Yaris In A 1999 Cover Story: 'Auto & Design' - Toyota Yaris Forums

boog · 02-04-2007, 11:18 PM

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

60 Somethings · 02-05-2007, 01:04 AM

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 · 02-05-2007, 09:14 AM

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

60 Somethings · 02-05-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by punch

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 · 02-05-2007, 10:14 PM

that concept drawing is much better looking for the previous generation yaris...
what a shame...

Yaris TTE JWRC · 02-06-2007, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hhcchen

that concept drawing is much better looking for the previous generation yaris...
what a shame...

LOL they look the same to me

eTiMaGo · 02-06-2007, 06:34 AM

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

60 Somethings · 02-06-2007, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

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 · 02-06-2007, 08:23 PM

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 · 02-07-2007, 12:54 AM

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

02-04-2007, 11:18 PM	#1
boog Drives: no yaris yet...just an rx7 ; ) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 5	Yaris In A 1999 Cover Story: 'Auto & Design' 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

02-05-2007, 01:04 AM	#2
60 Somethings Old Folks View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris LB, 2006 4Runner V8 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vancouver, USA Posts: 222	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.) __________________ We are the proud owners YARI - He's a loaded Silver LB with ATTITUDE!

02-06-2007, 06:34 AM	#7
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	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 __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

02-06-2007, 08:23 PM	#9
60 Somethings Old Folks View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris LB, 2006 4Runner V8 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vancouver, USA Posts: 222	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. __________________ We are the proud owners YARI - He's a loaded Silver LB with ATTITUDE!

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