Under the hood of a 2012 Yaris

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Originally Posted by CanIHazYarisHatch?

I will have to see it in person, of course. I really also dig the magnetic grey metallic, lagoon blue mica, and blazing blue pearl.

Nice to have so many cool colors, instead of just red, blue, white, black and silver. Different can indeed be good, vive la différence, and all that.




I respectfully see it differently than you do. I find it amazing that with the strong yen, weak dollar, etc...that Toyota can even sell this car for this price, especially when the $100 million or so it no doubt cost to heavily refresh this subcompact.

Is the '12 Yaris going to be the most advanced with direct injection, 40mpg highway, 6-speed transmissions, etc.? No, more in the middle of the pack, compared to most of the other new cars in it's class, such as the new Accent, Fiesta, Rio/Picanto, etc.

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heavily refreshed?? theres the rub. nothing about it feels that way except the change in interior/exterior look.

thing is, compared to the cars now in this class, i just cant say it in the middle of the pack. it falls short in most every way....maybe a little cheaper than some of those, but not by enough. if you go drive a base model accent hatch, you's be absolutely stunned that the yaris competes in the same class (and ive always been a toyota junkie, so i really dont like saying that).

the only car that feels and looks as cheap is the new versa.

what shocked me was the super cheap looking dash material.

if you look at pic #9 above you can see the what im talking about a little bit (look just above the dash vent).....in person it is really sad looking.

as hard as it is to believe, they actually cheapened the interior from the previous gen. it may appeal to more people because of the more conventional layout.

i dont mind toyota offering a cheap looking product. we know it will get good mileage and be dependable. however, the interior screams at you that you bought a really cheap car, and to me it screams about $13k.

i could see the SE being priced at $15,500, but not the base model stick.