Motortrend : 2012 YARIS : 1st drive of ...

[Kioshi]

HOPEFULLY.....this means more aftermarket support for 1st gen US model now~

If you guys think this car is ugly......take a look at the Prius shuttle van coming soon to America....and already landing in Japan 5-8 months from now... :P

3Door Yaris Hybrid, I'll take that for sure.

[djct_watt]

Originally Posted by devinlamothe

Why couldn't they just bring the Auris over here? I would rather have that than this crappy thing.

Redesign = FAIL in my opinion.

Because the Auris is sold alongside the Yaris in Europe. The Auris is basically the European market equivalent of a Matrix, but far cooler. So importing the Auris wouldn't exactly help the aging Yaris, and the Yaris would be left unchanged and even more uncompetitive in an increasingly more competitive market. That's why? I'm sure a lot of Yaris buyers would also be more happy buying an Auris, Bentley, Ferrari, or Learjet, but their budgets and their needs don't restrict their choices.

But yeah, gotta see it in person to really to really say how it looks. Unfortunately, these small cars don't photograph well, ie the Fiesta sedan looks ok in photos, but IMO, horrid in person.

[Hershey]

The AURIS is new to U.S. , a norm for EUROPE . We get mostly crap for variety of small vehicles thanks to the more the horsepower and the bigger the safer thought of mind .

[djct_watt]

Originally Posted by Hershey

The AURIS is new to U.S. , a norm for EUROPE . We get mostly crap for variety of small vehicles thanks to the more the horsepower and the bigger the safer thought of mind .

The Auris is and never was available in the US. It's, for all intensive purposes, the same thing is a Matrix. . . just far cooler. But check the dimensions. Have you ever sat in an Auris??? Coming from someone who's seen and been in all three; Yaris, a Matrix, and an Auris, it's not all that differently sized. But as I was originally retorting, an Auris does not compare at all to a Yaris. It's basically equivalent to a Matrix.

Here's more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Auris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Matrix

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by 1NZYaris1

and a shit load more fuel economy that the current Yaris

what am I missing here?

[Kal-El]

One thing's for sure, if the US spec Yaris doesn't earn an EPA highway rating of at least 40 MPG, then it will be a big letdown from Toyota. It basically means that Hyundai, Ford, and GM has surpassed Toyota in fuel efficiency (outside of Prius). Right now, most of their models already beat Toyota's comparable models. So far, Toyota's gotten away with it because their models are older, but when the redesigns come along, they need to match or beat the other guys.

Already, the Fiesta, Cruze ECO, Elantra, '12 Focus FE achieve at least 40 MPG and they are the next size class up to boot (except Fiesta). There needs to be a fuel efficiency incentive to buy a subcompact over a compact. I think the Yaris needs to be 42 MPG.

[Hershey]

" The Auris is and never was available in the U.S. "

Aware of that . Meant to say the new YARIS ( AURIS look alike ) for the U.S. . We bought an '03 MATRIX when it arrived here , enjoyed it . The base model '03 with the 4 speed auto averaged 33 m.p.g. overall for the time we had it . Miss it at times .

[djct_watt]

Yeah, sorry. I had to do a double-take, as you are almost never wrong. I didn't think about typos. The only reason it came up was that someone said they should have imported the Auris instead, and it's in a completely different segment.

[Hershey]

That's fine , I'm not too good with wording at times . Doesn't flow from this aging noggin' to the keys at times . Not always right either .

[malibuguy]

looks like it mated with a Versa

[Blue Y job]

From what I've seen of the new Yaris, it sucks. I thought they were really onto something in 2007 for the US, they were trying a new, free styling treatment and they were going to sell it for cheap. It was unique. Now it's "me too". Not for me.

[STC]

Don't like...

Cheers!

[Yaristeve]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

One thing's for sure, if the US spec Yaris doesn't earn an EPA highway rating of at least 40 MPG, then it will be a big letdown from Toyota. It basically means that Hyundai, Ford, and GM has surpassed Toyota in fuel efficiency (outside of Prius).

Not necessarily. Toyotas have rarely been the MPG leader in their respective classes; I've always wondered how Toyota got a reputation for good gas mileage. OTOH, I believe Toyotas sell well because they are made well, are a good value, and get "good enough" MPG.

[end user]

Originally Posted by djct_watt

I think the majority of people don't buy it for the looks... The MAJORITY (and this forum is a tiny minority) buy it for the reputation, reliability, because it's a Toyota, the price, and the mileage.

I bought it for the looks and the rest. The current design is bumper to bumper purty unlike some of the cars where either the front end is nice and the rear is ugly or vice versa. It also doesn't look like some jagged edge crumpled paper was used for the design.

[ERA]

its got a nice side profile

[auxmike]

Throw some rims on it, tints, and a drop + exhaust and you're golden....

[auxmike]

Oh, and I'm waiting till the thing hits the showroom floor before I say I love/hate it.
Pics never compare to an "in the flesh" walk around...