What is this? Strange Japanese Car...

blobert

Hi, does anyone know what the car in the picture is?







It is was for sale through these guys (the photos were in with a Figaro) but I can't find it in their listings:

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=search&BusinessID=1944&MakeID=&xMakeID=&xModelID=&xYear=

Thanks in advance

peasant

a Toyota "Wills" (or something like that) ...based on the Yaris

woop

thats weird seen it in what used to be hills garage in Bray the other day, tis strange alright

ciarsd

Speaking of Will's - I passed a Toyota Will VS at the weekend, what a weird shaped car also. Kinda concept look to the front and to a point at the rear.

Vikings

Was that the black one that does be around Lucan? Lovely looking car, pretty fast to boot.

blobert

Thanks for that, it is indeed the Toyota Will:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_WiLL

The Japanese sure make a lot of interesting small cars, I like the Toyota BB a lot also.

I'm in the process of bringing in a Toyota Yaris from Japan at the moment, if that goes well I might bring in some more interesting cars like the above one in the future.

Tipsy Mac

Looks like a Micra crossbred with a Yaris

unkel

Never mind that Toyota, the standard and imagination of design is similar enough to most modern Asian cars. The real culprit in the pic is the Mitsuoka Viewt behind it. Hand me over the designer of that yoke and I will personally torture him

Mankind wasn't created / didn't evolve to endure having to look at that :mad:

drdre

I seen that car or a car like that on the N11 last week.It looks weird.

TomMc

Pass me a sick bag QUICK !

Anyone who would buy something like that, should have their driving license confiscated.

It kind of reminds me of Citroen's corrugated H Vans. Fine in their day, served a purpose but to have such styling today - I despair.


It's like something Inspector Clueso would drive !

Bit like the Megane too.

drdre

TomMc wrote:

Pass me a sick bag QUICK !

Anyone who would buy something like that, should have their driving license confiscated.

It kind of reminds me of Citroen's corrugated H Vans. Fine in their day, served a purpose but to have such styling today - I despair.


It's like something Inspector Clueso would drive !

Bit like the Megane too.

Yeah i would agree with you.Who would want to buy it? once they go to sell it in a couple of years they will only get a penny.:p

sesswhat

At first glance I thought it was a Kubelwagen, the one that always got blown up first in the ambush on the German patrol.

PauloMN

Looks like an attempt at a mini-Hummer that's been taken and bent in the middle. To sum up, it looks fuppin' horrible!

G Luxel

The car came out in 2000. Its built on a Yaris floorpan. Toyota even had a special showroom in Tokyo to sell these cars. When I arrived to view the car I was handed loads of postcards and brochures. There was also a promotion running and everything from fridges to cups had the Will logo on it and all these were on display next to the car. The whole showroom looked more like a gameshow with loads of prizes. As I walked around the small showroom with two of these cars in it, there were on the wall actual I/12 scale models of the same car which they showed you as regarding the colour. There is now a different Will car called the Cypha which looks a little bit concepty. The VS is built on a Corolla floorpan and looks more Peugeot than concepty but is no longer built.

colm_mcm

I think the Will Cypha is brilliant looking, if only Toyota Europe were as brave as they were when they brought over the Funcargo and called it the Yaris Verso!