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Best People Mover


Toyota Avensis Verso GLX

Toyota Avensis Verso GLX
2.0-litre, 4-cylinder
4-speed automatic
4-door wagon
$41,900



Value for Money
Importance
Pricing 4 Critical
Depreciation Cost 3 Medium
Running & Repair 3 High
Fuel Consumption 5 High
Warranty 3 Medium
Standards Features 3 Medium



Design & Function

 
Safety 4 Critical
Security 3 Low
Comfort 4 Critical
Space 3 Critical
Practicality 4 Critical
Ergonomics & Vision 4 Critical
Build & Finish Quality 5 Medium
Innovation 2 Low



On the Road

 
Performance 4 Medium
Ride 4 High
Handling 4 Medium
Braking 4 High
Smoothness/Quietness 3 Medium



Overall Average


3.77



Key to Ratings

 
Well Above Average 5 .
Above Average 4 .
Average 3 .
Below Average 2 .
Well Below Average 1 .

Importance Weighting

 
Critical 1.00 .
High 0.80 .
Medium 0.40 .
Low 0.20 .



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It might be said that assessing the people movers in this year's awards was going to be somewhat of a no-brainer, given that there had been virtually no activity in this segment since last year.

Nevertheless, the nine judges applied the usual testing rigour to the three final contestants.

We climbed in them, around them, stacked them full of burly blokes, pulled the seats up and down, drove them on all sorts of terrain and generally re-checked the vehicles and our scores to see if we had missed anything old or new.

Despite little fundamental change to any of the contenders, the judges knew they had to have the discussion (and a little argument) all over again. But even with revised criteria for innovation, the results come up unchanged from 2002: another successive Best People Mover gong to Toyota's Avensis Verso GLX, ahead of Zafira and Odyssey.

As with the winners in most categories, it is consistency that does the trick for Avensis. It is easily shaded by the Zafira in a couple of Value For Money criteria but outpoints the Holden in most of the critically weighted Design and Function areas.

A few of the Toyota's people-mover competitors manage better overall scores in the 'On The Road' section (performance, ride, handling, braking and smoothness) but the Toyota scores at least threes and fours and, importantly, outscores Zafira.

Top 5

Toyota Avensis Verso GLX, Holden Zafira, Honda Odyssey 2.3 Auto, Mitsubishi Nimbus, Honda Odyssey 3.0 Auto

Previous Results
2007 - Honda Odyssey Luxury
2006 - Honda Odyssey Luxury
2005 - Honda Odyssey Luxury
2004 - Honda Odyssey Luxury
2003 - Toyota Avensis Verso GLX
2002 - Toyota Avensis Verso GLX
2001 - Mitsubishi Nimbus
2000 - Mitsubishi Nimbus

 
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