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Compiled by L.S.A.Wedaarachchi

Toyota Avanza ideal for tough driving conditions

The new Toyota Avanza, the first Multi-Purpose Vehicle (CMV) in the country was launched by Toyota Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.

The spacious and roomy cabin of the Avanza will comfortably seat seven passengers in three rows, allowing for more head room with its 'tall boy' style.

The Avanza is designed for passenger comfort with up to 17 storage spaces and high capacity dual air-conditioning that uniformly cools the cabin. Not only that, even getting in and out of the car is easier as the Avanza boasts a higher seat height than Sedans but lower than vans, with doors that open wide.

With power steering and power mirrors, the Avanza offers a superior driving experience while its 1.3 litre, 4 cylinder VVT-i engine that delivers greater than expected performance along with a low fuel consumption even with a heavy load.

The instrument panel is designed based on how people may actually operate it and has optimised shapes and locations of switches to improve visibility and use. The innovative design of the Avanza makes parking in narrow spaces easy as is driving down narrow roads and parallel parking.

And even better, the air intake is at a greater height than most Sedans, which when coupled with the under panel reduces the dangers of driving through water.

This coupled with the relatively high ground clearance makes the Avanza far better suited to the rough and tough driving conditions of Sri Lanka roads. All models come with fog lamps, alloy wheels, rear wiper, power steering, power mirrors, dual air conditioner, AM/FM radio and CD player, which makes the Avanza the ultimate combination of style, utility comfort and economy all coming with the guaranteed quality of the Toyota brand.

Daihatsu Drome showroom opened at Rajagiriya

'Daihatsu Drome', a 3S facility sales, service and spares showroom was opened at Rajagiriya by Uni Walkers Limited, a subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd. The 3S facility is a one-stop location for all Daihatsu customers and provides 100% availability of spare parts for products offered. The product range offered by Daihatsu are the - 'Terios 4x4' and 'Charade.'

Chairman and Managing Director of Uni Walkers Ltd., Ashok Pathirage, said he was proud to represent a world renowned auto brand and that the opening of the Daihatsu Drome showroom is widely tipped to set a benchmark for quality standards.

"Incidentally, this is also the first phase of our Kaizen - continuous improvement program, focusing on three key areas of superior product quality, service excellence and better re-sale value.

Our main aim is to justify the price our customers pay for their vehicles, by delivering better value," Pathirage said.

Uni Walkers was acquired by Softlogic in March last year and prior to its acquisition, it operated as an independent company from 1978.

The Softlogic Group is a global player with operations in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Australia and Pakistan.

The group has diversified from ICT to telecommunications, office automation, consumer electronics, global distribution systems, power solutions, property development, furniture and automobiles.

At present the company employs over 850 professionally trained staff globally.