Is the Yaris mostly for Urban Transportation?

[Dorkinheimer]

Originally Posted by enobmort42

it's a great city car, but imo, an even better highway car. ya can't beat going from NYC to orlando on $75 worth of gas. after a state or two, you don't even hear the engine anymore.

...this compared to my last car: '96 concorde that got MAYBE 15 mpg highway! =P

At a certain speed you don't hear the engine as much because of harmonics. You'll hear the engine alot at 3000 rpm and hear it less at 3500 for example, but it's still spinning too fast.

As for being easy on gas, it is, but that's not what I'm talking about here. IM talking about the RPM at highway speeds, which is too high for comfort, and for the engine's life.

I tried my friends Echo, and his motor spins 400 RPM slower than my Yaris. He has the automatic transmission and the 2005 Echo was geared to spin slower and it was a charm driving it at highway speeds.