More Yaris Pictures/Info

teevee247 · Sep 19, 2005

More Yaris Pictures/Info

Mostly for the extra pictures...

Bye, bye Echo. Hello Yaris. Youâ€™re looking at the car Toyota has chosen to fill the small shoes of the Echo in North America, the Yaris. This little B segment car has been a hit for Toyota in Europe becoming its best selling model and accounting for a quarter of its European sales. This is a true European small car, in the sense that itâ€™s more refined and better built than most of the small cars sold in North America. One wonders if Toyotaâ€™s decision to bring the Yaris to the U.S. will cannibalize Scion sales, particularly those of the similarly shaped xA.

The list of equipment and features on the Yaris is particularly long, so while we canâ€™t relay every detail we will tell you it has modular seating that allows for more versatility in cargo carrying, 30% more storage space than the model it replaces, ABS, electronic brake-force distribution and brake assist.

Three engine choices are available in Europe including a carryover 1.3L four-cylinder VVT-i producing 85 hp, a new lightweight 1.0L three-cylinder VVT-i producing 68 hp and a 1.4L four-cylinder diesel producing 88 hp that carries the little Yaris to 62 mph in a class leading 10.7 seconds.

Weâ€™re excited for the Echo to be gone, as its quality was generally lower than Toyotaâ€™s usual standards. Exporting a European model to the U.S. will certainly give the company a serious contender in the budget class of cars.

ORIGINAL STORY: http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000580058779/

As long as our base engine is the 1.5 in the ECHO right now, it should be nice... I wonder if they'd put the 1ZZ-FE in a *sporty* version of the Yaris? 130~140hp (depending on how the tune it) could be a lot of fun in a little car like that...

zze130 · Sep 21, 2005

it looks pretty nice. wish they named it the vitz instead. a sc 1.5 motor is pretty nice and has plenty of torque. but toyota claims that the yaris names will be worldwide use to replace the name echo. they did the same in canada i believe

teevee247 · Sep 21, 2005

Yep, its replacing the ECHO Hatchback, its being released in mid October of this year in Canada

mburket · Sep 21, 2005

they should just give up in that department of vehicles and bring teh celica back

teevee247 · Sep 22, 2005

In Canada at least, the ECHO Hatchback sold quite a bit better than the Celica; Toyota is still in the business of making money...

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