of gasoline tank - 45 liters;
• Fuel consumption in urban mode - 11 liters;
• Fuel consumption on the route - 7 liters;
• The weight of the equipped car is 1190 kg.

Power point

Buyers of Japanese cars are already accustomed to the variety of engines that manufacturers offer. Atmospheric gasoline, turbocharged diesel engines, hybrid electro-gas. The choice is big enough. But in this case everything looks different. The car "Toyota Raum", the engine of which does not differ either in volume or power, is a relatively inexpensive model of the M segment, and it simply does not need a motor with outstanding characteristics. Therefore, the machine has enough averaged traction parameters. Toyota minivan is successfully used in the presence of a power plant with a capacity of about 100 hp:

• Engine type - petrol, four-stroke;
• Model - 1NZ-FE;
• Power - in the mode of 4200 rpm, 80 hp, at a speed of 6,000 per minute - 106 hp;
• Working volume - 1495 cubic cm;
• The twisting moment - 141 Nanometers;
• Type of gas distribution mechanism (TIM) - DOHC;
• Number of cylinders - 4;
• Arrangement - in-line;
• Stroke of the piston - 84,7 mm;
• The diameter of the cylinder is 75 mm;
• The compression ratio is 10.5;
• Number of valves - 16;
• Grade of fuel - gasoline AI-95;
• Transmission - automatic;
• The number of transfers is four;
• Gear ratios - main pair of gears 4.05;
• Wheel layout - permanently on all-wheel drive.

Level of comfort

The "Raum Toyota" model was modernized in 2003, after which the car had a unique layout of the doors. There are no dividing racks in the body structure. When the front door and the rear door are opened, there is a 1.5 meter wide opening, so that the landing and disembarkation of passengers becomes comfortable and comfortable. The rear doors are equipped with automatic servos, open and close by pressing a button.

New

Another know-how, introduced in the process of restyling in 2003, is a rotating front seat - both driver's and passenger's. At the exit, you can turn the seat and immediately be outside the car. The invention would be useful for people with disabilities, disabled people and victims of an accident temporarily lost mobility, which had to be transported to a medical institution or from a hospital to their place of residence.

Interior

Salon model "Toyota Raum" spacious, well ventilated, with efficient heating. The seats are comfortable, covered with a strong cloth. The entire rear of the cabin occupies a spacious luggage compartment. If you need to transport a significant amount of cargo, the rear seats are folded in such a way that you get an even platform on which you can place a weight of up to four hundred kilograms.

The instrument panel is made in a good design style, the whole torpedo is integrated into the plastic shell of calm beige tones. In the center there is a low console, smoothly passing into the upper part, slightly widening in both directions. It turned out an elegant module, which organically housed numerous sensors, buttons and controls. Devices for controlling the life of the car are at arm's length and can be easily seen. In the dark, all the instruments are illuminated with a soft diffused light.

The speedometer is slightly offset from the center and is made in the form of a semicircle. To the left and to the right of it there are two main sensors: a fuel level gauge and a coolant temperature monitor. The central console housed regulators of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting and multimedia systems. All door glasses are equipped with electric drives, which are controlled by buttons mounted in the armrests.

Cost

"Toyota Raum", the price of which varies in a fairly wide range, depending on mileage and technical condition, can be purchased in the salons for the sale of used cars or in the market, with hands. In the latter case, the purchase should be carefully considered, since such a machine can have hidden defects. The cost of the model "Toyota Raum" on the run, without any obvious drawbacks, may amount to 95 to 420 thousand rubles. Prices for new cars vary considerably and depend on the region in which the salon is located.