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Review: 2012 Toyota Yaris 3-Door
The 2012 Yaris! It’s a car! That might sound like the strangest marketing claim for a new car ever, but if you dig deeper it is Toyota’s attempt at saying “OK, we get it.” Why? Because Toyota, like...
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Hedonist vs Frugalist : 2012 Toyota Yaris SE
Tercel. Echo. Yaris. When the history of great cars is written, these models will likely not be anywhere near the short list. After all, few cars that are plain-jane, spartan and underpowered make it...
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Mazda Expanding Scalable Platform To B Segment; Does That Mean The Next Yaris...
A report from Just-Auto suggests that the next Mazda2 will “use [a] downsized CX-5 platform”. While this is technically true, the headline is a bit misleading. The platform used by the Mazda CX-5 is...
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Rental Review: Toyota Yaris LE
Yaris: It’s A Car! If you go to the Toyota website to learn about the logical successor to the original, and fabulous, Corolla Tercel, that is the slogan with which you’ll be confronted. Yaris: It’s A...
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2015 Toyota Yaris Has “European Flavor”, We’re Afraid To Ask…
Toyota is touting a new “European flavor” for the 2015 Yaris. I’m not sure what that means, but it does evoke bad memories of the chevre I left in my suitcase after coming home from the Paris Auto...
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Capsule Review: 2015 Toyota Yaris
2015 promises to be a big year for Toyota. The US market is increasingly important for Japan, Inc., and that market is growing. 16.4 million new light-vehicles are expected to be sold in the US in...
View ArticleToyota’s Best-Selling Subcompact Is A Scion-Badged Mazda, Naturally
The best-selling Toyota subcompact in America is a Mexican-built Mazda that’s sold as a Scion and will soon be sold as a Toyota. It’s a car that’s already called the Yaris R in Mexico and the Yaris...
View ArticleJeep Patriot* Is TTAC’s 2016 Worst Automobile Today (And Here Are the Other...
It’s a Dodge Caliber festooned with a seven slot grille and boxy proportions. It exists for no other reason than to leverage the brand equity built up by decades of Jeep heritage. The Patriot*,...
View ArticleTTAC Says These Are 2016’s Ten Worst Automobiles Today, But The American Car...
Let’s face it: the automotive enthusiast universe wasn’t clamouring for a sub-subcompact, three-cylinder Mitsubishi hatchback. Not surprisingly, the Mitsubishi Mirage ended up on TTAC’s list of 2016’s...
View Article8 Cars Canadians Can Buy That Americans Can’t
The Canadian new vehicle market is not merely a mini-representation of the U.S. auto industry. Full-size pickup trucks own a significantly larger percentage of the Canadian market, for example, and...
View ArticleToyota Mulling a Hot Hatch, But Is the Yaris the Right Choice?
Toyota doesn’t immediately spring to mind when a buyer thinks of driving excitement. Far from it, in fact. While the brand carries an enviable reputation of reliability, strong resale value and general...
View ArticleToyota Considers Welcoming Fun Back into Its Fleet With New Performance Division
Toyota is pondering using its Gazoo Racing unit as a performance brand for future road cars, not unlike BMW’s M Division and Mercedes-AMG. The timing couldn’t be better, as it was really starting to...
View ArticleToyota Reveals the Yaris WRC; Hot Hatch Lovers Dream of What Could Be
As it prepares to return to the World Rally Championship after a 17-year absence, Toyota and its Gazoo racing division just revealed a piece of brain candy for hot hatch lovers. Making sky-high...
View ArticleToyota Confirms Production Yaris Hot Hatch as Image Makeover Continues
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s unveiling of the Toyota Gazoo Racing-crafted Yaris Gazoo WRC rally car, Toyota has said a road-going hot hatch for the common man is on the way. The automaker’s European...
View ArticleHere’s Your Hot Toyota Yaris Hatch; Does the U.S. Want It?
Toyota promised the world a Yaris hatchback that would valiantly rise above the role of a plain-Jane commuter car, and here it is. Expected to premiere at the Geneva Motor Show this March, the high...
View Article2018 Toyota Yaris: A Slightly Meaner Hatch, in Looks Only
If you didn’t stay up to the wee hours last night excitedly singing the Toyota Yaris’ praises in an internet chat group, you’re forgiven. Demand for the subcompact hatch has fallen to remarkably low...
View ArticleAce of Base – 2017 Toyota Yaris 3-Door L
Last week, my Ace of Base selection was met with loud derision from certain corners of the web. My intent was to prove how it’s possible for one to get into a comfortable, well-equipped, diesel-powered...
View ArticleThe Rationale Behind Toyota’s Insane New Styling
Toyota has been the brand par excellence in terms of quality and reliability for as far back as many of us can remember. But, as value became its hallmark, someone decided to turn the excitement volume...
View ArticleIs the Toyota Yaris iA Getting a (Formerly Rejected) Sibling?
Three years ago, I stood in the Palais des congrès in Montreal as representatives from Mazda Canada introduced the next-generation Mazda 2, a model that never made it to either Canadian or American...
View ArticleAce of Base: 2018 Toyota Yaris 3-Door L
At the instant noodle end of the Toyota showroom, cars come in three flavors: Good, Better, and Mildly Spicy (L, LE, SE). Within these trims, few options are offered, unlike domestic truck...
View Article2019 Toyota Yaris Sedan: So Long, Scion, Part 2
With Monday’s announcement of a refreshed 2019 Yaris sedan comes the last shovelful of dirt heaped on Scion’s grave. Toyota has an updated version of the subcompact four-door ready for an official...
View ArticleSorry, Gazoo Racing Models Aren’t Coming to the United States
Toyota has been exceptionally vocal about its desire to spice up the brand and, for the most part, it has delivered. Expressive, sometimes polarizing, designs have begun populating its lineup as...
View ArticleAmerica’s Subcompact Car Market Is Now Just Half the Size It Was Three Years...
America’s demand for subcompact cars tumbled 26 percent in 2018, yet another result that points to the eventual demise of all but a few B-segment cars. 2018’s sharp drop – equal to roughly 94,000 fewer...
View ArticleRIP: Pour One Out for the Toyota Yaris Hatch
In a less-than-shocking turn of events, Toyota has confirmed to CarsDirect that its Yaris Liftback, a slow-selling model that managed to score itself a facelift a few years back, is dead in the United...
View ArticleWill the Aborted Mazda 2 Line Finally Make It Here in Full?
It’s already half here. The Toyota Yaris sedan, formerly the Scion iA, is the rebadged twin of the subcompact Mazda launched in Montreal in 2015. You’ll note that Mazda does not sell a...
View ArticleA 2 Dressed up to a T: 2020 Toyota Yaris Hatchback
Badge-engineering is nothing new under the sun, especially for those of us who lived through Detroit’s offerings in the 1980s. Here in the 21st century, all hands are getting in on the action, with...
View ArticleNot Every Entry-level Car Is Searching for Missing Buyers
The first quarter of 2019 reflected a long-predicted cooling off of U.S. auto sales, with volume falling 2 percent. A few automakers bucked the trend, but the news was generally unpleasant. Of course,...
View ArticleHere’s How Many Manual Transmission-equipped Vehicles Toyota Sold Last Year
As much as it pains us to say it, manual transmissions are on their way out. While car enthusiasts bemoan the matter incessantly, as we just did, the reality is that most drivers aren’t interested in...
View ArticleHomologation Special: Toyota Teases Yaris GR-4
Toyota has teased the upcoming GR Yaris Prototype, scheduled to debut at the Rally Australia on November 17th. Based on the TNGA Yaris, we’re unlikely to see it stateside. However, Toyota expanding its...
View ArticleAce of Base: 2020 Toyota Yaris L
It’s been a minute since the fish-mouthed Yaris sedan has been seen in the Ace of Base arena. Closely related to the not-for-us Mazda 2, the littlest Toyota does its best to quash the bad old days of...
View ArticleToyota Yaris Bulks Up, Becomes Yaris Cross
You won’t like it when it’s angry. Actually, you might, as the Toyota Yaris Cross small crossover seems to have not a mean bone in its body. Boasting just three cylinders under hood whether in gas-only...
View ArticleToyota Discontinues the Mazda 2 – er, Yaris
Bad news to share — especially for those of you enamored with cheap, entry-level passenger cars. The Toyota Yaris sedan and hatchback will vanish after the 2020 model year. Reworked versions of the...
View Article2020 Toyota Yaris XLE Sedan Review – Fare Thee Well
Just when Toyota’s Yaris finally adorned the name of a fun car, the brand kills it. It was once the Scion iA, but a couple years ago, Toyota bestowed it with the Yaris moniker after retiring the Scion...
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