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vitz in Japan = echo in the U.S.
and yaris = new echo in the U.S. but with 3 doors instead right? thanks |
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The echo is no longer made in the US, so Vitz in Japan = Yaris in US (granted the Vitz is a 5 door and the Yaris is a 3 door). This is how I see it at least. Please correct me if I'm wrong
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True....sorry about the confusion
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I know echo_hrs knows this stuff really well but I'll give it shot ![]() Just an OVERVIEW... The Vitz is the JDM equivelant of the Yaris HATCH (NOT sedan)...which was sold (Yaris hatch) in other parts of the world excluding N/A. The Platz is the JDM equivelant of the N/A ECHO sedan-1st gen Although the ECHO name (to my knowledge) was only used in the N/A market and Austrailan and Oceanic markets...where's the same car was sold else where but under the Yaris name-if that makes sense? Then in Canada since small cars are more popular than the U.S. (who would have guessed ![]() ![]() Then Comes the 2 gen Vitz-early 2005 That is sold under the Yaris name in other places The Yaris hatch replaces the ECHO hatch in Canada fall of 2005 which I believe they are the first market outside of Japan to recieve the new second gen Yaris. Also the sedan varient of the Toyota ECHO in Canada is discontiuned for the 2006 model year. By this time the USDM ECHO is/was discontinued so for awhile until spring of 2006 Toyota didn't have a model under the Corolla. The Platz as mentioned before was discontiuned and replaced by the JDM Toyota Belta. The Belta sedan is sold as the Yaris sedan in the U.S. To coincide with the U.S. release Toyota decided to give the 2006 Yaris hatch in Canada a short run and was replaced by the 2007 model (same thing, just a carry over) in the spring of this year as well as the sedan like the U.S. And the 2 gen Vitz is sold here as the Yaris hatch. So the name Yaris isn't new with the rest of the world (or most of it) but it is new to the N/A market. Like mentioned before the options, features are relative based on geographical location and market wise. So for example Canadian Yarii have more goodies than we do and they have the 5-door!!! ![]() Wow! I probably just complicated things and wasted your time...that's what I'm here for ![]()
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Good info....thanks ECHOknight2000
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thanks for the info guys...
now what are all the trim levels of Yaris? U.S. only have the regular Yaris liftback but other countries get RS version with a bigger engine right? what other trim levels are there besides the RS? |
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I can answer part of that I believe....the N/A Yaris has only one powerplant which is the 1NZ 1.5litre 106 HP motor with 103 ftlbs torque at 4200.....correct? The RS is the Sport package which in the US is the S model however I am not sure if there is an S model for the hatch?
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Damn it!! You could probably smell this forum a mile away and had to take the thunder away from me huh?? Making me look bad!! ![]() ![]() ![]() Great info! ![]()
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You are correct...N/A gets the top of line 1.5ltr offered in the Yaris hatch and sedan...other countries have this one as an option and they offer 1.0, 1.3ltr desiels?? Probably other configurations depending on geograpical location-I'm sure echo_hrs can confirm this. ![]() As far as bigger engine, the only concept was the 1.8ltr ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The RS applies to the hatch only (to my knowledge) and is not offered here (U.S.), its offered in Canada (oh sure they get it ![]() ![]()
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More into that I found at Answer.com:
http://www.answers.com/topic/toyota-belta After reading this maybe I need to find a Belta enthusiast site too???
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