Toyota Venture

[Pho3nix]

lol! I do, she's the extreme opposite of me. Prefers to be taken care of.

Boo!!

/PM me her details anyway

 

[ice_cubes]

Boo!!

/PM me her details anyway

Best advice I will ever give you: run for your life! unless you have a truckload of money & patience & are willing to take her off my dad's hands

 

[Pho3nix]

Best advice I will ever give you: run for your life!

 

[Pho3nix]

Best advice I will ever give you: run for your life! unless you have a truckload of money & patience & are willing to take her off my dad's hands

Didn't see the edit..

How pretty is she vele?
I'm poor, patient and parent's love me.. But I have ambition!! Apparently ladies love the latter.

 

[ice_cubes]

I'm poor, patient and parent's love me.. But I have ambition!! Apparently ladies love the latter.

Whatever you are smoking, please check the expiry date

How pretty is she vele?.

I'd score her 9/10 for pretty only

 

[Pho3nix]

Whatever you are smoking, please check the expiry date

I'd score her 9/10 for pretty only

1. Women don't like broke men with ambition?
2. Some would say she is pretty enough to off-set the annoyance factor then..


Wait are you this brutally honest about all your family member?


Sorry for derailing your thread. Will find you a venture as compensation.

 

[ice_cubes]

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Wait are you this brutally honest about all your family member?

Everyone, not just family. And they know it too

Sorry for derailing your thread. Will find you a venture as compensation.

I'll hold you to that. It better be soon. Schools are opening in 3 weeks time

 

[ice_cubes]

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Wait are you this brutally honest about all your family member?

Everyone, not just family. And they know it too

Sorry for derailing your thread. Will find you a venture as compensation.

I'll hold you to that. It better be soon. Schools are opening in 3 weeks time

 

[FiestaST]

Le Bump.

 

[Instacar]

I saw a 94 model yesterday for R150k.....

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

still got a Choke, how many people still remember those?
today its all automatic, nobody ever heard of a choke,

 

[Instacar]

Haha! First saw a choke on Mazda in the late 80's! Brings back the memories!

 

[pinball wizard]

still got a Choke, how many people still remember those?
today its all automatic, nobody ever heard of a choke,

Meh. A lotta chicks like a bit of a choke during sex.

 

[handyman007]

The Proteas loves a choke.

 

[FiestaST]

Brown Bread & Peanut Butter are always worth a choke.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Meh. A lotta chicks like a bit of a choke during sex.

so is a Toyota Venture the South African equivalent of a Rape van?
I mean if you tint the back windows and take out the seats, its smaller, than a Gigantic Chevy G20 van but I guess it does the job well enough to pass as a Rape van.

 

[Ivan Leon]

Toyota Qualis, an interesting model that set foundation for the Toyota brand in India.​

Established in 1997 as an 87:13 joint venture between Toyota and Kirloskar Group, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited has grown rapidly to emerge as a significant player in India’s passenger car segment.

The company made an investment of about 600 crores at Bidadi near Bengaluru and targeted to sell at least 31,000 vehicles in the first year of operation. Toyota's manufacturing plant had a capacity of producing 50,000 units annually of its first model for India.

Despite strong growth in the passenger car market in late-90s, Toyota decided to enter India through the MUV segment. This decision was taken based on an extensive market study and analysis that indicated the potential for a world class MUV that would offer the driving experience of a car, at an affordable price.

India's multi-utility vehicle segment had two major players at that time, the Tata Sumo and the Mahindra Armada. Though these models were decently reliable, people never saw them as substitutes for a car.

Those were the days when most car manufacturers in India were competing hard for share in the crowded passenger small car market.

So, Toyota's decision was to introduce an MUV, with a passenger car ambience similar to Kijang in Indonesia, Venture in South Africa, Zace in Taiwan and Tomaro in Philippines.

Actually, this MUV project was kept as a highly guarded secret by Toyota. Also, it was said that Toyota will bring a passenger car after launching the MUV, but the model was not disclosed.

As per the investment pattern worked out by Toyota Kirloskar Motor, during the first phase, its investment in the vehicle project was around $170 million, in the second phase, between $400 - $700 million and for each subsequent model around $400 million.

The company utilised only 18 percent of the 430 acres of land at first, the rest was planned to be utilised once the second model and plans for launch of a small car were fixed.

The MUV being developed was an India specific model with a chassis based on the Toyota Utility Vehicle concept. It was designed like a passenger car with seating configurations of 3-3-4 and 2-3-3 sets of seats.

As a part of its launch strategy, Toyota had decided to do away with the practice of bookings, so they became one of the first car brands to introduce such an international concept here. No indication of the vehicle's price was given, but had stated that it will carry an affordable price tag.

Fast forward to December 1999, Qualis, the much-awaited MUV from Toyota rolled out from its Bidadi facility for the first time. The event which was called line-out in the Toyota parlance marked in the commercial production of the vehicle.

For auto enthusiasts, it appeared that Toyota was trying to position the Qualis as a car rather than a multi-utility vehicle.

Toyota's idea was to benchmark itself in the Indian market against sedans like Mitsubishi Lancer and Honda City rather than a Tata Sumo or a Safari.

The pricing of Qualis was still kept as a closely guarded secret with not even thee trade knowing exactly how much the MUV will cost. It was assumed by the industry sources that the price of Qualis will be around ₹ 6 lakh for the basic variant.

Finally, the wait for Qualis was about to end. Toyota themselves announced that its first model in India will be unveiled at the Auto Expo in January 2000.

Delivery was planned to be done on a first-come-first-serve basis and the company intended to collect only a token amount from the customers at the time of booking. In case if demand exceeds supply, Toyota's plan was to put prospective customers on a waiting list.

By then, Toyota had gained a dealership network of 25 dealers in 22 major cities. All these dealers had an integrated sales, aftersales and spare parts storage facility.

For starters, around 40 vehicles were dispatched to each of these dealers, to be sold on a first-come-first-serve basis. Around 350 units of Qualis were manufactured by December 1999 and were dispatched to various dealers across the country.

Read the full blog post at the link below:

Toyota Qualis Tribute | The vehicle that redefined India's MUV segment

Toyota Qualis Tribute | The vehicle that redefined India's MUV segment

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