Ina :Burned Vios sedan in Tanjung Priok toll

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta 17 Dec- A Toyota Vios sedan burned in Toll Road Wiyoto Wiyono, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Saturday (19/12), at 04.40 pm. Events that occur in this 15,200 mile allegedly resulting from a disturbance in the car's engine.

Fire can be extinguished once drenched with water from tanker trucks watering of Jasa Marga. "Fortunately no casualties in the incident," said the operator of Police Traffic Management Center of Metro Davao regional Ajun Inspector One Sriyoko, in his explanation, Saturday (19/12).

Before the fire, he continued, police cars numbered 474 LH B, it had marginalized by the driver to the highway shoulder. "Because, the driver felt something was wrong in his car," he said.

We want to open the hood, the fire suddenly appears, causing the vehicle on fire. Currently, the burning car was evacuated to the Casualty Unit of Metro Jakarta Police Resort North.

Phil: Police Warn of Rise In Car Theft

A sports utility vehicle (SUV) and a van were stolen in Quezon City Tuesday night, police said Wednesday while warning the public against a rise in car theft during the holidays.

Senior Inspector Rodelio Marcelo, chief of the Anti-Carnapping Unit of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD-ANCAR), said the vehicles stolen were a white Toyota Fortuner (NAO-906) owned by Arnel Linipin, 40, and a white Nissan Urvan (conduction sticker LC-2268) of Adelio Cortes, 55.

Marcelo warned vehicle owners against car theft and petty crimes during the Christmas season.
He said a group of car thieves was targeting Toyota Vios, Toyota Fortuners and other SUVs.

The police official said that the Fortuner was forcibly taken by thieves at around 11:15 p.m. in front of the house of Linipin at No. 70 Wallnut St., Barangay West Fairview.
Linipin, a training director of Alliance in Motion Global Inc., told police he was about to park his SUV at his garage when two men got out of dark sedan pointed a gun at him.

The two men then boarded the SUV and drove off followed by the dark sedan, said Linipin, who failed to get the plate number of car used by the thieves. Cortes reported to police that he discovered his Urvan was no longer at the parking slot in front of business establishment along Ilocos Sur St., Barangay Alicia, Bago Bantay. Cortes has a mini-mart and hardware shop.

He told police that he arrived in the area to supervise his shops and had his vehicle parked there at around 6 p.m. However, when he was about to leave late that night his Urvan was no longer there.
Police learned that the security guard even assisted the Urvan in getting out of the parking space thinking that Cortes was driving the vehicle.

Marcelo believes that the persons who carjacked the Fortuner of Linipin are part of the group of suspected carnapper Redentor Fajardo.

Fajardo is a suspect in the death of a man in a foiled carjacking attempt of another Fortuner last December 7 in Quezon City. Fajardo, a former kagawad in his hometown in Baliuag, Bulacan, is alleged to have turned to car theft after losing in the last elections.

Toyota Vienna MPV coming into US Market

One of the world premieres at the ongoing LA show is the new Toyota Sienna MPV. Our part of the world may be more familiar with Sienna the actress than Sienna the minivan because the latter, now in its third generation, is a US specific model bulit in America for Americans. Its rival is the US market Honda Odyssey, which is bigger than the JDM model we get here – some of you of may know it as the Honda LaGreat.

Toyota promises a sedan-like drive for the Sienna, besides offering comfort and cargo space required of a minivan (that’s what Americans call their MPVs). The new car is much more dynamic looking than its predecessor, and incorporates much of Toyota’s new MPV design language, as seen on its Japanese market people carriers. To these eyes, the Sienna looks much like the new Wish from the front three-quarter view and resembles the current Estima from the rear.

Two engines are available: a 266bhp 3.5-litre V6 or a 187bhp 2.7-litre four-cylinder. Both powerplants have Dual Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i), roller rocker arms and an Acoustically Controlled Induction System (ACIS) that changes the length of the air-intake pipe to supply more torque on demand. A six-speed automatic gearbox with sequential shift is the only transmission available. The Sienna is unique in its segment by having AWD as an option, useful in winter.

The Sienna’s rear-seat Dual View Entertainment Center is a Toyota first. It uses two side-by-side displays to create a joint 16.4-inch widescreen image from a single source – the two individual screens can be used seperately with different inputs, of course. With displays combined, it can be easily seen from the third row, and is controllable from any seat via remote control.

Buyers can choose between seven or eight-seat cabin configurations. In the former layout, the second row captain chairs slide by almost 60cm, creating legroom for the longest legs and for easy ingress/egress. They can be pushed forward close to the front row – useful for parents with young children or for good access to the last row. An illuminated sliding center console can be shared between the front seats and second row passengers.
It doesn’t look like a box on wheels and has the makings of a perfect family car, but sadly the left-hand-drive only Sienna is not making its way out of North America anytime soon.

Asian Fuel Efficiency Award

Congratulations to all of the winners in the 2009 Asian Auto – Mudah.my Fuel Efficiency Awards! Toyota Vios J won first prize for small family car. The award base on 100 km of fuel consumption. The winners are

Winners List 2009

* Compact City Cars
1st Place: Hyundai i10       5.0 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Proton Savvy   5.7 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Kia Picanto       5.8 (liter/100km)

* Compact Premium Cars
1st Place: Mini Cooper    5.8 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Honda Jazz     6.4 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Alfa Mito        6.5 (liter/100km)

* Small Family Cars
1st Place: Toyota Vios ‘J’     6.1 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Proton Persona    6.75 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Honda City           6.8 (liter/100km)

* Luxury Family Cars
1st Place: Nissan Slyphy           7.8 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Hyundai Elantra       7.9 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Peugeot 407            8.1 (liter/100km)

* Premium Family Cars
1st Place: Mercedes Benz B180    7.2 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Volvo S40                    7.9 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Toyota Camry               8.8 (liter/100km)

* Executive Cars
1st Place: BMW 320i                            6.1 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Audi A4                               7.4 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Mercedes C-Class 200K      8.0 (liter/100km)

* Premium Executive Cars
1st Place: Citroen C5                                8.9 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: BMW 525i                               9.4 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Mercedes E-Class E200K        9.6 (liter/100km)

* Super Saloons
1st Place: Audi A8                                        9.9 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Mercedes Benz S-Class S350     10.0 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Lexus LS460                               11.1 (liter/100km)

* Super Sport Cars
1st Place: Lotus Exige                         9.1 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Porsche 911 PDK            10.3 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Nissan 370Z                      10.5 (liter/100km)

* Super Sport Convertibles
1st Place: Mercedes Benz SLK 200K              8.1 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Volkswagen EOS TFSi                   8.2 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Porsche Boxster                              9.4 (liter/100km)

* Performance Cars
1st Place: Peugeot 308 GT                     6.8 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Mini Cooper S JCW             6.9 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: VW Scirocco TFSi                7.6 (liter/100km)

* Pickup Trucks
1st Place: Isuzu D-Max Hi-DEF Diesel                7.0 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Ssangyong Actyon Sports Diesel         8.0 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Nissan Navara Diesel                          8.2 (liter/100km)

* Compact MPV’s
1st Place: Renault Kangoo 1.5                  5.5 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Honda Stream 1.8                   6.7 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Nissan Grand Livina                 7.6 (liter/100km)

* Luxury MPV’s
1st Place: Mazda5                                8.2 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Hyundai Starex Diesel          9.6 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Ssangyong Stavic Diesel       9.7 (liter/100km)

* Compact SUV’s
1st Place: Ssangyong Actyon Sports Diesel    8.0 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Honda CRV                                 8.2 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Audi Q5 TFSi                               8.4 (liter/100km)

* Luxury SUV’s
1st Place: Volvo XC90 D5 Diesel             8.5 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: BMW X5 3.0 Diesel                8.7 (liter/100km)
3rd Place: Audi Q7 3.0 Diesel                   9.9 (liter/100km)

* Hybrids
1st Place: Toyota Prius HYBRID                 3.9 (liter/100km)
2nd Place: Honda Civic Hybrid HYBRID     4.6 (liter/100km)