- 420 hp, AWD, 0-60 in 4.2 seconds — Rayo confirms this only by reading it off the spec sheet
- 340 miles of EPA range, which Rayo notes is about 340 miles further than he has ever driven anything
- Starts at $58,900. As-shown, with the Touring package, $71,500
- Interior is "warm stone textile with charcoal trim," which Rayo was afraid to sit on
I was handed the keys to a car I am not licensed to drive and asked to describe how it feels on the road. I do not know how anything feels on the road. I know how the road feels through the window of the 14 bus, which is to say: bad, but reliably bad, on a schedule I trust.
THE EXTERIORIt Is Very White, and Very Long
ToyoKo calls the paint Pearl White, which is doing some quiet PR work, because in the outdoor photos it mostly looks like the color of a car. It is a sedan shape, which I am told is increasingly rare, and it has a light strip across the nose that I assume does something.
The wheelbase is 116.5 inches. I measured my own apartment once, for a different reason, and it is smaller than the wheelbase of this car.
I put this in a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet did not enjoy it either.
THE INTERIORWarm Stone Textile, Charcoal Trim, One Nervous Reviewer
The cabin is finished in what the press kit calls warm stone textile with charcoal trim, which I want to describe more precisely but cannot, because I sat very still and touched nothing for the full nineteen minutes I was allowed inside it.
There is a panoramic roof. There is vehicle-to-load, which I have chosen not to look up.
THE NUMBERSFast, Apparently
420 horsepower, 480 lb-ft of torque, zero to sixty in 4.2 seconds. I am told this is quick. I have never driven anything faster than a moving walkway at an airport, so I have elected to trust the engineers on this one.
Range is 340 miles on a charge, which ToyoKo's team seemed proud of. For context, that is roughly the distance from my apartment to my apartment, three hundred and forty times, since I do not drive anywhere.
I do not know what a torque is and today I had to write four hundred words about it.
Someone asked me to pop the hood for a photo. I googled where the hood release is. I am telling you this so you know the review that follows was written under duress.
As-shown runs to $71,500 once Touring gets added. Rayo checked; a monthly transit pass remains cheaper.
Questions people actually ask
Did Rayo drive the ToyoKo Kairo S1?
No. Rayo does not have a license.
Is the 340-mile range good?
By every account from people qualified to judge, yes. Rayo's own commute is one bus and a short walk, so he has no basis for comparison and says so.
Is this car worth $58,900?
That depends entirely on whether you need a car, which is a question Rayo is not equipped to answer for you.
Rayo cannot tell you if the ToyoKo Kairo S1 is a good car to drive, because Rayo has not driven a car. Rayo can tell you it is very white, very quiet in photographs, and that the bus is currently $2.75.
This article is 100% fictional satire. The ToyoKo Kairo S1 is not a real vehicle.
