Where are all the Yaris? - Toyota Yaris Forums

DebbyM46227 · 10-02-2013, 02:33 PM

I rarely see a Yaris here, maybe one a week, usually a sedan. Where I live it's nothing but rednecks and large pick-up trucks.

Neurotic Hapi Snak · 10-02-2013, 06:17 PM

I just saw an identical Yaris to mine, medium silver metallic 3dr hatch, today. I've seen the same one before around where I live, so they must live near by. Although I have been seeing more and more hatchbacks, I think they're still a niche, like they've always been. Americans seem to prefer sedans or coupes over hatches, which I don't understand, hatches are much more useful for carrying things. Maybe it's related to the attitude that you need a truck to haul things.

nookandcrannycar · 10-03-2013, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DebbyM46227

I rarely see a Yaris here, maybe one a week, usually a sedan. Where I live it's nothing but rednecks and large pick-up trucks.

Yeah, when I visited Indianapolis in August (IIRC) I only saw one Yaris.

Kal-El · 10-03-2013, 09:43 PM

The vast majority of Yaris's I see, about 25 a day (I live on the road as a driver), are '07-'11 sedans. You know, the model Toyota decided to drop. It was always reported that the hatch accounted for 50% of sales during the 2nd gen, but I just have a hard time believing it. I've been in lots of parts of the country and it was always about a 5:1 ratio, sedans to hatches.

As for the 3rd gen, sales have really floundered and I see maybe 1-2 a day vs the 25 a day of the 2nd gen.

The US market is just different than others. This is a country where 40,000 Camry's sell a month. 70,000 Ford F-series trucks sell per month. While 3,000 Yaris's sell.

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10-02-2013, 02:33 PM	#1
DebbyM46227 View User's Garage Drives: 2017 Yaris IA, Pulse Red, Auto Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 538	I rarely see a Yaris here, maybe one a week, usually a sedan. Where I live it's nothing but rednecks and large pick-up trucks.

10-02-2013, 06:17 PM	#2
Neurotic Hapi Snak Drives: 2011 Yaris 3dr Join Date: May 2013 Location: MN Posts: 39	I just saw an identical Yaris to mine, medium silver metallic 3dr hatch, today. I've seen the same one before around where I live, so they must live near by. Although I have been seeing more and more hatchbacks, I think they're still a niche, like they've always been. Americans seem to prefer sedans or coupes over hatches, which I don't understand, hatches are much more useful for carrying things. Maybe it's related to the attitude that you need a truck to haul things.

10-03-2013, 09:43 PM	#4
Kal-El Drives: 07 Yaris S Sedan 5-Speed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,179	The vast majority of Yaris's I see, about 25 a day (I live on the road as a driver), are '07-'11 sedans. You know, the model Toyota decided to drop. It was always reported that the hatch accounted for 50% of sales during the 2nd gen, but I just have a hard time believing it. I've been in lots of parts of the country and it was always about a 5:1 ratio, sedans to hatches. As for the 3rd gen, sales have really floundered and I see maybe 1-2 a day vs the 25 a day of the 2nd gen. The US market is just different than others. This is a country where 40,000 Camry's sell a month. 70,000 Ford F-series trucks sell per month. While 3,000 Yaris's sell.