That day of French cars being unreliable are long gone, I've driven a few to know as I dipped in and out of owning them, the last two have been prof of the improvement, 637,000 miles and 197,000 miles so far, sure the Toyota aygo and proace van are really the Peugeot 1008 and the expert van with Toyota badges on them, if they were that bad Toyota would have stayed away.
Toyota seems to be losing its shine with taxi drivers in Galway, I see more vw, Skoda, ford, Renault, Peugeot, Citroen, dacia, merc and Audi around even a few more bmw. I know a few avensis with snapped timing chains, injectors problems belching out smoke, I've even noticed the quality of paint work on them after a few years the clear coat peeling off on the front nose, bonnet and boot even on the tops of the door panels, what's the story there. I've worked on vag cars with no problems, those torxs bits and stuff is easily available on mickgarage.ie and halfords, its where I got my stuff. I think its drivers wanting to stand out from the crowd changing brand getting more confident and to draw the customers eye to their taxi cause all the Africans are in Toyotas, remember the green light thing in Dublin will this is like it, don't flag the Toyota its probably an African. :-)