hatchback or sedan?? [Archive] - Toyota Yaris Forums

Typer73

01-12-2007, 08:30 PM

I own a liftback, test drove a sedan... they both seem equally "zippy" for a small car. It comes down to what do you want to haul? People or stuff? If the answer is people, opt for the sedan with the 4 doors; if it's stuff you can't beat the liftback. It has more than enough room for whatever you want to carry with the rear seats down (& imo, it's cuter than the sedan).

Blenjar

01-12-2007, 08:32 PM

I wouldn't say cuter..its sexier..
AND you can give it an agressive look..
Take a look around in memberlist...few sexy ones..

-- Blen

Kaotic Lazagna

01-12-2007, 09:05 PM

i own an S model. it's good enough to haul people and their gear. the only thing that i don't like about it is that aftermarket parts are not as accessible as the liftback.

if you're looking to modify your Yaris, then opt for the liftback. if you carpool and/or have stuff to move, get the sedan.

Yaris TTE JWRC

01-12-2007, 09:28 PM

For me, i wanted a sporty car, so i picked 3dr hb, we dont have the 5dr hatch in the US anyway, even if we did, i will still go with the 3dr hatch. personally for me, I think the sedan, wagon, and 5dr hatch are family cars, 2dr coupe and 3dr hatch are usually more sporty looking and because a sports car doesnt need all the extra door, also helps in order to reduce the unneeded weight, as well as the transmisstion on the car, Auto to me are used as family cars, and manuals are for performance, like sports cars, the color too, red, yellow, such as the Ferrari's and some blue are mostly for sports cars ,silver, black, and white are usually for luxury cars, such as the M-Benz. it is just my opinion, for family cars they can be any color, but not red nor yellow, in that case, a family with a sporty color will not be a good combo.
ANy way it really is up to the personal favor when u buy a car.

StellarPrincess

01-12-2007, 09:45 PM

I love my S Sedan. It fits 4 people comfortably (and my friends are all big 6 foot guys) and 5 people psuedo-comfortably*

I still have pretty decent trunk space...The body kits that come stock on the S sedan are pretty cool too...and it feels a bit more high-end on the inside than the liftback I testdrove.

...although I agree that if you're really trying to "mod" the car...go for the liftback.

I can't say enough good things about my car...and neither can anyone else! But do what makes your heart happy when you look at it! :wub:

forpinks

01-12-2007, 09:56 PM

THE SEDAN AUTOMATIC DOESNT HAVE A TACHOMETER BTW, JUST THE MANUAL, ANYWAYS YOU CAN STILL INSTALL AN ENGINE MONITOR FOR $400 WITH INSTALL... AND ITS STILL UP TO YOU ON WHAT YOU WANT,

THE SEDAN BASE IS LIGHTER THAN THE LB AND S TRIMS THOUGH. "2lbs lighter" LOL, THE S is the heaviest but looks fairly nice, like a shark on the road... THE LB HAS THE MOST UPGRADES BECAUSE ITS MOSTLY USED IN TIGHT CIRCUIT MOTORSPORTS.

60 Somethings

01-13-2007, 12:05 AM

The LB is different and gets the looks.

Just add a ScanGaugeII for $164.-$168. to get the Tach and much more.

In the mid-70's our daughter rode around in the back of our '74 ALFA Spider - on the package shelf - she was 7-8 yrs old. (Yes, that is now illegal.) We all liked the cars performance and it soon had a brother, a '71 ALFA Berlina 4dr Sedan, which we all fit into comfortably.

That's sort of the problem many here on thr Yaris Forum have. Solution: Buy both a HB and a Sedan!!!

mutatio

01-13-2007, 12:11 AM

THE SEDAN BASE IS LIGHTER THAN THE LB AND S TRIMS THOUGH. "2lbs lighter" LOL, THE S is the heaviest but looks fairly nice, like a shark on the road... THE LB HAS THE MOST UPGRADES BECAUSE ITS MOSTLY USED IN TIGHT CIRCUIT MOTORSPORTS.

well that, and if i'm not wrong, the LB has been in existence for how many years relative to the sedan, 5? and, the sedan is a new iteration designed specifically for the US? if so, give it time, mods will abound in short order given the demand and growing popularity of the Yaris. i've actually seen more sedans down here in South Florida, with only a sprinkle of the LBs here and there.

i agree with what's been said thus far. me and the wife would very likely have gone for the LB if there were a 5 door available in the US. then it'd be the best of both worlds. but since it's a split between the 3DR and the Sedan we went with the 4DR option because of the "people mover" option. imo, nothing is more ridiculous than going out for a night on the town and having your friends have to contort themselves out of the back of a coupe. even so, if we weren't planning on having kids in the next 5 years we would have been eyeing the 3DR to save money on the purchase.

Yaris TTE JWRC

01-13-2007, 12:27 AM

i agree with what's been said thus far. me and the wife would very likely have gone for the LB if there were a 5 door available in the US. then it'd be the best of both worlds. but since it's a split between the 3DR and the Sedan we went with the 4DR option because of the "people mover" option. imo, nothing is more ridiculous than going out for a night on the town and having your friends have to contort themselves out of the back of a coupe. even so, if we weren't planning on having kids in the next 5 years we would have been eyeing the 3DR to save money on the purchase.

Just like i said, 4dr/5dr/Auto/any color = Family, 2dr/3dr/Manual/red ,yellow, or some blue = Sporty, there... thats an easiest way to look at it, and if you are confused again, remember it again, 4dr/5dr/Auto/any color = Family, 2dr/3dr/Manual/red, yellow, or some blue = Sporty, hopefuly you understand what you want and pick the right one, because once you buy the car , theres no going back to the dealership:cool:

static808

01-13-2007, 12:30 AM

liftback all the way. they're rarer, which makes them very unique. still cant call it sexy, but it is very good looking. it perfectly fits our situation though. just check the signature. if we need a people mover, we use the van. if we need to haul crap, we use the van. if we need to go anywhere with the kids, we use the van. when the kids are asleep and canyon roads are calling, thats where the yaris comes into play...

--B

St_G

01-13-2007, 01:20 AM

The LB certainly doesn't seem to be rarer among this board's users...but I do have to admit that I still haven't passed another one on the streets in Memphis, while I've seen three sedans. Actually, I may have seen more that three sedans, but only three have caught my attention. The sedan kinda blends in with...well...every other economy subcompact. If it weren't for the family resemblence of the front end between the LB and the sedan, I'm not sure I'd be able to pick one out from a lineup of Kias, Hyundai's and Saturns.

mutatio

01-13-2007, 04:06 AM

trust me, after having researched and seriously looked into the various sedan and hatchback options on the market the Yaris sedan stands out in the subcompact niche as being very well designed w/ good lines. the Saturn Ion is very outdated and the Kia and Hyundai models often look like completely different design teams frankensteined the car together. :S the '07 models for the latter companies r starting to change that, but when i first started looking, yikes!

arguably, the LB looks common, just like an oversized smartcar. ;) but how many of those do we see in the US?

Jem_hadar

01-13-2007, 04:40 AM

For me, I like the hatchback for looks!

But I really fucking miss all that truck space of a sedan! :frown:

(it's not often (ever?) that I have my rear seats down... so I dont really benefit from the 'extra storage potential' of a hatchback)

Impresive-G

01-13-2007, 04:43 AM

I would say hatch. It's the actual Vitz just USDM. The sedan yaris is just the new echo. Plus the hatch has more compartments then the sedan.

Liftback FTW!

ddudley

01-13-2007, 06:22 AM

Get one of each!

Racer X-8

01-13-2007, 11:46 AM

Our liftback has more rear seating space than my other two cars. Our two fully-grown sons prefer it over the other two cars anyway, that's our family vote. The other two cars are four-door (well, the one has small "freestyle" doors for the rear) and they are both lower to the ground. So, for us anyway, our Yaris liftback IS the people mover hehe. The rear-center seat position hasn't been used yet. I've gotten in the back a few times. It's so much higher-up than my other cars, it was practically effortless - minimal contorting or slithering required.

And when it comes time to haul something, it takes me 5 seconds to yank the rear deck thingy and drop the rear seatback. Boom - enough room to haul 4 fully loaded yard trash bags! We use a blanket sometimes to protect things, depending on what and how much we're hauling. Sure, it doesn't satisfy our need for a pickup truck, but it hauls a whole lot more than our other two sporty sedan-types, a whole lot easier too to get things in and out thru that huge rear liftback door. When we have to haul bigger, or nastier stuff, we have our friends and family who are more than happy to show us why we should have bought an F150. :thumbdown: (I suppose that wasn't politiaclly correct, but, to each - his or her own, and buying a pickup truck is not very high-up on our priority list.)

spkrman

01-13-2007, 12:07 PM

I greatly prefer the styling of the LB.

The yaris sedan is definitely one of the best styled sedans out there.

I'd say if you look at the yaris sedan, you have to also look at the corolla. If you can get past the relatively bland styling and the multitudes of them on the road, its not a bad buy.

mutatio

01-13-2007, 01:07 PM

Get one of each!

indeed. if we had the money we'd be sorely tempted!

Jem_hadar

01-13-2007, 02:50 PM

And when it comes time to haul something, it takes me 5 seconds to yank the rear deck thingy and drop the rear seatback. Boom - enough room to haul 4 fully loaded yard trash bags!

Ahh, I guess this is the real reason i cant (dont) take advantage of the storage potential of the Yaris. I dont have to haul lots of stuff, its just more so for my weekend long or 3-4 days trips to Toronto, where I have a couple bags/suitcases of clothes, plus a cooler, plus pillows and blankets, etc.

And when in the city I'm often moving ppl around with me, or picking ppl up in Newmarket or Richmond Hill who are always coming to Toronto with me, so we have all their stuff too.

At times like these when I'm carrying people and lots of luggage is when a 4-door sedan would be so much more useful and handy!!

Racer X-8

01-13-2007, 07:24 PM

Ahh, I guess this is the real reason i cant (dont) take advantage of the storage potential of the Yaris. I dont have to haul lots of stuff, its just more so for my weekend long or 3-4 days trips to Toronto, where I have a couple bags/suitcases of clothes, plus a cooler, plus pillows and blankets, etc.

And when in the city I'm often moving ppl around with me, or picking ppl up in Newmarket or Richmond Hill who are always coming to Toronto with me, so we have all their stuff too.

At times like these when I'm carrying people and lots of luggage is when a 4-door sedan would be so much more useful and handy!!I agree 100%. Last summer, the four of us were trying to go in the Yaris liftback to Disneyworld, with a soft luggage carrier on top. I tried to strap that sucker down well. God, it was struggling so hard, and the luggage carrier set-up a wall up-front from the wind trying to lift it. The whole car shuddered from the wind buffeting, had to floor it to get up hills, and it was getting worse and worse. So, after trying and trying to fix the problem, we went back home, threw the bags in the trunk of the Inifiniti G20T, got in and hit the road. Man, what an improvement. :clap: So, yeah, four ppl with baggage, yeah.

But it was only that one time. I suppose some ppl might have that problem more often though.
(Anybody know of a luggge carrier that works?)

Basscat

01-13-2007, 10:32 PM

I was ready to order a Liftback 'cause it was so similar to my old economy drive, a Ford Festiva, but the area dealer had an S Sedan with almost everything on my list (Manual trans., spoiler, power package, and I added after-market remote keyless for $110 later). I was smitten when I saw her the first time and love her just as much today, 8 months later. The S styling makes a big difference over the standard sedan to me, and the spoiler gives a nice line to the rear end. The split folding back seat makes for a lot of hauling room, but the liftback would be better for hauling tall things, if that is anticipated. It's a great little car, comfortable, and fairly zippy for 37-41 mpg, which is what I've gotten in my mostly curvy/hilly highway environment.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/basscat/Yaris.jpg

mkaresh

01-14-2007, 01:53 AM

I would say hatch. It's the actual Vitz just USDM. The sedan yaris is just the new echo. Plus the hatch has more compartments then the sedan.

Liftback FTW!

I like hatches, but with kids would need four doors.

The sedan is very different from the Echo, much longer and lower, for much better proportions.

Impresive-G

01-14-2007, 03:41 AM

I like hatches, but with kids would need four doors.

The sedan is very different from the Echo, much longer and lower, for much better proportions.

I have two sisters ages 9-13. They don't mind and they shouldn't complain. It's my car they should live with it. Same way your kids should. Don't worry. Your not forcing them to get in. If they think so, just tell them they are rolling a cool hatchback. lol Save your kids the embarrassment. LOL! :burnrubber:

Yaris TTE JWRC

01-14-2007, 03:55 AM

Impresive-G

01-14-2007, 04:01 AM

what if the kids are 1-3 yrs old?

Then they isn't kids. They are baby's and toddlers. But if thats the case then by all means buy the sedan.

Racer X-8

01-14-2007, 10:02 AM

How come the Corolla gets the nod for best MPG?

mkaresh

01-14-2007, 01:30 PM

I have two sisters ages 9-13. They don't mind and they shouldn't complain. It's my car they should live with it. Same way your kids should. Don't worry. Your not forcing them to get in. If they think so, just tell them they are rolling a cool hatchback. lol Save your kids the embarrassment. LOL! :burnrubber:

My kids (4,6,7) are rolling in a cool hatchback. But it's one with four doors. With a Mazda badge.

I like four-door hatches, and would like to see more of them in the U.S. And yet Ford just killed theirs.

Go4th

01-14-2007, 10:05 PM

can't decide which one to purchase. test drove the hatchback and really liked it EXCEPT for not have a tach.

THE SEDAN AUTOMATIC DOESNT HAVE A TACHOMETER BTW, JUST THE MANUAL, ANYWAYS YOU CAN STILL INSTALL AN ENGINE MONITOR FOR $400 WITH INSTALL...

My sedan I purchased has the tach and its an automatic..... I cant remember if only the sedan's have the tach or just the automatic sedan's. I do know that it was weird driving a manual hatchback (when I test drove them) that it did not have a tach to look at and the automatic sedan I test drove did. For some reason I am thinking that only the sedans with automatic came with the tach but I can not say forsure because I did not test drive a manual sedan.