Toyota does not build many cars like the Toyota Ipsum with Petrol engine, built from 1995 to 2010 when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard.
The story
The Toyota Ipsum, Picnic, or Avensis Verso is a car produced by the Japanese carmaker Toyota from 1995 to 2010. It is a compact MPV with standard three-row seating. The Ipsum, like many Toyota products, was shared as a trio of the Toyota Gaia, and sold only at Japanese Toyota dealerships called Toyota Store, next to the Toyota Carina. The Gaia was unique to Toyopet Store locations, and the Toyota Nadia was sold at Toyota Corolla Store.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1490 -. The gearbox is a 5-speed Manual transmission / manual / 4-speed Automatic transmission / automatic. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2735 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Toyota's history is not in doubt: the Toyota Verso (Europe) followed it; it was built at Toyota City, Aichi. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the BMW Z3, the Honda CR-V, the Alfa Romeo 156. Nearby in the Toyota catalogue sit the Toyota Agya and the Toyota Calya.