Look Out Toyota, Here Comes The Good Enough Chinese Car

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I noticed you put both good and Echo (and only those two words) in all caps. However, you still refer to your Yaris as a good car! Good to know your feeling is 'still hanging in there' despite your extreme disappointment re the water pump.

Toyota spelled the car that came out in 2000 ECHO. Thats where I got the caps.

The Yaris is good insofaras it is built from an ECHO. The tiny car with a roomy interior, lots of places to put things, no hood to look over, massive headroom, WIDE doors (2 door version) with a seating position high off the ground making the car easy to enter and exit, lightweight for good fuel economy, a gem of a 1.5 liter engine (outstanding fuel economy with lively performance) the center mounted speedo, all carryovers from the ECHO.

Now for the bad.

As in all cars the insane, drooling stupid, lobotomized tendency to make the car bigger and heavier over the years. Remember the 1985 Civic? Now its bigger than the Accord was in its early years. Basically the ECHO and Yaris have the same engine and body size as the Corolla did years ago. This is driven by the public, of course.

Whats better about the Yaris?

Dual glove compartments, the dash controls for heat, distribution of airflow, and fan speed, and the hatchback option.

I cant BELIEVE Toyota hasnt fixed the water pump issue.