August '14 Yaris Sales: Down

[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.