The Toyota bB is a small wagon produced by the
Toyota Motor Corporation based on the Toyota Vitz. 1.3 L and 1.5 L
I4 engines are available. While the box-shaped car is targeted
towards Japanese men in their twenties, it is also popular with
women.
The 2nd generation bB was introduced as the music player in Dec
2005 and is equipped with 109hp 1.5L (Z Model) 3SZ-VE VVT-i engine
or 92hp 1.3L (S Model) K3-VE VVT-i engine. 4WD is optional.
In United States, the first-generation version is sold under the
Scion brand as the "xB". The 5-speed manual transmission version
that is available in US is being prepared for release in
Japan.
The Daihatsu Materia is a mini MPV manufactured by
the Japanese automaker Daihatsu.
It is based on the platform of the second generation of the
Daihatsu Sirion and is largely identical to the second gerneration
of the Toyota bB.
Comes in 1.3L and 1.5L varieties with a 4WD version in the
pipeline, manual and Auto versions. (Currently in UK they only have
the 1.5l Version 16/11/2007) 0-60 times 10.8 for manual, and 13.7
for Auto (UK Versions)
Maximum speed of 106 (Auto 102)
