2008 Toyota Yaris RUSH
May 26, 2008 by Alborz Fallah
With 22 rivals in the light-car segment and the new Mazda2 taking some of the limelight away from Toyota’s Yaris, the Japanese giant has announced a special-edition Yaris RUSH model to give buyers a reason to come back to the Big T.
Not that Toyota needs to be worried, so far this year the Yaris has been the best selling light-car in Australia. Toyota has held this title with the Yaris and Echo for the last five years, but it never hurts to be more competitive.
Available for a limited time, Yaris RUSH is essentially a YR 5-door hatch with more than $1000 worth of added specification for $500.
The 14-inch steel wheels are replaced with 15-inch alloys from the more expensive YRX model and the standard single CD player has given way to a six-stack system with Bluetooth connectivity and added foglamps. Buyers also receive “Yaris”-branded mats and a special-edition badge.
Standard features of the YR model include twin front airbags, air-conditioning, anti-skid brakes, power windows and mirrors, seatbelt pretensioners and force limiters for the front seats and power steering.
Unfortunately buyers still need to pay an extra $750 for side and curtain airbags. Metallic paint is also an additional $300. The 1.3-litre four-cylinder Yaris is priced from $16,890 for the five-speed manual and $18,390 for the four-speed automatic.
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Don’t waste your money. Buy a Mazda 2, you will get alot more for your dollar.
Yaris….crap name crap car……..just because people buy it doesnt mean its any good. People used to but Camiras Avalons and they still buy Camrys even though a Falcon uses less fuel !!!!!
Oh, and for those who ever rent one of these, taking the air filter out is a MUST. The induction noise is priceless and the rev-limiter sounds great!
Carl,
Perhaps Toyota should only fit ONE seat? That would improve fuel consumption figues, not to mention safety! The thing should not have a back seat anyway. Anyone else sen one rear ended by a 4WD with a bull bar – FATALITY. The first thing that thr bullbar hit, after the rear window, was the poor teenagers head.
http://www.yarisworld.com great community forum for worldwide yaris owners I don’t see the same amount of ownership pride for people in Hyundai Getz & Holden Kalos!!
Yes its always good to do ALOT of research into buying any car, dont take it that even you had a good rap with a brand in the past, mean that is that all cars from them are going to be as good as what u had going ahead.
The Aurion that I have is the only car I would ONLY buy in Toyotas stable at the moment and that was with a discount as well when i bought it. Anything else was too generic (and lacks any highlight compared to their competitor models).
If I was looking for a tiny car now or soon, I would be looking forward to the 500.
Bret … let me get this right – if a 4X4 smashes into the backend of a Mazda2, Honda Jazz, Fiesta or even one of those Barina’s – none of them will suffer the same consuqences as the Yaris…. !!
You are an absolute clown.
The Yaris infact is one of the best vehicles in it’s class and when it was released set new benchmarks for the light car segment.
The Mazda2 is a great vehicle but also a new model compared to the Yaris which is due for a facelift.
The Quality, reliability and durability of the Yaris is amoung the best of all and comes with a 5 star crash rating unlike the 2 star Daewoo crap from Holden.
The only people who have nit picked this car is the same clowns that have a stab at Toyota on any topic with thier comments usually nothing more then utter rot and not even remotely connected to reality.
Get over yourselves fools – the Yaris is amoung the best in class just like all the other Toyota’s …HA, HA !!
Oh yeah … the greaest judge of all – The Market – choose the Yaris in much greater numbers then many others.
This is why I have moved sites……..Im happy to keep watching and shaking my head at you Dingo but prefer to have an opinion on a car site without being made to feel like your wrong every time and get abused.
Bret – have you seen those NCAP Crash video’s of the Yaris compared to the sh*tbox Barina … !!
I bet not.
While the Yaris suffered front end damage only, the Barina scored so poorly because the roof partially collapsed and the floor lifted in the cabin compared to localised damage on the Yaris in the exact same test.
Your critism of the Yaris because a 4×4 with a bullbar hit ‘em is joke. What do you seriuosly expect – a light car just fend of a 2 tonne solid 4×4 … what ever – clown !!
Have you seen what a Truck does to a 4×4 !!
Have you seen what a bulldozer does to a Truck !!
Have you seen what a Train does to a dulldozer !!
They all must be sh*t becuase something of greater size and mass makes a mess of them all … mmm !!
Bavarain – lets be seriuos… most of these comments are nothing but unresonable rot from clowns and believe me – i do nothing but shake my head at people like yourself all the time !!
If you want to critise cars then fine but atleast be resonable without passing totally stupid comments like removing seats, the Yaris is crap because a 2 tonne bull bar cladded 4×4 messed up my friends Yaris and so on.
Maybe your problem Bavarian is that i keep clowns like yourself on the straight and narrow from spilling otherwise alot of fact-less rot !!
Dingo (TS)
Get over yourself, you small minded tw!t.
This is a Yaris article.
I have seen the FATAL results of a rear ended Yaris. The rear seat of the Yaris IS particularly close to the rear of the vehicle. This particular impact was not overly severe either, just an unfortunate height match between a bullbar & the heads of Yaris back seat passengers.
I have not seen a similar incident with the other cars you mention (may have happened, I don’t know).
The star rating for crashes DOES NOT INCLUDE REAR-END crashes. This is one area where the Yaris is particularly poor.
The uninformed masses (ie the “market”) is NEVER the greatest judge, but in fact often the worst judge.
Clown!!
Wheelstud – the Falcon uses less fuel then a Camry is utter and complete bullsh*t … PERIOD !!
While the Camry may consume about the same fuel as larger 6 cylinder engine on the highway, the Camry remains a more frugal urban transporter of which were most people travel most of the time.
See Bavarain … more utter rot – this is exactly what i mean.
All-in-all for most owners of a Camry, it will remain more frugal then a larger 6 cylinder capacity engine not to mention the new Mondeo 2.3 petrol engine isn’t exactly the most efficent either … is it !!
Dingo, Fair dinkum you are an idiot.
You defend Toyota products to the end, regardless of facts and reality.
YARIS IS A DANGEROUS CAR!
The Yaris in question was not extensively damaged and was driven from the scene, AFTER THE DEAD BODY WAS REMOVED.
If the heads of the back seat passengers were afforded some projection there would probably not even been any injuries at all.
The trouble is you don’t actually keep anyone on the “straight and narrow” all you do is dispute facts and deny others opinions, whilst all the time srpouting copius quantities of toyota propaganda.
Your posts are worthless!
Bret – i suggest you are the clown that needs to get over yourself … PERIOD !!
Without seeing similar crashes as you just mentioned yourself, how can you accurately pass comment that the Yaris is particularly poor in rear-end crashes compared to direct competitors.
Simple – you carn’t.
Infact, provide me published evidance that supports your claim.
Correct me if i am wrong but the dimensions of lightcars are all identical and the odds are, all of the light cars would have suffered similar / identical damage as the Yaris did.
Better still, not having seen other light cars in an identical incident means you can not rule-out the possibility that ‘others’ could have faired worse … am i wrong !!
As for the market is the worst judge … what utter rot. What circus was you born in ??
Fact is – the greater proportion of the market have resonable general knowledge about the market and the Yaris is not just a proven great liitle buz box in Australia but on most continents of the world.
Bret … you are WRONG !!
I defend Toyota from rot from clowns like yourself.
I don’t dispute facts, i bring them into the equation that fools like yourself so often neglect to highlight.
You say that the Yaris is a dangerous car. Guess what freak – no more dangerous then any other light car and infact safer then others with it’s 5 STAR NCAP RATING !!
How many stars does the Barina … MMM !!
So what exactly were you saying about disputing facts ??
My comments hold alot more value then yours … PERIOD !!
If you want greater protection – add a friggen roll cage in ‘ya car.
CLOWN
Leaked Oz Qual Survey released May 2007.
Referance – DRIVE.ocm under ‘features’
Figures detailed on page 6
LIGHT CARS … ranking from 100 points
1. Mazda2 – 82
2. Colt – 81
3. Yaris – 75
4. Swift – 73
5. Accent – 72
… industry average 70 …
6. Getz – 69
7. Jazz – 67
8. Barina – 67
9. Fiesta – 57
10. Polo – 49
Supporter, roll cages are illegal for street use.
…And the Yaris is still a very substandard car, that’s an totally un-biased review after a weeks long rental. I was much happier in the older Corolla I was driving the week before, that was actually a great car. The Yaris was such a disapointment.
Dingo,
Freak, Clown, you’ve got all of the abuse of genuine people down pat and yet you’re wrong again!
Nowhere did I make any claims, good or bad, about any other car in the class.
I could not care less about Daewoo Barinas. Holden’s original advertising focused on class leading safety features (at the time), yet the ANCAP rating is terrible.
I have not seen a death in a Barina.
The yaris has a class leading ANCAP rating, yet I have seen someone killed by it’s poor rear end crash protection, in certain circumstances.
Survey’s are not worth the marketing hype that they are designed for, let alone sprouting as supporting material in an argument – they just don’t have any credibility.
To claim your comments have more value than mine?, well that explains your little self indulgent micro world then doesn’t it.
F-O
GT – Your comment proves that you truely understand very little about cars.
The market, multiple reviews aswell as countless Quality and Customer Satisfaction Surveys all around the world prove you how WRONG you are.
Not only did the Yaris elevate the benchmark for ‘light cars’ when it was first released but remains amoung the most competitive in it’s class and that is before it’s facelift that is due time.
Quality, reliability and dependability of the Yaris are strong points aswell not to mention competitively packaged and priced. 5 star crash rating, respectable handling, pace and efficency round-out the other strong values of the Yaris that has made it not just popular in Australia but in every market it is sold in around the world.
As you can see above, the Yaris scored strongly in the Aust. Leaked Qual. Survey all of which proves how ridiculous your comment is.
Dingo – I never thought a canine could be such a goose.You and TP have done nothing but give people a reason to dislike Toyota.
Bret – the only clown who is wrong is you.
What is absolutely ridiculous about your critism towards the Yaris is the fact that a light car has been rammed by a heavy weight, bull bar cladded 4×4.
You stated yourself that you have not witnessed another light car involved in an identical incident as the Yaris so how can you possibly conclude without hard evidance that rear-end protection of the Yaris is any better or worse then any other light car … simple – you carn’t.
And as i said – it is a possibility that some other light cars could have faired ‘worse for wear’ then the Yaris given it’s strong crash rating for a light car.
Here is a tip for you – although it is a front end crash test and not the rear … search and find the video footage of the NCAP test of the 5 Star Yaris compared to the 2 Star Barina.
While damage was limited to the front end of the Yaris, the Barina coincidentally suffered from a partially collapsed roof and the floor / chassis that buckedly upwards into the cabin.
What you are forgetting about with your critism are the bare facts related to the incident as described by yourself … a high riding, heavy weight, bull bar cladded 4×4 crashes into a low riding, light weight motor vehicle … PERIOD !!
Phil – tell someone who cares.
How do you argue a point with a fool, who lacks comprehension, or simply throws up the barrier and denies everything?
Dingo, READ WHAT I BLUDDY WROTE.
Nowhere did I make any comparisons with or claims about other cars.
I’ll repeat it again, it was NOT “rammed” in a serious impact. The collision was relatively minor for a stoplight bingle.
The issue here is the FACT that
THE YARIS HAS POOR REAR END CRASH PROTCTION.
No other claims, comparisons or survey waffle.
And why would I want to revisit the video? I’ve seen it before. All it shows is that I’m better off driving what I’ve got.
And BTW personal experience is why I do. Have you ever had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time when another driver stuffs up, resulting in a 90 km/h collision?
Dingo – So you love Toyota so much you want to convince everybody that there the best,fair enough.But when you over do it and start to turn people off you dont care.Strange logic
Good to hear youve moved BM (and apparently AndrewM)…. your not missed.
Bret, just curious re the rear ended Yaris. You said the car was drivable after the accident. Does this mean that the 4 x 4’s bumper was high enough to miss the Yaris’ rear bumper and tyres, punched into and through the rear hatch and crushed the rear seat occupant? Was it a two door or a four door?
Toyota Supporter Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
“Leaked Oz Qual Survey released May 2007.
Referance – DRIVE.ocm under ‘features’
Figures detailed on page 6
LIGHT CARS … ranking from 100 points
1. Mazda2 – 82
2. Colt – 81
3. Yaris – 75
4. Swift – 73
5. Accent – 72
… industry average 70 …
6. Getz – 69
7. Jazz – 67
8. Barina – 67
9. Fiesta – 57
10. Polo – 49″
So the Barina was ranked higher than the fiesta and polo. HA! Isn’t that ODD?
Bret who are you kidding…. is being a light vehicle a Yaris only thing? Wake up to yourself, cars in this segment are that small and in hatcback form have crap all rear protection. ALL CARS in this particular market. Geeezus.
Alborz theres some funny stuff going on here. Dunno what happening to this site but whenever Dingo gets on there insults abound.
anybody new visiting the site will honestly wonder what its all about. Its getting reduced to absolute tosh. Theres only one reason and its the particularly agressive comments coming from one individual. For long term supporters to withdraw from leaving comments should say something to you.
Would you please delete all agressive and off topic comments.
Reality,
It was a two door Yaris, rear ended by a Patrol with one of those tubular steel bullbars, the ones where the centre height cross bar sits forward of the rest. The bumper of the Yaris actually sustained surprisingly little lower damage. The yaris just had no head protection for rear seat passengers.
TP, get off the Dingo bandwagon.
I’ve not compared or mentioned other cars in the class, as I don’t have first hand knowledge of them, and unlike you don’t feel the need to express uninformed tripe. My statements have been solely about the Yaris and it’s safety shortcomings. And I stand by them. If you want to guess about other cars, without supporting evidence or knowledge (and most of your comments ARE uneducated guesses) then go ahead.
good mates..very good debate going on..my partner owns a yaris and here are few experience about the car – small car but big car feel inside, well equiped, does about 700km to a tank in city driving, easy to park, steering can sometimes have a mind of its own, low cost servicing, easy to customise ie stereo system, very good visualibility, comfortable in long drives with some pillows on the lumbar area, airconditioning on hot days very good, 14inche rims and tyres are not great – better to go with 15inche mags plus goodyear tyre which improve front clearance and handling, engine needs to be reved to get moving but settles down once on the move, needs bit more torque and noise reduction.
My partner is happy about the car and it is a ok car and feels very solid in the quality department. nothing has fallen off yet. Hope this info helps.
Cheers :-)
Coconut wireless,
I’m sure the Yaris is quite a good CITY car, others in the segment probably are too, but I don’t have first hand experience with any so can’t comment.
Personally though I would not let anyone, whose head is higher than the seat back, to use the rear seats.
OK (to satisfy TP and Dingo) MAYBE this might apply to similar cars in this class.
Enjoy your car for what it is. Cheers.
thanks Bret, I guess that is one of the issues with hatches. the damage done if same force applied to the rear of a hatch and sedan will be higher in the hatch because the cramp zones are very weak with no resistance. perhaps the ANCP should include this their test as we have a lot of SUVs on our roads. can anyone enlighten us with the cramp zone provision in case of rear impact? will expand our knowledge.
Cheers :-)
Thanks for the details Bret. It sounds like the 4 x 4 was modified for bush duty. It might have been raised higher than ADR allows to miss the bumper that might have otherwise prevented the tragedy ie. push the whole car away instead of penetrating into the cabin. As has been said before, this class of car is designed for city driving.
Hmm, looking to choose between a Mazda2 and Toyota Yaris. From reading this site yorl don’t rate the Yaris much, but sadly there seems to be a lot of personal hatred here and not much love… take a chill pill yorl!
i have a 2006 yrx-goes very fast-especially with mags, sports exhaust, cold air intake..the doors do not make a horrible noise-check your hearing, and yes it’s not good to drive until you get used to it. it’s different, but when you get used to it-look out cause it goes like a rocket…………..idiots!
hahaha..goes very fast! “”Goes like a rocket” what were you used to before hand? Dont call people idiot cause they dont agree with you! Makes you look like the idiot!
Not good to drive until you get used to it? Goodness! I simply must try one of those!
If a Yaris goes “Like a rocket” then my Citroen c3 with alloys and fuel injection has the power of a French Nuclear device. Julie you must be an astronaut and know all about rockets- very slow ones.
is this a coincidence or what?
I just came back from the shops and helped an old lady open the stuck door on her Echo as it had jammed shut.
Toyota quality eh?
Toyota love is like no other love.
I think that rocket is stuck up your bum Julie, please remove before you get used to it..
Toyoda sells to the retired population !!!!!
The young people are just sucked in !!!!!
The only way a Yaris/Echo/Corolla could go like a rocket is if you bolted either a Turbo or a Baby-Blower on to it -like Lotus have with the Exige [it uses a Toyota Engine]
Howwever; we all know about Toyotas recent experience with forced induction don’t we… TRD Aurion
Top Gear fans will remember what happened when the boys tried to turn a Robin Reliant into a Rocket as one of their challenges. A Reliant is about the smes size as a YRS
Yeah, that was a bizarre episode but entertaining!!!
I was pleased I was not sucked in.The More I look at this makes me much happier I went over to Nissan and bought a Tiida to replace a 2002 Mazda 323 Astina after the warranty expired in 2006.For a 1.8 She gets 600 Kilometres to a 52 Litre Tank and the size much bigger than what I would have expected.I bought it due to the size of my garage.If I was to buy again I would hold out till Nissan Australia brings out a New Generation Micra and wait for a facelift or series 2 before doing anything.
“Not that Toyota needs to be worried, so far this year the Yaris has been the best selling light-car in Australia”
Its a small car that’s economical to run with a 5 star crash rating.
I guess I’m just biased…coz I love my Yaris
Well i have a new Yaris Rush and its great. Of course i cant compare this to my new BMW as i only bought the yaris as a daily, work car and it does the job just fine.
Great to drive as its easy to change gears (my Mazda 323 is awful) simple to park and i think the quality is very good for its price. Would make an great first car or everyday car.
I think the yaris sedan would be better for a family though-the boot is huge for the cars size. I also am very happy with the space in the Yaris Rush-the boot is small which is fair enough for the cars size but theres plently of leg room and you dont feel as though your trapped (most small cars can make you feel this way!!)
I love my Yaris Rush as well!
Crikey there’s a bit of heated debate here!
I’ve had a Yaris for over 2 years now and put almost 75,000km on it so thought I might jump in to. BTW the below is based on after adding proper wheels and tyres (215/35 r17)
It is aweful to drive until you are used to it, then it’s great.
It doesn’t go like a rocket, to get performance you need to stay over about 4000rpm, but it does rev happily to the redline cut out. So straight line speed is out of the question. Where it really shines is in cornering. I drive windy country roads often and it is great, well balanced and grips amazingly. You just have to keep it ‘on the boil’ and don’t drive it anything like a big car.
Check out the Wheels active safety review thing they did. Totally smashes most popular cars (new commodore included) in cornering, braking, slalom etc. Even whips the new Commodore and many others on a lap of Oran Park. Overtaking performance is well – last out of all tested, which is no surprise.
I get between 7 on the highway (little urban) and up to 8-9l/100km when having a real go on steep windy roads. (Thats with the 215 rubber remember)
A rear end crash from a jacked up Patrol will be bad news for back seat passengers, but would a Getz, Barina etc be better? I doubt it – lets compare apples with apples. If you are worried about this then get a sedan or better still get your own jacked up Patrol. But just remember you can buy 3 or 4 Yaris’ and all sit in the front for the same sort of money!
Finally lets remember this is a $15,000 car so while it’s not nearly as good as some cars on the road, nor should it be expected to be. I think for the money it’s a damn good car.