Confused about 2016 Yaris hatchbacks for U.S. market.

[Kalispel]

From what I have read, the all-new 2017 "Yaris" total revamp will be a Mazda Skyactiv product built for Toyota in Mexico - most likely some variant of their 2016 Mazda2 hatchback, which Mazda isn't releasing in the U.S. Market since the 2011-2015 Mazda2 was such a dismal seller for them here - and they prefer to focus on their popular Mazda3 and soon-to-be hit CX-3 crossover built on the Mazda2 platform. The 2016 Mazda2 sedan (with slight cosmetic modification) is already being released via Toyota in 2016 as the Scion iA in the USA and as the Yaris Sedan in Canada.

The 2016 Yaris hatchback will be the same "true Toyota product" as the 2015 model, though I have heard rumors that some new-to-USA color options might be added for 2016, and a different alloy wheel design. Other than those possible variations, the 2016 will be the same as 2015.