2007 Toyota Yaris Car

Toyota Yaris 2006/2007 Information
	2007 Toyota Yaris: Highlights This new compact replaces the discontinued Echo as Toyota's smallest car. Yaris comes as a 2-dr hatchback and as a 4-dr sedan that's 19 inches longer overall. The only engine is a 106-hp 4-cyl that teams with a 5-speed manual transmission or optional 4-speed automatic. Both body styles come in base trim and sedans are also available as uplevel S models. ABS is optional, as is a package that includes front side airbags and curtain side airbags. A split folding rear seat is standard on S and available on the base sedan. Hatchbacks are available with a split folding rear seat that reclines and slides fore and aft. Other options include remote entry and power windows, locks, mirrors. First impressions? Toyota isn't leaving anything out in its smallest and least-expensive car. The Yaris feels as solid and well-made as any other Toyota product, with high-quality interior materials and typically Toyota precise fit and finish. The styling is different, especially for the Liftback, which is very much a contemporary European small car in looks. The sedan is much closer to the American Toyota mainstream, with a noticeable similarity to a Corolla. Toyota expects sales to be 79 percent sedan, and 80 percent automatic.
	The Toyota Yaris replaces the Echo. And if you follow the European automotive scene, the name will be familiar. What was called ``Echo'' here was called ``Yaris'' in Europe, and ``Vitz'' in Japan. Confusing? Undoubtedly. So the next generation gets the same name - Yaris - worldwide. The Toyota Yaris is built on a new platform that is longer and wider than its predecessor, and will be offered in both three-door ``liftback'' (sounds like ``hatchback'' is still considered a bad word by U.S. marketers) and four-door sedan body styles. Both are conventional contemporary subcompacts in layout, with a transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive chassis, independent front suspension by MacPherson struts, and a torsion beam rear axle. Brakes are disc in front, drum at the rear, with antilock available. As in larger, more-expensive cars, standard dual front airbags use the Occupant Classification System to determine deployment of the front passenger airbag, and front side and side curtain airbags are available. Although the toyota Yaris is considered a subcompact, and takes a small space on the road or in the parking lot, space efficiency is the name of the game inside. Both versions were designed to have ``class-above'' ambiance, with clean, contemporary styling and first-rate materials. The Liftback's rear seat can be folded flat for a large amount of cargo space; the sedan's has a 60/40 split for the same purpose. Both, like the Toyota Echo and the Toyota Scions, have center-mounted instrument clusters. The standard equipment level is high, including amenities such as bright Optitron gauges - just like in a Lexus - a tilt-adjustable steering wheel, tinted glass, intermittent wipers with mist control, and useful interior lighting. With no quirks in handling in daily driving situations, the new Toyota Yaris looks to be a good choice for anyone looking for inexpensive and economical transportation. The price wasn't announced at the introduction, except to say ``under $13,000 base.'' Expect the 2007 Toyota Yaris in showrooms this coming Spring.

Toyota Yaris 2006/2007 Information

2007 Toyota Yaris: Highlights

This new compact replaces the discontinued Echo as Toyota's smallest car. Yaris comes as a 2-dr hatchback and as a 4-dr sedan that's 19 inches longer overall. The only engine is a 106-hp 4-cyl that teams with a 5-speed manual transmission or optional 4-speed automatic. Both body styles come in base trim and sedans are also available as uplevel S models. ABS is optional, as is a package that includes front side airbags and curtain side airbags. A split folding rear seat is standard on S and available on the base sedan. Hatchbacks are available with a split folding rear seat that reclines and slides fore and aft. Other options include remote entry and power windows, locks, mirrors.

First impressions? Toyota isn't leaving anything out in its smallest and least-expensive car. The Yaris feels as solid and well-made as any other Toyota product, with high-quality interior materials and typically Toyota precise fit and finish.

The styling is different, especially for the Liftback, which is very much a contemporary European small car in looks. The sedan is much closer to the American Toyota mainstream, with a noticeable similarity to a Corolla. Toyota expects sales to be 79 percent sedan, and 80 percent automatic.

The Toyota Yaris replaces the Echo. And if you follow the European automotive scene, the name will be familiar. What was called ``Echo'' here was called ``Yaris'' in Europe, and ``Vitz'' in Japan. Confusing? Undoubtedly. So the next generation gets the same name - Yaris - worldwide.

The Toyota Yaris is built on a new platform that is longer and wider than its predecessor, and will be offered in both three-door ``liftback'' (sounds like ``hatchback'' is still considered a bad word by U.S. marketers) and four-door sedan body styles. Both are conventional contemporary subcompacts in layout, with a transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive chassis, independent front suspension by MacPherson struts, and a torsion beam rear axle. Brakes are disc in front, drum at the rear, with antilock available. As in larger, more-expensive cars, standard dual front airbags use the Occupant Classification System to determine deployment of the front passenger airbag, and front side and side curtain airbags are available.

Although the toyota Yaris is considered a subcompact, and takes a small space on the road or in the parking lot, space efficiency is the name of the game inside. Both versions were designed to have ``class-above'' ambiance, with clean, contemporary styling and first-rate materials. The Liftback's rear seat can be folded flat for a large amount of cargo space; the sedan's has a 60/40 split for the same purpose. Both, like the Toyota Echo and the Toyota Scions, have center-mounted instrument clusters. The standard equipment level is high, including amenities such as bright Optitron gauges - just like in a Lexus - a tilt-adjustable steering wheel, tinted glass, intermittent wipers with mist control, and useful interior lighting.

With no quirks in handling in daily driving situations, the new Toyota Yaris looks to be a good choice for anyone looking for inexpensive and economical transportation. The price wasn't announced at the introduction, except to say ``under $13,000 base.'' Expect the 2007 Toyota Yaris in showrooms this coming Spring.