Toyota WISH

The Toyota Wish is a 6/7-seater minivan equipped with either a 1.8 L or 2.0 L engine. First launched in 2003 by Toyota, it is positioned below the Ipsum, and above the Spacio. Consequently, its main competitor is the Honda Stream and the Nissan Liberty.

Apart from Japan, the Wish is also assembled in Thailand (for Thailand only) and Taiwan.

2003

The Wish was launched in Japan in January2003, under a massive publicity campaign with Japanese singer Hikaru Utada singing the CM and also coinciding with the launch of her new CD-single. The car is marketed under the "Wish Comes True" slogan. Codenamed ZNE10G (FF) and ZNE14G (4wd), it uses a 1.8 L 1ZZ-FE engine, producing (JIS) 125 PS (92 kW) and 161 N·m (119 lbf·ft). It is only available with 4-speed automatic. A 2 L version (codenamed ANE11W for the 6-seater version and ANE10G for the 8-seater version) was launched in April2003. Equipped with the 1AZ-FE direct-injection engine, it has (JIS) 155 PS (114 kW) and 192 N·m (142 lbf·ft). It is only available with a CVT gearbox.