After 2 years with my Yaris I have one complaint

[OTA'sTOY]

Originally Posted by regal

It needs a six speed manual transmission, it just pises me off reving too high at 65mph wasting gas.

how high does your revs get in 5th @ 65mph?
you sure your in 5th gear not 3rd?
maybe time for you to replace the clutch

[NZ-FE Vios]

Originally Posted by OTA'sTOY

how high does your revs get in 5th @ 65mph?
you sure your in 5th gear not 3rd?
maybe time for you to replace the clutch

In 5th at almost 70, I'm floating 3k rpm, 65 is about 2800rpm. Which is incredibly too high. I don't understand why Modern MTs don't always have a 6th, especially if one is already in production.

As previously eluded to is that our American engine (nzfe) is the top of the line n/a in Europe, they also have the sales and consumer base to have complaints refine the manufacturing. I believe it is the top selling car in its range in G.B. since 1999. Also Europeans sell so many more MTs and would hurt sales if it was only a 5spd. Why would Toyota have cared here in the states with a hugely disproportionate AT to MT sales, when the 5 to 6speed saves them in the long run. (the echo was great but didn't sell well in the states unfortunately)


I would be leery of a CVT they can shift faster than a human but have enumberable moving parts in compared to a MT. Toyotas CVT may be nicer but I prefer a standard.

The clutch really should not have anything to do with RPMs at speed.

[Flipper_1938]

My 01 Echo had a lot taller final drive ratio. I hated the Yaris transmission almost immediately.

[vector9mm]

[QUOTE=Flipper_1938;581790]My 01 Echo had a lot taller final drive ratio. I hated the Yaris transmission almost immediately.[/QUOTE



When the Yaris came out I noticed that the rated mpg was less than the Echo's. I think the last year Echo was 43 and the Yaris was 40 highway. These are before EPA changed their rating system. This explains a lot.