Ford Fiesta vs. Yaris

[doublewam]

Looks like the new Fiesta will be a great looking car. However, it's a Ford. Depreciation on it will bum you out and I don't think it will prove to be anywhere near as reliable as a Toyota. As for me, if it isn't a Honda or a Toyota, I'm done with it. Every Ford, Chrysler, & GM product I have ever owned has essentially been 'done' as a reliable automobile after 100,000 miles (some before). My Toyotas and Hondas have been 'miracle machines' in comparison.

For the record...cars I have owned...

Fords
2 Tauruses (both junk at 100,000-120,000 miles)
1 Windstar (also junked at 120,000 miles)

Chrysler
PT Cruiser ($2000 in warranty work, about $1000 out of pocket repairs, by 45,000 miles the AC was only working when going at least 55, it would often go dead when idling, the power steering made sounds like an elephant dying on cold days, other misc. issues. Traded this car in for the Yaris.)

Volkswagon
New Beetle (nightmare, was constantly back at the dealer with problems, traded it in at 20,000 miles for a Toyota Tacoma)

Dodge
Caravan (still have it, only 36,000 miles - only have a Dodge because due to depreciation of GM products, I was able to get it for no money out in a trade for a Tacoma double cab that was 2 years older with twice as many miles on it.)

Honda
Civic (250,000 miles, running great when I sold it)

Toyota

Celica (350,000 miles, my first car...purchased it with 250,000 miles for $900 and spent less than $500 in repairs to get another 100,000 out of it).

2 Tercels (1 in Anchorage Alaska purchased with 10,000 miles and put another 25,000 on it before I sold it...no issues through harsh Alaskan winter, the other Tercel had almost 200,000 miles on it when I traded it in for a new VW Bug-see above-eeek!)

2 Tacomas (single cab, no issues for 40,000 miles then traded it in on a new 2004 double cab. The double cab had no problems and we put 46000 miles on it and then traded it in at a dealer for a Dodge 2006 Caravan with half the miles on it...the Tacoma had such a great resale value we traded it out right for an even swap. Pretty amazing considering the Caravan was two years newer with half the miles on it and cost about $6000 more new than the Tacoma did.)

Yaris (just purchased two days ago...loving it)

WOW! Until I did this post, I had never made a list of all the cars I have owned. I had no idea there were that many.

[PHXDEMON]

I hope you understand that with all our BS safety standards by the time they bring that thing into the states it will weigh 2700 lbs.

[Thirty-Nine]

The Euro version already has front and side airbags. The U.S. version will probably get a bit bigger bumpers, but other than that, I don't know why the weight would increase ...