2016 Toyota Innova Review

2016 Toyota Innova Review

The new Innova has completely changed the design compared to the previous generation with no more rounded lines but instead embossed straight lines that make the new Innova modern, youthful and similar to Toyota Highlander.

The headlight cluster is equipped with advanced Projector technology. Along with that modernity is the impressive LED strip. The borderless grille is the focal point of the entire design, many spokes are made convex, forming a floating form.

The chassis is designed to be thicker than the old design, which is more solid. The latest generation of Innova is expected to increase in size boldly in all 3 lengths, width, and height. The length increased by 150mm to reach 4.525mm, the width increased by 70m to 1.900mm, the height increased by 35mm to reach 1830mm. The wheelbase remains the same at 2.750mm.

The boomerang-shaped rear lights that rest on the polished rear windshield look very nice and are equipped with 2 reverse sensors but no reverse camera. When opening the trunk, the 3rd row seats fold up quite easily, when folded up, you will see a large space typical of Innova is wide and convenient.

Toyota equips the Innova 2017 with a 2.0L engine block with a capacity of 137 horsepower DOHC style with VVT-i technology. Equipped with a 6-speed gearbox instead of 4-speed like the old version. The manual version has a 5-speed gearbox.

Inside the interior compartment inside the Innova is spacious and has many storage compartments, glass storage, water storage and 1 cold compartment to store water for long trips.

The interior design of the center version is quite beautiful, but not luxurious, but it is quite beautiful with silver-plated borders, imitation wood paneling with a bit similar to Lexus.

The steering wheel is covered with a lot of leather, the control buttons make me not need to press the buttons on the center panel, all functions are pressed right on the steering wheel such as listening to Bluetooth calls, increasing or decreasing the volume of songs, menus etc.

The dashboard is designed with 3D floating to look gentle and beautiful, but not sophisticated but simple and elegant. In the middle is a screen full of information, clear. The center console has 1 DVD screen, touch screen connected to many phone tools, applications, tools etc. can also swipe like smartphones.

The air conditioner on the most advanced version is an automatic air conditioner with quite elegant looking knobs. The bottom has an Eco mode and Power mode button and next to it is a button to turn off the electronic balance mode, only on the V version has electronic balance mode and other versions do not have this mode.

Leather seats are on the high-end version which is soft and huggable, all the glass doors of the 4 doors are automatic, the folding mirrors are automatically adjusted by electricity, the seats are also 8-way electrically adjustable on the high-end version, but no The steering wheel is still mechanical, above the glass cluster and turn on the lights, it looks elegant with a fairly large light cover, but the rearview mirror in the car is a mechanical mirror, not an automatic light-sensitive mirror, on the most advanced version. Equipped with a light sensor, turn on automatically when going through a dark road or it is dark, the lights will automatically light up in the high-end version equipped with 7 airbags and the regular version has 3 airbags. As a family car, Innova's second row of seats is very wide, the ceiling has an extra 2mm of knee height that is very comfortable without touching, the side also has 10 automatic adjustable air-conditioning vents and has a running contour. Surrounded with built-in night lights are very beautiful.

As a 1-seater car, the 7rd row of seats is extremely important to be spacious and the 3rd row of Innova's seats is both comfortable for people under 3m1 tall and can be folded, all seats in the new Innova have headrest. In the 80rd row, there are also air-conditioning vents that are not afraid of being hot in the summer.

This version of Innova is the same as the previous version, using oil power instead of electric power, although the oil assist is adjusted more like that, but the oil booster is still compact and probably a bit heavy in the hand if moving in the city. It's a bit tiring, but if you run long distances or climb steep hills, it will create a more masculine and sure feeling, because it is changed from a 4-speed gearbox to a 6-speed, so the gearshift is also softer.

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• Overall dimensions : D x R x C : 4735 x 1830 x 1795 mm
• Wheelbase: 2750 mm; Transmission: 5-speed manual or 6-speed automatic
• Turning radius: 5.4m; Wheels : 16-inch alloy casting
• Automatic air conditioning 2 climate zones; LED projector headlights
• LED lighting system in the car; Touch screen DVD with 6 speakers
• Airbag system 3-7 bags.; The rear seats fold flexibly and the space in the car is more spacious than the old version
• Engine: 2.0 liter, 16 valve DOHC Dual VVT-i, capacity 139 hp
• Average fuel consumption: 6,3L/100km.

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