Daihatsu Terios Plus (Daihatsu Terios in general)

Member Name: AZER

Product:	Daihatsu Terios in general
Date:	30/03/04 (1360 review reads)
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Advantages: Looks Good, Great around town

Disadvantages: Poor On Motorway, Feels unsafe at speed

When purchasing my Terios I had in mind a nippy 4x4 that was compact and had a lowish insurance group. The Terios pretty much fulfilled this criteria but with an insurance group of 7 seemed highly placed for a car that holds a mere 1.3 litre unit.
Generally speaking the Terios satisfied, had great acceleration, a comfortable interior and looked good. The biggest criticisms have to rest with its motorway performance and general handling- the latter was perhaps not so bad but if you need to go on long trips and hop on and off motorways then forget this car. The 16v injected 1.3 litre unit has good acceleration up to about 40-50mph but the engine has to work very hard at even 70mph and makes a real racket. It also feels unstable at speed due to the height and relatively narrow design. All in all a great town or country car but ultimately i sold mine and bought a bigger 4x4 as i travelled too far too often and the Terios just is not built for this.

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