Toyota to Debut 2018 Yaris At New York; No Mention of Yaris GRMN

[David C]

Originally Posted by scratchpaddy

The price is never going to be lower than a used Yaris, which, again, isn't much different from a new Yaris, going back many years.

I'm still happy with their decision to keep things the same, but sales will continue to fall as long as gas is cheap, and there's nothing new to get people excited about it.

At $19k CAD for a base Yaris hatch, it's kinda costly, that's what I meant. Used ones in like new conditions are selling for much less.

If they go back to the interior styling of the 2nd gen, I'm sure they would sell more. I see a lot of newer Micra, Versa, Fit, Spark, etc and very few 3rd gen Yaris. Most Yaris on the roads here at 2nd gen and Echo. Gotta mean something, right ? You even see more Prius C than newer Yaris.

[invader166]

Originally Posted by David C

At $19k CAD for a base Yaris hatch, it's kinda costly, that's what I meant. Used ones in like new conditions are selling for much less.

If they go back to the interior styling of the 2nd gen, I'm sure they would sell more. I see a lot of newer Micra, Versa, Fit, Spark, etc and very few 3rd gen Yaris. Most Yaris on the roads here at 2nd gen and Echo. Gotta mean something, right ? You even see more Prius C than newer Yaris.

I think you nailed it on the price point. 19k is a little much for a bare-bones car with little features. Really not that easy to keep up in the market when others offer better equipt vehicles for less than a base Yaris hatch. Reliability and fuel economy are really the only things left that are going for the Yaris, but the copetition is actually starting to catch up.

Ultimatly, in this day and age, people are more likely to buy cars because of the tech-features and power it has.

As for the 2nd gen. being more common? I can definitly see why. It actually has a central cabin light. Unlike the 3rd gen.