1 million km Echo

[Kal-El]

What's frustrating about auto reviews is that they rarely take reliability/longevity into account when rating/comparing models. This always left the Yaris at the short end of the stick because it didn't do what the journalists wanted. Auto journalist aren't putting their money down on the cars they drive so all they care about is which one is most fun and other surface niceties. Those of us in the real world place a large amount of priority on other things, perhaps the biggest being reliability. That's where the Yaris wins hands down.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

What's frustrating about auto reviews is that they rarely take reliability/longevity into account when rating/comparing models. This always left the Yaris at the short end of the stick because it didn't do what the journalists wanted. Auto journalist aren't putting their money down on the cars they drive so all they care about is which one is most fun and other surface niceties. Those of us in the real world place a large amount of priority on other things, perhaps the biggest being reliability. That's where the Yaris wins hands down.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

What's frustrating about auto reviews is that they rarely take reliability/longevity into account when rating/comparing models. This always left the Yaris at the short end of the stick because it didn't do what the journalists wanted. Auto journalist aren't putting their money down on the cars they drive so all they care about is which one is most fun and other surface niceties. Those of us in the real world place a large amount of priority on other things, perhaps the biggest being reliability. That's where the Yaris wins hands down.

Yeah thats well said.

They dont evaluate small cars for the purpose for which they are intended. Cheap transportation. They keep trying to make the car into something its not.

When the ECHO came out Edmunds review trashed the heck out of it in spite of over whelming owner reviews. I tried to point the above out to them but got nowhere.