yuck.

Why are they trying to turn a value car into a sports car?

indi;

That is the basis for most hot-rods and musclecars. Yankees and Aussies, at least, have been doing this for 50-60 years. Get a small, cheap, light car and shoehorn in as much engine/HP you can. Add some stripes and wait for the crowds to form in the showrooms.

ALL RIGHT!!!!!! 132hp of pavement bending fury!!!!! we’re getting into 1995 Neon territory here…

the car only weights 2300lbs so that 130hp will move it pretty good!

Yeah, 132 horses in this may be fun. I guess it’ll cost about $16K.

maybe even less. the Yaris hatch starts at 10,950. loaded its still like 13,000k. maybe 14,500 or 15,000 for this one

at 16k you are also getting into the price range of Compass, Caliber, Rabbit, and a lot of other c-segment vehicles with a LOT more power and a LOT more room, with only minimal mpg losses.

infact this past weekend i went test drivng with my friend who is looking for a car in this segment. the rabbit has 150hp but weights 600lbs more then the Fit and Yaris and only gets 22mpg city. VW really missed the boat on this one, WAAAY to heavy. The compass and caliber are OK at best. The ride was not so good. You would be surpised at how big the Yaris is inside, in fact the Yaris (and Fit) is quicker to 60 then the Rabbit. This yaris TS has nearly the same power to weight ratio as the GTI YARIS -2300/130= 17.7 GTI 3200/200hp = 16.0

ss: I provided those three models as examples of what are available, there are many other vehicles (even japanese and korean) also available at this (estimated) price, which may be a lot more vehicle for the $.

besides, this is for europe and NOT the USA, so it doesn’t really matter in that regard anyways!

are you sure its EUR only? i dont see why they wouldnt bring it over here.

according to the article on Autoblog it is euro only.

oh…well thats disapointing. i think that car woudl do well here.

Sowhy the hell not the 180hp 1.8L and 6speed box found in the celica GTS? Damn you Toyota!!!

*yawn*… I wouldn’t see why they wouldn’t bring this over the to US, it would probably appeal to plenty of teens. Would it be because it would conflict with Scions Xa and Xb, which are also compact cars that are sometimes thought of as performance orientated (though they truley aren’t)?

like it, but yea i think it needs more phowaahh

the next gen xA and xB are due to debut in January with the 2.4l from the tC..well thats the rumour anyway. That would leave a perfect hole for the Yaris.

yeah I guess it would ss… but if they are still at a similar price as they are now available with the 4 cylinder, then it will still compete with this car, AND it will have a bigger engine to compete with other cars.
Even though this car is a paperweight (2300~ibs) it still has trouble climbing hills and the interior is nice and fairly spacy but it isn’t as functional as I would like it to be.

Thats the stupidest thing ive ever seen

What an ugly car. Bleh.

Good luck hitting over 100mph in the Yaris. That thing shakes like a crack head at 70mph.

If Toyota would bring this to the US I might buy it over the other new subcompacts. Otherwise I would get a Fit.

The Fit (Jazz) as sold in Europe has as its only real fault a terribly overfirm ride that is fidgetty and Jiggly at town speeds over typical city terrain. The ride of teh Yaris is more mature. This will be agreat little toy for zipping up and down the hills in Silverlake and Los Feliz. It is also a 3 door unly the unsporty Fit’s 5 door styling

They added rear disc brakes too. I applaud Toyota for the effort. Economy car buyers should have the choice to get some added performance too.

what we need is the Mitsu Colt Ralliart with those nice recaros,5speed box,turbo 4.

Not bad, if Toyota doesn’t overprice it.

130~hp in a Yaris should give it some ‘oomph’, without compromising much of the fuel-efficiency that is it’s selling point.

As for those that ask why anyone would spend more money on a sportier small car… do you remember the VW GTI?

The GTI being the sportier, ‘hot-hatch’ version of the original Rabbit (which, in the 1980’s, was a bare-bones econo-box).

“As for those that ask why anyone would spend more money on a sportier small car… do you remember the VW GTI?”

The new GTI won me over not due to its performance but the overall attractive style.

Fiesta ST 2568lbs in weight, 2 litre N/A 147bhp

129mph top speed, 0-60 is 7.9 secs

That’s more Yaris-sized and it returns 38mpg (combined)

I think they should’ve let it be. If I wanted to pay a little extra for better (yet not actually fast) compact economy car, I’d just get a Civic. Be safer, and get better gas milage too. Also got that 140 HP i-VTEC engine in a light package.