50 mpg or bust. - Toyota Yaris Forums

JustPassinThru · 03-02-2014, 08:38 PM

I don't think the Yaris can be an economy champ. No non-hybrid car today can.

The WEIGHT of all the safety junk, takes its toll. I had a Geo Metro; it got over 50 mpg; but the thing weighed 1500 pounds. And it isn't legal to sell such a car today.

Now...you've got a whole network of airbags; beams in the doors; reinforcements in the passenger cage. The weight of the Yaris is, IIRC, about 2600 pounds - almost as much as a Nova or Maverick used to weigh.

Now, if you want to rebuild the doors with an aluminum-tube frame over the factory skins...and strip out the airbags and all the miles and miles of wires...and drill holes all throughout the car...you might get it light enough that you can hit the 50 mark.

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03-02-2014, 08:38 PM	#13
JustPassinThru Drives: No more Yaris Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Montana Posts: 180	I don't think the Yaris can be an economy champ. No non-hybrid car today can. The WEIGHT of all the safety junk, takes its toll. I had a Geo Metro; it got over 50 mpg; but the thing weighed 1500 pounds. And it isn't legal to sell such a car today. Now...you've got a whole network of airbags; beams in the doors; reinforcements in the passenger cage. The weight of the Yaris is, IIRC, about 2600 pounds - almost as much as a Nova or Maverick used to weigh. Now, if you want to rebuild the doors with an aluminum-tube frame over the factory skins...and strip out the airbags and all the miles and miles of wires...and drill holes all throughout the car...you might get it light enough that you can hit the 50 mark.