What will your next car be?

[Kalispel]

Originally Posted by ern-diz

The Mazda 3 hatch is really growing on me from a styling perspective. If someone totaled my Yaris, it'd be one of the first cars I test drive.

I like the peppier engine and dual-exhaust on the upper-level Mazda3 trims, but the sedan looks much better (to me). The character/body lines of the car really make the hatch look saggy in the middle (to me), and the front engine/hood portion of the car looks abnormally elongated. I like the look/proportions of the iM better for a compact hatchback, except from the front, where the goofy front bumper and headlight design ruins it. The Mazda3 front-end design is much better looking.

If someone totalled my Yari tomorrow, I would most definitely just buy another Yaris SE (in blazing blue this time) or an iM (in black only, to blend/hide that front bumper design).