Where are all the Yaris?

[jambo101]

Drove from Montreal to Tampa,have been here a week and as yet i havent seen a single Yaris on the trip so far.. Coming from Montreal where every second car is a Yaris its very odd that the car is not more popular here in the states.Did they just not market the product in the USA ?As i see plenty of similar sized small American made cars.:iono::confused:

[MyzticZ3r0]

On the West Coast, I see Yaris pretty often. There's quite a bit of owners on the East Coast. I'm sure if you give it a little more time, you'll see plenty. As for the marketing Yaris in the states, I have yet to see a commercial about our cars, but that may be because I don't watch tv more than twice a month. I believe I read somewhere here on the forums that the Yaris, as opposed to something like the Corolla, doesn't give Toyota a huge net profit.

[CrankyOldMan]

I see them all over where I live, but it's still only 1 in 100 or more cars. Toyota doesn't put any funding into advertising the Yaris because the profit margin is so low, and people who want the least expensive car from Toyota know where to go to get it (the dealership). There was a commercial series featuring Michael Showalter, but it wasn't very compelling-- "Yaris, it's a car!"

http://www.toyota.com/yaris/#!/Welcome

I like the "shebang" in the url. Extra nerd points.

[ilikerice]

Here in Savannah I hardly see any. I see more Sedans than Liftbacks. Those who have them, do not seem the type to do any modifications let alone will probably never get on a yaris forum. Most just have the car for cheap and reliability and nothing more

[Flipper_1938]

I see 10-15 sedans and 6-10 hatchbacks every day during my commute.

[WeeYari]

Quebec has always had a love affair with small hatches. Trecel, Echo, Yaris have all been strong sellers there. Very European in automotive mindset, and no surprise that you come from the highest per-capita concentration of Yaris in North America.

During the '06 to '08 height of Yaris sales, Quebec was gobbling them up, while State-side it was seen as a quirky oddity. This was also still when American appetite for subcompacts was weak. Now that they are hungrier for small hatches, Yaris sales have tanked since '09, while other manufacturers have introduced more feature rich offerings in the segment.

[fnkngrv]

seen more and more the last year or so in Maine, but still not many comparatively speaking. The biggest issue I think here is that because they are Toyota they have high resale value so dealerships are slow to move them and then the fact that most Toyota dealerships have a poor reputation for crappy customer service in the Northeast. This is my experience anyway.

[bairjo]

I have seen more and more in Ohio..but not a lot. It may be due to the fact that I never see a Toyota ad pushing the Yaris...mostly Corollas and Camrys.:iono:

[yougojay]

I've seen about a 1/2 dozen or so in the foothills of the Appalachians here, thought it's a good number of them considering the amount of traffic here...(basically no traffic)

[bronsin]

Theres a few Yaris's running around here in Sj but not many.

I wave like an idiot when I see one but so far, my love is unrequited. :...(

[nookandcrannycar]

Theres a few Yaris's running around here in Sj but not many.

I wave like an idiot when I see one but so far, my love is unrequited. :...(

:laugh:

[bairjo]

:laugh:

Well back in the day when I drove an MG Midget...late 1970's, whenever I passed another Midget the thing to do was a flash of the lights. Now, you never see one of those on the road. I paid $500 for my 69 in 1977. Now they go for starting at $7000. Could of, would of, should of. Remember this when they stop making the Yaris!...hint hint.

[screenprintr]

Well Bronsin, I've never seen anyone waving as I'm driving buy so I guess we don't cross each others paths.

I don't see many either.

[fnkngrv]

Theres a few Yaris's running around here in Sj but not many.

I wave like an idiot when I see one but so far, my love is unrequited. :...(


I hear ya...I get a kick out of how bikers always greet each other on the roadways, but it doesn't seem like anyone else does. People think that I am boob for being a die hard Yaris guy. :headbang:

[sqcomp]

There are three, including mine, in my townhouse complex...

I see the sedans often. More so probably because I have one myself. Hertz rental car was using them as rental cars as I noticed yesterday.

Damned good & reliable car this is.

[Neurotic Hapi Snak]

Well back in the day when I drove an MG Midget...late 1970's, whenever I passed another Midget the thing to do was a flash of the lights. Now, you never see one of those on the road. I paid $500 for my 69 in 1977. Now they go for starting at $7000. Could of, would of, should of. Remember this when they stop making the Yaris!...hint hint.

My dad had a MG Midget when he was younger. He said it was love/hate with the car, loved driving it, hated the constant maintenance to be able to drive. Plus it rusted really quickly here in MN, just like all English cars do, well basically all cars, except for Toyotas.

[nookandcrannycar]

Well back in the day when I drove an MG Midget...late 1970's, whenever I passed another Midget the thing to do was a flash of the lights. Now, you never see one of those on the road. I paid $500 for my 69 in 1977. Now they go for starting at $7000. Could of, would of, should of. Remember this when they stop making the Yaris!...hint hint.

Yeah, I long thought I'd sell my Yaris after replacing it (NOT soon) but about two weeks ago I started thinking it might be better to keep it and park it in the driveway so that people driving by (not neighbors) think someone is home when I'm not home....couldn't hurt.

[MadMax]

I usually see 1-2 a day on my drive to/from work, but the Yaris is nowhere near as popular in the States as it is in other countries. I was just in Germany and Okinawa, and saw tons of them. Americans in general are just not big into economic subcompacts, but I do get a lot of positive comments about mine.

If the price of gas ever went up dramatically, the Yaris would get a lot more popular!

Oh, by the way I wave too! My biggest problem is remember what I am driving (i.e. I wave to Yarii in the Jeep, and at Jeeps in the Yaris!).

And having six vehicles at our house means it always looks like someone is home (usually because someone is!). It's a good tactic where everybody has at least 1-3 vehicles parked outside, but the street is almost deserted during the day (except for our house).

Cheers! M2

[IllusionX]

i saw at least 10 yaris in Boston during a long weekend trip while i was there. But half of them were out of the state Yaris from new england.

[DebbyM46227]

I rarely see a Yaris here, maybe one a week, usually a sedan. Where I live it's nothing but rednecks and large pick-up trucks.

[Neurotic Hapi Snak]

I just saw an identical Yaris to mine, medium silver metallic 3dr hatch, today. I've seen the same one before around where I live, so they must live near by. Although I have been seeing more and more hatchbacks, I think they're still a niche, like they've always been. Americans seem to prefer sedans or coupes over hatches, which I don't understand, hatches are much more useful for carrying things. Maybe it's related to the attitude that you need a truck to haul things.

[nookandcrannycar]

I rarely see a Yaris here, maybe one a week, usually a sedan. Where I live it's nothing but rednecks and large pick-up trucks.

Yeah, when I visited Indianapolis in August (IIRC) I only saw one Yaris.

[Kal-El]

The vast majority of Yaris's I see, about 25 a day (I live on the road as a driver), are '07-'11 sedans. You know, the model Toyota decided to drop. It was always reported that the hatch accounted for 50% of sales during the 2nd gen, but I just have a hard time believing it. I've been in lots of parts of the country and it was always about a 5:1 ratio, sedans to hatches.

As for the 3rd gen, sales have really floundered and I see maybe 1-2 a day vs the 25 a day of the 2nd gen.

The US market is just different than others. This is a country where 40,000 Camry's sell a month. 70,000 Ford F-series trucks sell per month. While 3,000 Yaris's sell.

[yarisgeo13]

I see earlier Yaris's and I saw mine but different color as well. I hoping to give the person a wave but she turned in a gas station early. So, it has been a while since I've seen my exact model as well.

[MyzticZ3r0]

I just got back from California and saw about five or six hatches/sedans, but none were the newer generations. I see them quite a bit though in Vegas.

[bigdoglover]

see a few near me, one in my subdivision. on a trip up to minneapolis i was driving in my rental suv and got passed by a speeding yaris! just not enough room for me, the dog and all of our stuff to drive 450 miles. made me laugh though

[gollygirl1]

Driving home on the highway tonight, saw plenty of Yaris - from a pretty blue to silver - I think I saw about 7 of them on my 20 minute trip home. They are very popular here in Brisbane Queensland Australia

[Neurotic Hapi Snak]

I saw a blue 3dr hatchback while driving, as I passed her, I waved because of this thread, lol. She was pretty cute.

[2012 YarisSE]

i'm over at Vancouver,British Columbia

[Killchain]

I see maybe 2 a day, during the week I may see more sedans over a hatchback.
I did see a 2013/14 5 door. I did like the sharper lines from the rear forward, I did catch my eye. Yet I'll be stickin' with my 2010 for about the next twenty years.

[Chifte]

Yaris here in SE PA fall in the common category, not remotely as common as Civics, Mustangs or F150s but I see them daily. Rarely see a sedan, and almost all the other Yaris I see are 4 door LB with elderly driving them.

However, the rarity is spotting modified Yaris, I saw one blue with all the sporty bells and whistles nothing tacky, I wanted to make friends but no one in sight! I wish there were people around here with this Yaris addiction.

Theres a few Yaris's running around here in Sj but not many.

I wave like an idiot when I see one but so far, my love is unrequited. :...(


I've done the same, then question why I did it, not many Yaris owners regard their Yaris as highly as we do it seems.

[jayeh]

Drove from Montreal to Tampa,have been here a week and as yet i havent seen a single Yaris on the trip so far.. Coming from Montreal where every second car is a Yaris its very odd that the car is not more popular here in the states.Did they just not market the product in the USA ?As i see plenty of similar sized small American made cars.:iono::confused:

I read the title of this thread and was going to jokingly post "They're all in Quebec".

When comparing the US to Canada knock every car up a class. The Yaris is to the Corolla in Canada what the Corolla is to the Camry in the US.

What part of super cheap gas in the US (especially compared to Montreal) made you think the Yaris would be popular in the states?

[jambo101]

OK trip over, Two weeks Montreal to Tampa and back and didnt see a single Yaris, I think the Yaris has the makings of a cult car in the USA,:biggrin:
Odd as i saw plenty of Cars similar in size to the Yaris like Focus,Aveo,Accent,etc so it isnt that Americans dont drive cars the size of a Yaris sedan..:iono:

[nookandcrannycar]

OK trip over, Two weeks Montreal to Tampa and back and didnt see a single Yaris, I think the Yaris has the makings of a cult car in the USA,:biggrin:
Odd as i saw plenty of Cars similar in size to the Yaris like Focus,Aveo,Accent,etc so it isnt that Americans dont drive cars the size of a Yaris sedan..:iono:

Two Yarii you might have seen were up here, closer to your home base. When I left my hotel in Burlington, VT this morning, 3 of the 14 cars in the lot were Yarii (including mine). The other two were sedans -- one with Tennessee plates, and the other with Virginia plates.

[CTScott]

Two Yarii you might have seen were up here, closer to your home base. When I left my hotel in Burlington, VT this morning, 3 of the 14 cars in the lot were Yarii (including mine). The other two were sedans -- one with Tennessee plates, and the other with Virginia plates.

Is yours a rental, or did you drive all the way to VT?

[nookandcrannycar]

Is yours a rental, or did you drive all the way to VT?

No, I drove to Burlington. I spent the previous night in Brattleboro. After some sightseeing yesterday in Burlington, I was planning to drive back to Brattleboro, but I was too tired (a welcome respite from my insomnia). Staying in Burlington wasn't as good value wise, but road safety is paramount :thumbsup:!

[CTScott]

No, I drove to Burlington. I spent the previous night in Brattleboro. After some sightseeing yesterday in Burlington, I was planning to drive back to Brattleboro, but I was too tired (a welcome respite from my insomnia). Staying in Burlington wasn't as good value wise, but road safety is paramount :thumbsup:!

You should stop by if you pass through CT on your way back. I am right off I-84.

[charles nelson]

I live in small city (120,000) in central Minnesota. When I bought my 2008 Yaris, the dealer had about 10 in stock. For last couple of years, the dealer has not
had a Yaris in the lot or showroom. They keep pushing the Prius and the Corolla or Camry. This week I just encountered the first person in four years who said that they bought a Yaris for their daughter who is going off to college.
The only time my Yaris has ever been in the shop was for its annual checkup.
I still get 40-48 mpg on the highway and 30-38 mpg in town.