February 2016 Yaris Sales: Down

[jack black]

Wow, it's not just low gas prices. yaris is losing market share big time and Koreans and GM are gaining. Nissan versa is doing quite OK too. is new yaris priced too much?

[Thirty-Nine]

Originally Posted by jack black

Wow, it's not just low gas prices. yaris is losing market share big time and Koreans and GM are gaining. Nissan versa is doing quite OK too. is new yaris priced too much?

Nissan sells scads of Versas--I'm honestly not sure how they do it. Maybe it's the fact they have a sedan and a hatchback? Either way, they sell a ton of them.

[jambo101]

I think the market is bored with the generic one size fits all Yaris.
When i bought my Yaris back in 08 they had a sporty looking hatchback and a smart looking sedan.
While it looks like they've brought back the sedan
I'm just not drawn to what they have now.
My 08 sedan runs like a charm but it will be my last Yaris as i'll be looking at something else in Toyotas line up for my next car.

[tarkus]

Originally Posted by jambo101

IWhen i bought my Yaris back in 08 they had a sporty looking hatchback and a smart looking sedan.
While it looks like they've brought back the sedan
I'm just not drawn to what they have now.

I hate the whale mouth front grill they have now. Looks totally fugly IMO. The Volvo style big box dash also looks out of place in a small car. Just what were they thinking!

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

Nissan sells scads of Versas--I'm honestly not sure how they do it. Maybe it's the fact they have a sedan and a hatchback? Either way, they sell a ton of them.

I used to car pool with a colleague who had a new Versa sedan. It had brake issues and he got rid of it after two years. Bits of the plasticy interior were also coming apart by then. I would never buy a Versa - ever.

IIRC the Versa sedan also got voted into Canada's top 10 ugliest cars last year.