Toyota Proace Van 2013-2016 | COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW..
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @caranddrivingcarreviews
overview 00:00
background 00:32
driving experience 02:34
design and build 06:00
market and model range 09:34
cost of ownership 13:53
summary 18:57
Jonathan Crouch writes an in-depth Toyota Proace Van 2013-2016 review. If you want to watch more reviews on vehicles like this Toyota Proace Van 2013-2016 review, make sure to SUBSCRIBE to our channel and comment what YOU want us to review next.
When it comes to vans, Toyota's speciality has always been the medium-sized market it targeted with its Hiace model from the Seventies to the Noughties - but never really cracked. Things are changing though, as the brand gets more serious with business buyers thanks to a technology-sharing deal with PSA Peugeot Citroen. The first fruits of that collaboration emerged in 2012 with this van, the Proace. On paper at least, it seems to have much to offer to buyers in the used market looking for a versatile medium range Transit-class van from the 2012 to 2016 period.
History
Toyota is a brand that loves a partnership. It commissioned Yamaha to develop many of its petrol engines, it joint-developed a sports car with Subaru, sold engines to Lotus and agreed fuel cell and electric vehicle technology with BMW. Perhaps then, it won't surprise you to learn that when the Japanese giant was looking to replace its Hiace range of vans at the end of the Noughties, it decided not to strike out alone. Instead, the company chose to further develop an existing partnership with PSA Peugeot Citroën that had already created the Aygo citycar. The plan second time around was to bring a very different kind of vehicle to market. This one - the Proace van.
Those of you clued into the commercial sector won't need us to tell them that this is in fact a rebadged version of second generation Peugeot Expert, Citroen Dispatch and Fiat Scudo designs. If you know that, then you'll probably also know that these are some of the best medium range panel vans around from the 2013 to 2016 period.
It's a vehicle that certainly had a wider customer reach than the Hiace it replaced. That model occupied an awkward market middle ground, not quite small enough to be recognised as a compact van - say a Ford Transit Connect - but not quite big enough to be seen as a decently sized medium range one - say a Ford Transit Custom. The MK1 model Proace, in contrast, was spacious enough to be perfectly pitched, not only at the bigger Ford but also at other tough segment players like Volkswagen Transporter and the Mercedes Vito, as well as new generation versions of Vauxhall's Vivaro and Renault's Trafic.
Writer - Jonathan Crouch
Want to know more?
Find out by using our website: www.caranddriving.com/index.aspx
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: caranddrivi...
Twitter: / cardrivingvideo
Facebook: / caranddrivingltd
LinkedIn: / caranddriving
#toyota #carreview #toyotaproace #car #van