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DISABILITY VEHICLES - MOBILITY VEHICLES
Japanese
New Cars - Disability Vehicles Models currently available
Toyota | Nissan | Honda | Mitsubishi | Mazda
Factory built for the disabled, mobility impaired, aged or people with other disability
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TOYOTA DISABILITY VEHICLES
Example of hand controls for drivers with disability

NISSAN DISABILITY VEHICLES
HONDA DISABILITY VEHICLES
MITSUBISHI DISABILITY VEHICLES

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Colt Plus:
Engine: 1300cc or 1500cc DOHC
Fuel: Gasoline
Shift: auto
Drive: 2wd or 4wd
Doors: 5
Seats: 5
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Grandis:
Engine: 2400cc Mivec
Fuel: Gasoline
Shift: auto
Drive: 2wd or 4wd
Doors: 5
Seats: 6 or 7
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Delica D5:
Engine: 2400cc Mivec DOHC
Fuel: Gasoline
Shift: auto Drive: 2wd & 4wd
Doors: 4 or 5
Seats: 7 or 8
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MAZDA DISABILITY VEHICLES

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MPV:
Engine: 2300cc DOHC
Fuel: Gasoline
Shift: auto
Drive: 2wd or 4wd
Doors: 5
Seats: 7
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Premacy:
Engine: 2000cc or 2300cc
Fuel: Gasoline
Shift: auto l
Drive: 2wd or 4wd
Doors: 5
Seats: 5 or 7
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MPV:
Engine: 2300cc DOHC
Fuel: Gasoline
Shift: auto
Drive: 2wd or 4wd
Doors: 5
Seats: 7
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Some models also available in self drive configuration with hand controls and easy access for the driver
>> Also a large selection of Used Disability Vehicles available Here <<
These disibility vehicles are factory engineered by the vehicle manufacturer specifically for people with mobility disabilities, they are not retro fitted to sub standard levels by amatuers. Safety, care, ease of use and comfort have not been compromised.
Japanese car makers lead the way in automotive products for drivers with disabilities with their passenger cars and there is clearly a sincere focus on designing and building barrier free disability vehicles.
Everything inside these disability vehicles is fully integrated, not merely bolt on after thoughts. The normal steering wheel with "suicide knob" configuration found in many hand-control systems is replaced with a colour coordinated low effort steering lever. On the center console is a joystick that handles all of the vehicle's driving functions, including turn signals, parking brake, accelerator, regular brakes, emergency flashers, etc. The system is virtually effortless, requiring only a flick of a wrist or turn of your thumb to control everything except the CD player and climate controls.
Toyota builds a whole variety of vehicles that are for sale right now available for export from Japan. The vehicles are specifically designed for elderly and disabled drivers. Disability vehicles include the Hiace van, a large van equipped to handle up to four wheelchairs, the Noah, a medium sized vehicle with a lowered floor and rear entry ramp and the Toyota Isis, a minivan equipped with side lifts and rear seats that swivel out and down.
Since 1991 Mitsubishi has offered Japanese domestic market buyers a series of factory built vehicles specifically built to be user friendly and barrier free. In typical Japanese fashion, they refer to this line of vehicles with the name of "Hearty Run" cars. Nearly all of them, whether vans, station wagons or sedans, are available in both two and four wheel drive.
Mitsubishi builds rear-entry mini vans with dropped floors, kneeling rear suspension and rear-entry ramp or lifts. There is also a series of two and four wheel drive compact sedans, station wagons and mini cars which offer powered seats that turn to face the door, swivel outward and down to facilitate entry and exit for persons with disabilities.
Honda builds a full line of production vehicles called "Honda Welfare Vehicles" and offers two separate driving control systems for drivers with disabilities. Their Franz system was originally developed in Europe, but has been modified by Honda and now allows steering to be accomplished by back and forth motion of the foot. They offer a range of vehicles for the disabled, ranging from large vans to micro cars, including Honda Odysseys
There is clearly a bright future if you are in the market for a barrier free disability vehicle. Japanese automakers have chosen to design and build vehicles for disabled drivers "in house" rather than have after market firms modify existing vehicles. There is a distinct advantage when a vehicle is specifically designed and intended by its manufacturer for disabled people instead of starting life as an ordinary vehicle and having to be dismantled and retro fitted with inferior equipment.
Already in Japan 20 percent of the population is over 65, and as society increasingly demonstrates that everyone is better off in a barrier free society, there will be an ever increasing vehicle choice and options for drivers and passengers with disabilities.
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