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30 economist suntmbune advertising feature thursday dec 16 1999 wheels toyota echo is willing to go from page 29 that allows front and rear headroom of 399 inches the other payoff is in shoulder room with 525 inches in the front and 519 inches in the back seat while sitting high the car is very slick in the wind with a coefficient of drag of just 029 compare that to the super slippery looking audi tt quattro that had a cd of 034 that shape plus a marvelous engine give preliminary fuel efficiency ranges of 705563l100 km cityhighwaycombined for the fivespeed manual version and 745666l100 km cityhighwaycombined for the fourspeed automatic this is all thanks to toyotas new wti vari able valve technology in 15litre form the engine produces 108 horsepower and 105 ftlb of torque with the echo weighing in at just 980 kilograms it combines with the fuel rating to allow this car to be certified as a lowemis sion vehicle by transport canada echo even has a twoway muffler with a bypass valve that 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in the current tercel the other is a elec tronically controlled fourspeed auto matic with uphill shift logic front suspension is longstroke macpherson strut with steering rack mounted to the sub frame the rear is a twist beam with gas shocks and coil springs low mounted to include interi or space braking is via vented discs at front drums at the rear while the echo looks very 21st cen tury from the outside the interior let you know it for sura right in the top cen tre of the dashboard is the instru ment cluster it contains the speedo trip odo fuel gauge and warning lights for things like coolant tem- p e rature having grown up on gauges viewed through the steering wheel the centre cluster is something you adapt to in seconds better because it is set higher set you dont have to avert you eyes as iqw to check your speed while driving the centre console houses the con trols for air conditioning audio system and digital clock three round knobs make heatingcooling easy to select and four round ventexit ports on the dash flood the cabin with air move ment there are storage bins on either side of the central console beneath the dash board for the driver and there is even a little hidden tray under the pas senger seat there are not one but two glove boxes plus a centre slot above the radio for your 407 transponder there is a large easylift trunk lid and 6040 split back seats that open up a reason able trunk of 136 cu ft i drove both the twodoor with automatic and fourdoor sedan with fivespeed and was immediately impressed by the willingness of the car to get going credit the light weight the wind cheating shape and the sheer cheeki- ness of the entire package but it was fun to drive this car the view thanks to tall windows a proper seating position and the higher viewpoint of the road made for clear sailing without a noticeable blind spot the echo shows what can be done when a carmaker makes a determined effort to put everything it has into establishing a new benchmark 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