what are de good things and bad things about this car?

[grampi]

Originally Posted by bearda

I was actually pretty impressed with the automatic in my wife's liftback when I test drove it. The low-end gearing seemed pretty good. The only thing I wasn't a fan of was the downshift on downhill slops. Yeah, I know it makes sense to kick in the engine braking but it still feels... wrong.

Still, for a 4-speed automatic I thought the gear ratios and selection were faily good.

I personally couldn't stand the auto. It felt like the only way to get even moderate acceleration was to push it hard enough so it would hold the lower gears into fairly high revs. It always seemed like the engine was having to work hard just to barely get going. The manual was just the opposite. It felt snappy in any gear, and pretty much at all RPM's. Based on my test drives, I wouldn't own a Yaris with an automatic.