Three young men dismantled a Toyota Aygo in a couple of hours (5). The only help to guide was their course leader. This shows how simple the construction really is. Everything is made to be quick to assemble in the Kolin factory. Time is money..
To show the model’s fundamental simplicity, a team of apprentice technicians from Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution succeeded in reducing a regular road-going Aygo to its component parts in just five hours.
They used only standard tools and they had not worked on the Aygo model ever before according to this article.
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The Toyota engineer has really tried to use a simpler construction techniques, and that are key factors in achieving the best possible fuel economy. The car is really light, and the simple construction techniques makes it lose weight compared to other traditionally engineered cars.
For example the Yaris has 12 parts in its tailgate, vs. the Aygos tailgate uses glass and just one simple holder for the tailgate. This reduces weight (about 4 kg compared to the Yaris tailgate).
Continuing the comparison, on the five-door model of the Aygo, the rear doors each use seven fewer parts than on the Yaris. This i said to reduced the weight about 4 kg. This simple construction this saves weight, for example inside the car, the front seats with integrated headrests also have fewer components and probably weigh less than the Yaris seats.
The car is still tough: The car has got a 4 four-star rating for passenger crash protection in the official Euro NCAP testing.
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