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In January 1989, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles introduced a 1 tonne pickup truck, called the Volkswagen Taro, to complement the half tonne Caddy pickup / panel van ranges, and the 1 tonne Transporter van and chassis cab ranges. The name "tarō" is a suffix used in Japanese to denote the oldest brother or son, or the first-born son of a family. The Taro though, was a project of badge engineering. The Taro was a rebadged Toyota Hilux - fully engineered and designed by Toyota. The two companies came together in an effort to solve each other's problems: *Volkswagen Group at the time did not have a one-tonne pickup truck; *Toyota wanted a bigger European market share of the one-tonne utility market. So in the late 1980s, Volkswagen Group and Toyota signed an agreement that Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles would assemble the Toyota Hilux at its VWCV factory in Hanover, Germany, and it would be sold under the Volkswagen Taro moniker. The first Taros manufactured in Hanover, Germany, from 1989-1994 had a 2.4 litre diesel engine with , torque was at 2,400 rpm, with loading space of and a payload. It was only built with two-wheel drive and a regular cab, although the "Taro" moniker was used for other versions in other European markets.〔 In September 1994 at the IAA Nutfahrzeuge (Commercial Vehicle Fair) in Hanover, Germany, Volkswagen released the four-wheel drive version of the Taro which had an extended cabin. The 4x4 Extended Cab Taro was manufactured in Toyota's Tahara plant in Japan, but now the Taro had an updated 2.4 litre diesel engine which produced at 4,000 rpm and torque of at 2,400 rpm. The 4x4 Taro had a loading space and payload, but could tow without brakes, and with brakes. The joint venture ended in 1997, due to sales failing to meet either car marques expectations. ==Specifications== ;engine ID code, displacement, configuration and rated motive power output〔ETKA〕 :2Y: 1.8 litre inline four OHV petrol engine with carburettor, at 4,000 rpm :4Y: 2.2 litre inline four OHV petrol engine with carburettor, :2L: 2.4 litre inline four indirect injection SOHC diesel engine, at 4,000 rpm :22R: 2.4 litre inline four SOHC petrol engine with Bosch L-Jetronic common rail multi-point indirect injection, ;driveline: 4x2 = RWD, 4x4 = 4WD ;loading area (m²): (4x2) 3.1m² (4x4) 2.9m² ;track width - front: (4x2) , (4x4) ;track width - rear: (4x2) , (4x4) ;turning circle: (4x2) , (4x4) ;permissible total weight: (4x2) , (4x4) ;payload: (4x2) , (4x4) ;trailer weight braked: (4x2) , (4x4) ;trailer weight unbraked: ;maximum speed km/h: (4x2) , (4x4) ;acceleration - 0-: (4x2) 15.0 secs, (4x4) 17.0 secs ;fuel consumption: (4x2) , (4x4) Specifications Source〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volkswagen Taro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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