Yaris In A 1999 Cover Story: 'Auto & Design'

[boog]

Thought you guys might get a kick out of this...i think this was the year when the Yaris some kind of 'Car Of The Year' award....Enjoy!(i didnt scan the whole article because it was very long and my scanner was drivin me freakin crazy!!) - I bought this magazine when my aunt/uncle took me to Italy when i was 12
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/lvchristian/1-2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/lvchristian/2-1.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/lvchristian/3-1.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/lvchristian/4.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/lvchristian/5.jpg

[60 Somethings]

Very interesting - thanks for scanning and posting the pictures.

Amazing how long it takes to get these designs to the good old U.S. of A.

The drawing in the article doesn't look a whole lot different than many of the Yarii pics posted on this Forum.

(FYI: There is alot of great industrial design over there, especially in Milan. From someone who is 100% Italian.)

[punch]

huh? 60yearoldpeople, thats the echo, in North america, been around for awhile now !!!

[60 Somethings]

huh? 60yearoldpeople, thats the echo, in North america, been around for awhile now !!!

True, but don't see that many Echos either. Maybe it's our failing eyesight!

Also, don't remember it being billed as an European design - just another small Japanese car.

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FYI: We just completed a week-long camping trip on the OR coast - never saw even one Yaris in probably 500 miles of dirving.

[hhcchen]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/lvchristian/3-1.jpg
that concept drawing is much better looking for the previous generation yaris...
what a shame...

[Yaris TTE JWRC]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/lvchristian/3-1.jpg
that concept drawing is much better looking for the previous generation yaris...
what a shame...

LOL they look the same to me

[eTiMaGo]

main different is the bigger arches and rims, and the lower, more slung-back roof line. Small differences, but it could be done with someone experienced in welding :laugh:

[60 Somethings]

main different is the bigger arches and rims, and the lower, more slung-back roof line. Small differences, but it could be done with someone experienced in welding :laugh:

I think the old hot-rodders term for lowering the roofline like that is that it needs to be "chopped". The drawing is far sleeker than the actual production model - as is usually the case.

[60 Somethings]

Had one of those Ahh-ha moments today.

We were walking back from coffee this afternoon when an Echo drove by. It was then it dawned on me as to why I didn't see the car in the 1999 Italian Design Magazine as a one that had been imported to America.

It is a 4-Dr hatchback and all the Echo's here are Sedans (both 2 & 4 door models). Very different look.

[as400g33k]

That's the 1st gen Vitz/Yaris/Echo and 1999 was the year it won the European COTY.