Toyota Estima Hybrid dah ada di Naza

zahidAF · Post time 2-10-2009 11:28 AM

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There are currently only two car companies offering hybrid modelsofficially here in Malaysia – Toyota and Honda. Despite the sensitivequestion of whether Malaysian technicians can maintain a complicatedhybrid vehicle, the grey importers have started bringing them inwithout manufacturer support.
Naza is easily the biggest grey import player in Malaysia, thanks tothem holding the largest chunk of Open APs in Malaysia. This 2008 modelToyota Estima Hybrid is currently going for RM 268,000 including a 1year warranty and the one you see here in these photos has already beensold.

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This is the second generation Estima Hybrid featuring Toyota’sTHS-II system. It’s based on a 2.4 liter gasoline engine mated toelectric motors which reminds you of the Lexus HS250h and the CamryHybrid but the implementation here is different – other than the usualfront axle motor, there is a motor on the rear axle as well,effectively turning this into an all-wheel drive vehicle, hence theE-Four badge on the rear.
Much like the Camry Hybrid, the 2.4 liter engine is an Atkinsoncycle variant, quite different from the one you can find in a normalCamry 2.4. The gasoline engine itself puts out 150 PS and 190Nm oftorque. The front electric motor produces 105 PS and 270Nm of torqueand goes through a 2.478 reduction gear. The rear motor is of a lesspowerful variant – 50 PS and 130Nm.
All systems can work together to produce a peak power of 190 PS.It’s not blistering as the vehicle is large. 0 to 100km/h takes 10.8seconds. Under the 10-15 Japanese test cycle, the Estima Hybrid canachieve 20km per liter.
There is even an exhaust heat recovery system to recover thermalenergy from the exhaust and use it to heat engine coolant. This helpsreduce engine warm-up time, which enables the engine to shut offearlier when idling (for EV or auto start-stop functions).

We got to drive the Estima Hybrid around abit, though you couldhardly call it a test drive that could produce any kind of evaluationas it was only around the Naza Automall carpark next to the Federalhighway. All I can say is I love those Alcantara combination seats thatthis particular model has!
Like the Prius, the Estima Hybrid has a zero-emissions EV mode soyou can drive around your neighbourhood, in a jam, or in a parking lotsolely on the motor and NiMH batteries with the engine turned off. TheEstima Hybrid was not as quiet in EV mode as the Prius. This is becausewith such a large interior and the many air conditioning vents requiredto cool it down, you constantly hear the air conditioner working. Itdidn’t help that it was such a hot day – I could not touch my E30’ssteering for a short period of time once I got into my car to leave theplace.
Various new meter indicators attempt to explain to you what’s goingon but it’s all in Japanese so I didn’t understand at first, but afterdriving around a little you can pretty much guess which one tells youthe battery level and etc.

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zahidAF · Post time 2-10-2009 11:29 AM

Look after the jump for a few photos I snapped of the Estima Hybrid.

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ctredzuan · Post time 2-10-2009 02:03 PM

dia dah siap tinted ke blkg tu?nampak sekalan body nazaria dr sisi

mikasa · Post time 2-10-2009 04:18 PM

rasanya factory fiited cermin belakang tu , bukan tinted..kebanyakkan keter Jepun semua cermin gelap kecuali bahagian depan je.

myoujin · Post time 2-10-2009 09:18 PM

lol kuat beno makan minyak
heikin nenpi 3.3KM/L

danedzya · Post time 10-12-2009 05:23 PM

saper nak merasa naik toyota estima??
Kena mati dulu laaa....

midori_katana · Post time 10-12-2009 09:43 PM

6# danedzya

alahai "cool" betul... nasib la pemilik estima yg duduk kat area masjid tu..

sebelum nih aku ada nampak Naza Ria jadik kenderaan jenazah org cina... hehee tak sangka pulak estima pun dah berstatus serupa