The Toyota Yaris has humbly served the compact car market for years. It's light—weighing in at 2315 pounds wet—and offers maneuverable utility needed for city driving. Prices start at about $16,000.
The Toyota Yaris has humbly served the compact car market for years. It's light—weighing in at 2315 pounds wet—and offers maneuverable utility needed for city driving. Prices start at about $16,000.
Does this hatch get the "smart safety suite" features added at no extra cost like the sedan? If so, this becomes a great value proposition against the Honda Fit.
Isn't the Yaris iA sedan-only and completely unrelated to the Yaris hatchback?
I actually like it's style, especially in contrast to Toyota's recent ostentatious trend of over-designing (see: the current gen Prius....)
@Double_Wishbone +1 on the Prius over-styling. The sedan is actually a Mazda 2 which means it gets gets the SkyActiv engine technology. Hmmm..how much of this SkyActiv technology contributed to Toyota's recent announcement of significantly improved engine thermal efficiency; especially in light of Toyota's recent 6% stake in Mazda?
Its 99% a Mazda. Built off the Mazda 2 sedan not sold in America...just with a Toyota front end grafted on. Interior is 100% Mazda, looks just like a Mazda 3 inside. It's far more upscale than this segment justifies.
pointofdeparture wrote: Isn't the Yaris iA sedan-only and completely unrelated to the Yaris hatchback?
You are correct. I initially grabbed the wrong group of photos and it took a little bit for changes to be reflected on the website. Sorry about that!
Ed Higginbotham wrote:pointofdeparture wrote: Isn't the Yaris iA sedan-only and completely unrelated to the Yaris hatchback?You are correct. I initially grabbed the wrong group of photos and it took a little bit for changes to be reflected on the website. Sorry about that!
Now that I see the right pictures, I still stand by my statement--not bad styling by Toyota standards. I see a bit of Lexus influence on the front end, and there seems to be a Mazda vibe to the exterior that betrays it's origin.
The Yaris is built in France. The Yaris iA is an entirely different car and built in Mexico.
You can't by a Renault or Peugeot in the USA, so if you want a French car, you're stuck with a Yaris hatch.
I actually really like the look of that.
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