Toyota EZ MPV to launch on June 21st

Guangzhou Toyota are planning to launch the EZ MPV in the Chinese market on June 21st according to media reports, the compact MPV will targeted against other family use MPV’s such as the Mazda 5 and the highly popular VW Touran. June 21st will see the launch party happening in Beijing, but the car will not be in dealers until early July, three different engine offerings will be available with a lowly 1.6L starting, a 1.8L in the middle and a 2.0L top of the range model. The EZ had its first airing at the Guangzhou Auto Show in December 2010 and again in Shanghai in April this year, it seems that Toyota are not going to be promoting this vehicle as a traditional MPV but will instead be calling it a FUV which according to Toyota means Fashionable Utility Vehicle.

In other markets the EZ is known as the Verso and is based on the Toyota Corolla platform.

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