August '14 Yaris Sales: Down

[Kalispel]

Toyota and their dealerships seem to do their best to sabotage potential sales of the Yaris in favor of the Corolla here in the USA. I guess that I am the minority, in that if I cannot buy a new 2015 SE Manual Yaris in a color that I want, then I won't be buying a new Toyota at all - since I find the new Corolla (among other vehicles) to be a complete eyesore personally. I will keep hunting the used-car market until the Yaris that I want eventually pops up for sale, and buy that if I can find one before a 2015 SE manual that I want becomes available.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by Kalispel

I will just keep hunting the used-car market until the Yaris that I want eventually pops up for sale.

There you go. Even if they stop production there will still be good used Yaris's for sale for another five or six years.

For that matter there are still good ECHO's FS out there too!

[Thirty-Nine]

Originally Posted by Kalispel

Toyota and their dealerships seem to do their best to sabotage potential sales of the Yaris in favor of the Corolla here in the USA. I guess that I am the minority, in that if I cannot buy a new 2015 SE Manual Yaris in a color that I want, then I won't be buying a new Toyota at all - since I find the new Corolla (among other vehicles) to be a complete eyesore personally. I will keep hunting the used-car market until the Yaris that I want eventually pops up for sale, and buy that if I can find one before a 2015 SE manual that I want becomes available.

The Yaris makes hardly any profit for a Toyota dealer, so they're going to push the Prius c and the Corolla. If you go in and ask for a Yaris—that's one thing. But the margins are higher on everything.

And I agree: if I couldn't get an SE in a manual I'd get something else, too. However, I am not in the market for a new Yaris and I still enjoy my '07.

However, if I were in the market, I'd have to go to California or Colorado to get an manual SE. I'd also then have to pay out-of-state sales tax (Oregon does not have any sales tax).

There are lots of great subcompacts on the market: Mazda2, Ford Fiesta, Chevy Sonic, MINI Cooper, Fiat 500, Honda Fit—all of which I can fairly easily get with a stick shift. While I really like the 2012-2014 Yaris SE, I don't know if I'd automatically buy another Yaris at this point.

[vrait]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

The Yaris makes hardly any profit for a Toyota dealer, so they're going to push the Prius c and the Corolla. If you go in and ask for a Yaris—that's one thing. But the margins are higher on everything.

And I agree: if I couldn't get an SE in a manual I'd get something else, too. However, I am not in the market for a new Yaris and I still enjoy my '07.

However, if I were in the market, I'd have to go to California or Colorado to get an manual SE. I'd also then have to pay out-of-state sales tax (Oregon does not have any sales tax).

There are lots of great subcompacts on the market: Mazda2, Ford Fiesta, Chevy Sonic, MINI Cooper, Fiat 500, Honda Fit—all of which I can fairly easily get with a stick shift. While I really like the 2012-2014 Yaris SE, I don't know if I'd automatically buy another Yaris at this point.

I wouldn't trust any of those cars in reliability. Even the Honda is made in Mexico, and it is having a lot of issues.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by vrait

I wouldn't trust any of those cars in reliability. Even the Honda is made in Mexico, and it is having a lot of issues.

When compared to the Yaris, I agree. The Mazda 2 might be close...but the real world MPG is lower.