Comments on: Toyota Yaris Review & Road Test

By: James

James — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:22:53 +0000

There really good i love Toyota.

By: franz chong

franz chong — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:36:15 +0000

Because not all of us can drive a manual transmission car with a 1.5 Litre Engine.I am 32 going on 33 and going from a 1.8 Litre Tiida down to a 1.4 Litre Micra shortly as I needed a more suitable car for work purposes and it is an automatic as that is the only transmission Nissan Provides for their Yaris Equivalent.

By: RD

RD — Sat, 08 May 2010 10:49:43 +0000

it’s pretty horrible actually, a 1.6L Getz will do about 6.5 – 7 L/100km, pick up your game Toyo!

By: tim

tim — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:12:36 +0000

I really like the look of Yaris sedan, but its price is shamefuly high.

By: Model T

Model T — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:49:14 +0000

Our city runabout is a 1.3 automatic 5 dr Yaris. It is perfectly adequate for its intended purpose – it’s reliable, reasonably frugal (around 7 l/100 km in city traffic), and it’s practical. A new set of Pirelli P6 tyres transformed the car’s ride and interior noise levels. It will not beat any speed records, but it wasn’t bought for that purpose. I certainly wouldn’t pay what Toyota are asking (and I didn’t), so if you can get a good deal and it fits the bill, go for it. You’ll get a decent car that does what it’s intended to do quite well. Having said that, the new Mazda 2 and newer Fiesta seem to be just a little bit better – but they were not around two and a half years ago when we bought the Yaris. But we’re splitting hairs here. It’s the only Toyota I would even consider.

By: Jake02

Jake02 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:14:31 +0000

Fiesta Zetec manual please (Y)
Much better in every area (Apart from practicality as the seats don’t fold anywhere near flat but you don’t buy a small car to carry tonnes of crap in the back do you? Its always gonna be limiting). Performance (even 1.4L auto would be quicker than this yaris auto, it has a fully manual mode too), economy, interior (the Fiesta actually uses soft-touch plastics on the dash!), equipment (7 airbags standard on the Zetec), styling (well duh…the Fiesta isn’t boring to look at) and quality. Maybe the Toyota’s reliability might be better, but thats all Toyotas are good for these days…xD

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:08:30 +0000

It also has different transmission ratios and better aerodynamics.

By: Tom21

Tom21 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:08:20 +0000

Depends, the diesel fiesta is hardly a eco model. The turbo diesel is actually the pick of the performance bunch too. Its mostly the tires that class it as the ‘economical’ of the fiesta range. A fiesta is light years ahead of this dreary bland yaris, its well worth a few more thousand for half the fuel usage too!

By: Tom21

Tom21 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:06:53 +0000

What a drearingly awful car, anyway who pays 20 grand for that is literally insane.

And 9.1L/100km? A base Commodore should come close to matching that. Carrying around an additional 600kg with an engine twice the size.

By: Rhubarb

Rhubarb — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:05:56 +0000

Car Advice got crazy high fuel figures out of the Barina too, as I recall.
What gives?