Old vs. New Yaris

[scape]

Originally Posted by WolfWings

09 ...the instrument cluster is all amber and red instead of the piercingly bright blue/white combination of the earlier models.

are you sure about this? maybe I'm going crazy, but I'm pretty sure my 07 does not have a blue instrument cluster, or rather speedom and gasom.

[scape]

+1 on the echo hatchback, very japanese style, love it!

[WolfWings]

Originally Posted by scape

are you sure about this? maybe I'm going crazy, but I'm pretty sure my 07 does not have a blue instrument cluster, or rather speedom and gasom.

Well, my '07 has a blue-trimmed-white speedo gauge, bright 'black on white background' block of a gas gauge, and a 'white on black background' clock. Gets very tiring on long drives at night, and I have to actively turn the display brightness down quite a bit at night or I get glare from the white light.

'09? Amber and red everywhere, which is much easier on the eyes and doesn't result in night-blindness. I'm thinking about slapping a layer of amber tint over my cluster-glass just to mute things down, since I don't want the headache of LED-swapping.