August '14 Yaris Sales: Down

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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.