Any1 with Yaris Sedan and babies?

[boosta]

Hi every1

My wife and I are looking at 'upgrading' our old car into something newer to anticipate for a baby in the future.

I have narrowed down the choice to a 2007 yaris Sedan and Lancer CH Sedan (My06) ~ A$17K (1.5litre vs 2.4litre)

I read most of the reviews about the Yaris Sedan and it has been positive. I will like to get thoughts from owners of Yaris Sedan who use it as a 'Family car - baby seats' - as in ample space in rear seats, boot space if possible.

Lancer definitely has a lot more space - warranty is better but I'm not too keen on fuel consumption. The centre console will prob take a bit of getting used to.

This new family car is really limited to city driving.

Kind regards
boosta (South Australia)

[YarisSedan]

All i can say is the lancer has a much much higher cost of maintinance than the yaris. Which is absolutely zero maint till 100k.

The yaris sedan has a surprisingly amount of rear seat room. Seemingly more room than most normal sized sedans. And this is comming from a subcompact car. Whenever i have passangers in the rear they always comment on how comfortable it is and the legroom.

[buchieboy]

The lancer is a nice car, but its not as practical to own like the yaris.

Other benefites:
#1 You can have more shopping money with the fuel savings.
#2 Interior space is huge compare to other sedans
#3 Based on my exp, toyota cars are fas more reliable (old lancer has lousy underchassis)

Stay with the yaris if its purely for city driving :)

[voodoo22]

One of my friends has a sedan and 2 babies. He bought the Yaris over the Fit, because the baby seats wouldn't fit in the Fit, but they fit in the Yaris.

It's a safe choice for you in my opinion and not really comparable to the Lancer in many categories.

Fuel economy
Total cost of ownership
Depreciation
Reliability

The Yaris will win all of those in most cases, but if you like the Lancer more, get it or you will regret not getting what you want.

[thebarber]

i have an Aveo sedan that we're planning on using w/ the baby (its due march 4)

trunk should have plenty of space in either car for strollers and toys and whatnot....

especially if the car is going to be city-only id lean yaris....itll have much better economy....