Comments on: 2007 Toyota Yaris TS

By: joetoyota

joetoyota — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:25:43 +0000

Give it four wheel disc and I would buy one! Return of the hot hatch FX16 GTS for 2007! make the 3 door version available with the 1.8 in the USA and you have the ultimate urban guerilla with an aftermarket that would explode! The 1.5 is too timid, give the US the 1.8 toyota! I like the AUDI-esque “TS” badging on the front grill as well.

By: autonutt

autonutt — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:45:20 +0000

One question though.. is the 5-door on the same wheelbase as the 3-door, or as the 4-door? Hard to tell from these pics.

By: autonutt

autonutt — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:44:01 +0000

Brendino — you are right, there isn’t a 5-door Yaris available in the US yet, mainly because it would compete with the more expensive Scion xA and xB. However, those models are said to be discontinued for 2008 with no confirmation of what type of vehicles will replace them, so a 5-door Yaris is a definite US possibility to directly compete with Fit and Versa.

By: Northeasterner

Northeasterner — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:02:57 +0000

Guys – this is a European thingy. Compared to Euro Yaris, this is a “performance” version. So cut it some slack. If gas was $8/gallon here, you’d be singing a different tune.

By: Egbert Souse

Egbert Souse — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 04:16:26 +0000

its like a 5 door MINI, but 1 second slower

By: mblommel

mblommel — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:22:28 +0000

We didn’t get the last generation Yaris T-sport here, so I have no reason to believe this one will show up either.

It’s a 20hp bump over the standard Yaris, which is good.

The car would probably make a good stock-class autoXer here.

By: BrokenCadillac...

BrokenCadillac... — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:46:31 +0000

It’ll do well against cars like the Fit, Versa and maybe even give the Rabbit a run for the money.

By: nowei

nowei — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:28:19 +0000

man, i have loved these cars forever. i hated the original echo sedan, but the hatchback stole my heart.

keep in mind that there’s probably a trd supercharger available for the engine in this car.

/no

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:13:27 +0000

I’m not sure why… but whenever I see one of these things I expect 12 clowns to climb out.

By: LamborghiniZ

LamborghiniZ — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:01:53 +0000

You guys are comparing it to the wrong cars. It is NOT to be compared to the Mazda3, this is high performance compared to the base Yaris, a Fit, or a Versa. Compare it within its class and its an improvement performance wise, why are you all hating on an improvement? Props for more sportiness by Toyota here.

By: (V)ike

(V)ike — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:25:15 +0000

It’s not even High Perforance compared to a Scooter, a base Civic or a a Honda Fit, which goes 0-60 9.3 sec’s as well. Nobody expects it to out pace a Ferrari, but if they are going to do something like this they should call it the Yaris with an “Appearance Package”

By: WEKS

WEKS — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:35:40 +0000

You don’t get it, it’s “high performance” compared to a regular Yaris. Not to a M5, Veyron, R8 or something.

By: Brendino

Brendino — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:22:35 +0000

um will this be in America? a 5 door hatch currently isn’t sold in the US.

By: Ferg

Ferg — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:02:17 +0000

“high performance” is a relative term.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:02:41 +0000

are = area

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:01:14 +0000

Big Boy Combo – been to Dertoit are lately? What you described sounds like my daily commute to and from work…

By: YourNameHere

YourNameHere — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:56:42 +0000

thats the 0-60 time for the normal 105hp yaris…i think this would be faster.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:54:33 +0000

Very weak. Not to mention fugly as well.

By: Big Boy Combo

Big Boy Combo — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:37:38 +0000

Yeah because you do 120mph everywhere and floor it from 0-60mph from every stoplight

By: BrokenCadillac...

BrokenCadillac... — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:36:09 +0000

Ya, 9.3 to 60 isn’t all that impressive… Hopefully, the mileage numbers make up for the performance. Well, it looks pretty cool…

By: trapezius

trapezius — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:30:26 +0000

Man, they should have put in at least a 150 hp engine, and then it could have reached any appreciable “performance”!

By: (V)ike

(V)ike — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:29:19 +0000

I don’t know about you guys, but by no means is this “High performance” in any category. 0-60 in 9.3 seconds that’s re****ulous.
The Mazda3 is a sweet little 5 door and the Mazdaspeed3 is even cooler, to bad it’s not AWD.

By: YourNameHere

YourNameHere — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:27:24 +0000

i dont think its coming to states anyway. and that sucks cause it will move pretty good. the car only way 2400lbs.

By: blitzkrieg79

blitzkrieg79 — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:23:09 +0000

I don’t think Yaris is supposed to compete with Mazda3, more like with Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart (http://cars.ign.com/articles/711/711141p1.html)

By: British_Rover

British_Rover — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:15:21 +0000

The mazda 3 comes in a 5 door hatch version…

http://images.chron.com/class/cars/images/072405.jpg

By: Big Boy Combo

Big Boy Combo — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:10:57 +0000

It’s a five door hatch not a four door

By: British_Rover

British_Rover — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:06:37 +0000

That is not going to be challenging the mazda 3 anytime soon.

By: spykotic

spykotic — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:59:15 +0000

130 hp??? “high performance version”??!!… Put the VVTi-L, then we’ll be at least in the “high performance” range.