Toyota has reached great heights in the new-generation Tarago people mover. The eight-seat comfortable family wagon gets more space, more power yet improved fuel economy, a better chassis and greater safety.

Tarago is not the first people mover. The Volkswagen Kombi started it all before things like the (Isuzu) Holden Shuttle joined the fray. Toyota Tarago appeared here in 1983 as a 1.8-litre. As Toyota usually does, once it’s in there it does it very well and it does it for a long time.

Ten years ago, one in two people movers sold in Australia was a Tarago. Lower-priced (Korean) models have provided competition and now Tarago sales- number remains steady.

Originally, people movers started out as vans – one-tonne commercial vehicles with a few rows of extra seats bolted in. No amount of velour interior could disguise their teetering cornering, dodgy brakes, iffy steering, wheezy performance and fingers-crossed safety.

And what about now? Well, now a decent people mover is designed to be so from the start, with up to eight people, not cargo, the main concern.

This new Tarago is a fine example of that! [source:www.carsguide.news.com.au]

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