Toyota Verso - What Car?

I've never been one of the cool kids, but even I knew that I had reached an age milestone when I got excited about being invited to check out the new Toyota Verso seven seater at What Car?


Our trip to Twickenham was punctuated by the Mcbaby vomiting. Have you ever driven

along the M4 at 70mph trying not to get killed by someone texting and tailgating while also attempting to ensure your child isn't choking? Plus, what on earth did I feed him to make him chunder? Very worrying, particularly as he's done it a couple of times in the car recently. What linked them? Ah yes, I just said it myself...they were all in the car. It's a case of car sickness.

We arrived at the office and thanks to being disorganised (ie A couple of weeks ago, I had quickly shoved a pair of his trousers into the boot when I couldn't find anywhere to put them 2 minutes before the estate agent brought someone round for a viewing), both of us had vomit free trousers and were ready to check out the Verso!

Greeted by an incredibly friendly team who had no trouble with the chaos that we brought with us, we met two press officers from Toyota and a couple of other mums and dads.

We check out the Toyota Verso.

The McBaby looks over his shoulder - after all, you can't see everything in the blind spot.


We are in the market for a new car as I have been turning up at client meetings in my campervan which does not give the right impression. We also need something more reliable and with better safety equipment, starting with airbags, perhaps. Personally, I like my wheels to come with a bed, a fridge and a cooker in the back, but carrying around all of that equipment means we have all the fuel efficiency of a Sherman Tank driven by a fat man.

The Toyota Verso is a definite contender and I was surprised how drawn I was to it. The previous version was a bit "meh" - a solid workhorse but nothing remarkable about it at all.

The new version has been revised and has better fuel economy and lower CO2 than its predecessor and looks a lot sleeker and more interesting than the previous version. There's more standard equipment and though we didn't test drive it, we were assured that it is quieter and more stable.

It has nifty touches such as a mirror that reflects all the action in the five rear seats (I could have done with that on the journey up), and myriad options for the configuration of the seats which move individually, meaning that you can fold all of them to move furniture round or have all seven seats up.

I give it 8/10. Will ask MrM for his opinion and a cheque and will keep you posted!