Toyota launches BMW-powered Verso in Europe
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/minivans/" rel="tag">Minivan/Van</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/" rel="tag">BMW</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/" rel="tag">Toyota</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/diesel/" rel="tag">Diesel</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2013-toyota-verso/#photo-180985/"><img alt="Toyota Verso" data-credit="Toyota" src="http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/adam/7100660d33054621fcb215b32 9d86f7d/verso.jpg" data-mep="44093" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/">BMW</a> makes some sweet-revving engines, but its own vehicles aren't the only ones running BMW engines. So do the latest from <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/rolls-royce/">Rolls-Royce</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/mini/">Mini</a>, of course, as well as a handful of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/peugeot/">Peugeots</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/citroen/">Citro&euml;ns</a> thanks to its joint engine program with PSA. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/wiesmann/">Wiesmann</a> uses BMW engines, as did the famous <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/mclaren+f1/">McLaren F1</a>. And now we can add one more to the list.<br />
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That would be the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/toyota+verso/">Toyota Verso</a>, a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/corolla/">Corolla</a>-based minivan which <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/">Toyota</a> builds in Turkey and sells in Europe and a few other markets overseas. The Verso is also now officially the first beneficiary of the partnership between Toyota and BMW as the Japanese automaker has released the MPV with BMW's 1.6-liter turbodiesel four.<br />
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The 111-horsepower engine is coupled to a Toyota transmission and joins the Verso range as the fourth (and least powerful) engine in the lineup, alongside the 122hp 2.0 diesel and the gasoline options with 1.6 liters and 160 hp and 1.8 for 180. Future collaborations between the two automakers will include fuel-cell development, a new joint sportscar platform, lightweight bodywork research and a new generation of lithium-air batteries. See the press release <a href="/2013/12/03/toyota-verso-bmw-diesel/#continued">below</a> for further details.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/toyota-verso-bmw-diesel/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Toyota launches BMW-powered Verso in Europe</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/toyota-verso-bmw-diesel/">Toyota launches BMW-powered Verso in Europe</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:14:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/toyota-verso-bmw-diesel/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20780487/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/toyota-verso-bmw-diesel/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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