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 :)

[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....