The 4th generation Noah & Voxy has all the performance required for minivans [What is Toyota Noah / Voxy?]

■4代目ノア／ヴォクシーへ集大成されてきたもの

● What is Toyota: The world's largest car manufacturer that began with spinning and weaving?

Sakichi Toyoda, the great -grandfather of Akio Toyota, the president of Toyota Motor Corporation, invented the Toyota -style wood -made human loom in 1890 and obtained a patent.We will build the basics of the Toyota Group, such as immersing in the invention and struggling to launch Toyota Bun -bobs.

Kiichiro, the eldest son of Sakichi, joins Toyoda Bunen.Kiichiro will be the managing director of the Toyota Automatic Organization Works established in 1926.

In 1933, a car production department was established in the Toyota Automatic Organization Works, and in 1935, the first Toyoda AA type passenger car was manufactured.In 1937, the car production department became Toyota Motor Industry.

In 1938, the mother's factory (currently the headquarters factory) was established, but in 1939 it entered World War II.On August 14, 1945, the day before the end of the war, about one -quarter of the mother's factory was destroyed by air raids.

In September of the same year, GHQ permits trucks, and in December, they have permission to convert civil demand.In 1947, he manufactured Toyopet SA type, the first newly designed vehicle after the war, and in 1955 he began manufacturing a purely domestic car, Toyopet Crown.

The times are a bit around, but Toyota Motor Industry has been in a business crisis in the 1940s.

The biggest measure to get out of this crisis was the separation of the sales department.In 1950, Toyota Motor Sales was established, and in 1982, Toyota Motor Industry and Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. merged and became the current Toyota Motor, and the manufacturing department and sales department were separate companies.

The number of global productions, which did not reach 12,000 units in 1950, exceeded 100,000 units in 1959, over 200,000 units in 1961, and over 1 million units in 1968, and declined.In 2007, it will be over 8.5 million units.

This production volume is from Toyota Motor Corporation, and there are vehicles produced by cooperating companies, so the sales volume will increase even more.Currently, Toyota's global sales are over 10 million units, which is the world's largest for the second consecutive year, 2020 and 2021.

●ノア&ヴォクシーの歴史：先祖は1968年登場のミニエース

Noah and Voxy's names appear in the Toyota car lineup from the Light Ace Noa & Town Acenoa, which appeared in 1996.

Following its history, you will reach a car called a mini -ace coach in the carbuver type 1 box that appears in November 1968.The history of the miniace begins with the truck that appeared in 1967.In October 1968, Hiace Wagon, a Hiace passenger model, appears.Miniace is a small version of Hiace, and is marketed in November 1968.

The miniace is manufactured until 1975, but in 1970, a model that is located between the mini Ace and Hiace will be added.After the miniace sales are completed, Light Ace will play a role in mini ace.So, in 1976, Town Ace appeared in 1976 as a model that fills the between light ace and Hiace.

Light Ace appears in the second generation in 1979 and the third generation in 1986.On the other hand, town ace shifts to the second generation in 1982.In fact, this small ace has another model called Master Ace Surf.At the time, the Toyota store could not handle the light ace or town, so it was Master Ace Surf that was set as a small 1 box car that could be sold at the Toyota store.The content of the master ace surf was almost the same as Town Ace.Master Ace Surf is sold from 1982 to 1992.

Master Ace Surf disappears in 1992, but Light Ace and Town Ace will continue to be sold.Then, in 1996, the light ace and town ace were made at the same time, and each was changed to a car name, Light Acenoa and Town Acenoa, respectively.The body that was a carbuver in the Light Ace & Town Ace was changed to a semi -cabover.

Light Acenoa and Town Acenoa were fully remodeled in 2001, Light Acenoa will be changed to Voxy and Town Acenoa will be changed to Noah.At this time, the basic drive system will be FF.Voxy was sporty, and Noah was a family line.Both Voxy and Noah will be fully remodeled in the second generation in 2007 and in January 2014.In October 2014, an Esquire, which is the third car, has been a three -brother system since the era of Master Ace Surf.

Initially, the sales channel set up a store that handles Voxy, Noah, and Esquire, but from May 2020, all Toyota dealers were changed to all vehicles.For this reason, Voxy and Esquire will be abolished before the full model change in 2022 and will be unified to Noah?The rumor was heard, but only Esquire was abolished by the full model change, and Voxy and Noah were continued.

●ノア&ヴォクシーの基本概要：TNGA系のGA-Cプラットフォームを採用

The new Noah & Voxy has adopted a platform called TNGA GA-C.The wheelbase is 2850 mm as the predecessor, the tread is 1480 mm before and after the predecessor model (5 numbers), while the new model is 1500 mm for the front and 1515mm for the rear.

The installed power unit is two liters of gasoline engine and 1.8 -liter gasoline engine+motor hybrid, and the drive system is FF and 4WD.The specifications of the gasoline engine are 170 horsepower/202nm.

The hybrid has 98 horsepower/142 nm for the engine, 95 horsepower/185 nm for the front motor, and 41 hp/84 nm for the 4WD rear motor.The battery for hybrids has become a lithium ion from the conventional nickel hydrogen.

There are two types of sheet arrays, 2-3-3 people from the front, and seven members, 2-2-3.The once -existence two -row seat model is not set.The third sheet is a method in which the third seat is divided into two parts and folded to the left and right, but it can be fixed by pressing it against the wall instead of fixing it with a strap as before.

The manual type rear hatch can also be stopped in the middle of the operation range.The convenience aspect has evolved significantly, such as making it possible to install it at 33,000 yen by making the step that comes out of the riding at the time of boarding instead of an electric power.

● Noah & Voxy Design: Family image Noah and aggressive Voxy

The theme of the design is "Energetic Bold", and by combining "maximizing the indoor space" and "dynamic feeling", pursuing a "dignified and dynamic powerful haco" style, providing customer's security and joy of owning it., It is.

すでにノア&ヴォクシーは、市場で認知されているクルマであり、ノアならこの雰囲気、ヴォクシーならこんな感じというデザイン上のイメージは出来上がっています。すなわち、ノアは和気あいあいとしたファミリーミニバン、ヴォクシーはファミリーミニバンでありながらアグレッシブなテイストをプラスしたモデルというものです。

In this full model change, the direction was maintained.Noah's standard model has a 16 -inch tire to a thick horizontal bar -based plating grill, and the Noah aero model has a dark -style change to give a little power, and a 17 -inch tire is also available.Voxy is a grilled design that splits both sides and both sides, which is common from the predecessor.In the predecessor, both sides had a horizontal design, but in the new model, mesh is used.This mesh part is a little Lexus style, and I feel that it is quite luxurious.Esquire has been abolished, and the elements of Esquire may have been absorbed by Voxy.

The interior is refreshing without being strange.The instrument panel adopts a shape that values the flatness while using the curved surface.The meter is stored in a solid cover at the back of the steering.The liquid crystal monitor is not built -in and is kept near the center.

● Noah & Voxy's packaging: 3 -row seat minivan that is faithful to the basics

The basic packaging has not changed from the predecessor, but the degree of perfection has been high by changing the platform to TNGA.The used platform is called GA-C and is also used for Prius, C-HR, and Corolla.

A power unit is placed in the front section and the crew is on the front section, and the seat sequence is three rows.The important thing in the minivan system is the second and third row seat action.

First of all, it is the third row, but the storage is a type that jumps up to the left and right with a division of 5 to 5.The flip -up sheet can be fixed simply by pushing it in.

The second row has two types, a bench type that can ride three people and a separate type with two people.Both are methods that allow a long distance to move before and after a super long slide, but in the new model, long slides are possible with one action.

In addition, there is also an option called "Utility Package", which replaces the bench for three people on the second seat with a bench for two people.This is possible to get into the third seat without moving the second seat, and it is like removing the auxiliary seat from a second seat with a flip -up type, which is in the old box wagon.increase.

● Noah & Voxy Run: Best Feel is a hybrid 4WD

The three types were available: hybrid FF, hybrid 4WD, and gasoline engine specification FF.The combination of FF is the most reasonable gasoline engine, but this type is not very dissatisfied.The torque feels a little thinner than the hybrid, but not enough to complain.On the other hand, the Hybrid FF has an overall torque feeling, and it was possible to join the Metropolitan Expressway, which started on a slope.

The attraction of the hybrid is that it can improve fuel efficiency by generating energy during deceleration.This is the same for Noah & Voxy, not only is it simply returning the accelerator pedal on the downhill, but it also has the feeling that "Oh, I'm collecting the energy I used."It is a good place to realize.

The best thing about running feel is the hybrid 4WD.The hybrid 4WD has the impression that the rear motor is working firmly, and the tracing performance during cornering matches the human feeling.In recent years, Toyota is very good at using the rear motor, and a car called E-FOUR is often getting the impression that it feels good to ride.

ADAS (advanced driving support system) can be considered a basic equipment as full of all vehicles.Proactive driving assist (PDA), which predicts a situation where pedestrians and bicycles may pop out, have also been adopted as a Toyota car for the first time, and has been standard equipment on all vehicles, improving safety.A safe function for long -distance driving and adaptive cruise control (ACC) are also important equipment.Noah & Voxy is equipped with ACC as standard for all vehicles.

Except for the bottom grade X, a support organization called Toyota Teammate can be equipped as an option.Toyota Teammates include Advanced Park+Parking Support Brake (surrounding still thing) and advanced drive.Of these, the advanced park of the hybrid car can be remotely operated by installing the app on the smartphone.

The advanced drive can be released in a highway or car -only road (40 km/h or less), and the automatic recurrence after the stop has become less than 3 minutes, and the driver is long due to sudden illness.In the event of an abnormality, the hover lamp flashes, the horn pronunciation, etc., and then automatically stops, and an emergency contact with the helpnet.

The Toyota teammates were also installed in this test ride, but we couldn't use the advanced drive yet.The operation of the advanced drive has been operated since mid -February, and the cars shipped in the factory after mid -February, and the cars shipped earlier can be used for system updates.

● Noah & Voxy lineup and price: Noah 5 grade, Voxy 2 grades

Noah's lineup is 5 grades of X, G, Z, S-G, and S-Z from the bottom.Voxy has the top two grades, that is, S-G and S-Z.There are seven and eight seat arrays with many grades, but Z grade and S-Z grade are only seven-member model, and the hybrid 4WD is only seven-member model, and eight regular models are not set.Eight capacity (second bench seat specification) and seven capacity (second separate seat specification) are the same price, and if you select a "utility package" to replace the second bench for two people for two people, 22,000 yen.It will be negative.

The price difference of the same grade specification is as follows.

・ Voxy is 50,000 higher than Noah, but S-Z is 70,000 yen higher ・ 2.0 gasoline 4WD is 198,000 yen higher than 2.0 gasoline FF ・ 1.8 hybrid 4WD is 220,000 yen compared to 1.8 hybrid FF.High 1.8 hybrid FF is 350,000 yen higher than 2.0 gasoline FF, 1.8 hybrid 4WD is 372,000 yen higher than 2.0 gasoline 4WD, but X is 4002,000 yen higher.

● Summary of Noah & Voxy: The more you use it, the more attractive it is.

What is required for a middle -sized minivan is that 6 to 7 people can ride, and the number of passengers can be adjusted while storing the seats.This is the most important thing.While satisfying this absolute requirement, we have repeated the history of adding the performance required for each era.

In the past, the life of a 1 box car was called a roof variation, and this era had various types of glass roofs.In one era, there were times when the rotating vice seats were given off, such as salon buses, and that they could be full rat and stay in the car.

At present, it is actually a straight ball game.You can ride comfortably and spaciously, and the seat variations are not face -to -face or full flat, but fuel efficiency is good, with emphasis on driving, and not burdensome driving.How can you master the performance required for the original car?It is on.

Noah & Voxy was finished in such a core part in pursuing a firmly pursuing without strange things.The new Noah & Voxy was an impression that it would be more attractive as used.

(Sentence: Yoichi Moroboshi / Photo: Yoichi Moroboshi, Toyota Motor)