Facelifted 2015 Yaris Leaked

[YodaBird]

It's a corolla, no it's a Matrix, no it's a corolla, doesn't matter both are fugly.

Mazda is making the 2015 model Yaris, how does Mazda make a Toyota car, secret partnership ?

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by YodaBird

It's a corolla, no it's a Matrix, no it's a corolla, doesn't matter both are fugly.

Mazda is making the 2015 model Yaris, how does Mazda make a Toyota car, secret partnership ?

It is not a Mazda. 2015 is a French built Toyota, the Mexico built cars from Mazda are not out there.

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by YodaBird

Mazda is making the 2015 model Yaris, how does Mazda make a Toyota car, secret partnership ?

The upcoming Mazda built subcompact (yet to be named - "Yaris" may be dropped, a least in North America), is not the 2015. It seemed originally slated for 2016 but I don't know why the '15 would be face lifted for 1 year. Either way, 2016 is the earliest we'll see this all new car from Mazda and Toyota.

This is a common joint venture to answer your question. For many years, companies have joined up to build cars together for economic reasons. For example, the Pontiac Vibe and Chevy/Geo Prism were both built by Toyota (Matrix and Corolla). Which is why they were one exception of reliable cars "from" GM. A current example of a Toyota joint venture is the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ. Nearly identical unfortunately. Subaru drivetrain, the rest Toyota. Saves both companies money.

[jcboy]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

The upcoming Mazda built subcompact (yet to be named - "Yaris" may be dropped, a least in North America), is not the 2015. It seemed originally slated for 2016 but I don't know why the '15 would be face lifted for 1 year. Either way, 2016 is the earliest we'll see this all new car from Mazda and Toyota.

This is a common joint venture to answer your question. For many years, companies have joined up to build cars together for economic reasons. For example, the Pontiac Vibe and Chevy/Geo Prism were both built by Toyota (Matrix and Corolla). Which is why they were one exception of reliable cars "from" GM. A current example of a Toyota joint venture is the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ. Nearly identical unfortunately. Subaru drivetrain, the rest Toyota. Saves both companies money.

Actually the FRS and BRZ are a lot more than nearly identical. They are the same car. Just different climate controls, among other things. Besides, Subaru is owned by Fuji industries, whose parent company is Toyota. Scion, on the other hand, is directly owned by Toyota. Another example of this would this be Acura (i forgot which model) and Honda Civic. loosely identical though, but they are practically the same company.

A good example is the one you made, the Pontiac Vibe. Similar to the Isuzu Domani which is a rebadged Civic 96-00. Loosely identical too as the whole front and rear ends are different aesthetically.