Improvement

10 years period of time has brought remarkable improvements in automobile production, finding out them on NCP10 TOYOTA Vitz, about the motor, all alminum cylinder block, continuous intake valve timing adjustment system VVTi and offset crank shaft design, and about trans-axle, accelarative lock-up contorol while any gear position Super Intelligent Transmission.

But on the other hand, improved compliance axle design spoiles the stability that is indispensable for driving pleasure, especially compliance bushes equipped in frontal lower arms are not acceptable for me. Additionally the worse is rear axle beam construction,lateral movement of rear H shaped beam axle makes the steering astringency cloudy and dull so much, though newer model has some modification by twisting the arm hinge axas inside on both side.

The similarities of NCP10 TOYOTA Vitz with ancient Volkswagen Type1 Beetle are followings:

Small and light weight.

Driving high position.

4 cylinders and 1,3L motors.

Trailing rear beam axle.

Relatively low price.

World wide exporting targets.

Shallow baggage space.

Simple dash board.

Not so good but not so bad stability.

No fatigue after a relatively long driving.