Under the hood of a 2012 Yaris

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Originally Posted by Kal-El

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The primary advantage of the Japanese built Yaris and Fit? Unmatched reliability/dependability. Pretty good reason for me.

that is what toyota and honda lovers could always bank on, and 10 yrs ago, that was a good argument. today the differences between honda/toyota and the rest just isnt that significant. just look at the most recent long term dependability studies. honda is behind hyundai. toyota is still high. most notable, however, is how much less of a difference there is between the top and the middle of the pack compared to 10 yrs ago...heck even 5 yrs ago.

id take anything built at the Ulsan plant in s korea as soon as a car built anywhere else.

you write that the yaris cant compete on content and price simultaneously. i would argue that it does not compete on either one individually either.

the sad thing is they spent all that money on a new gen yaris and very few changes, if any, make the car any better.....it feels and drives like a facelift. they could have saved a boatload of money and just changed the front fascia a little bit and accomplished the same thing, as the new model offer no tangible benefits (except the small mpg upgrade, which could have been achievable without major changes).