High-performance Toyota Yaris revealed

[scratchpaddy]

I also hope it comes here, if only to give the regular automotive journalists something to get excited about at Toyota. They're going to have an aneurysm if the regular Yaris keeps using the 1NZ-FE and 4-speed auto.

I'm not sold on the looks, but I have a hard time liking anything in white.

[malibuguy]

Originally Posted by scratchpaddy

I also hope it comes here, if only to give the regular automotive journalists something to get excited about at Toyota. They're going to have an aneurysm if the regular Yaris keeps using the 1NZ-FE and 4-speed auto.

I'm not sold on the looks, but I have a hard time liking anything in white.

Hey the 1nz works well. Im always impressed of how fun mine runs...of course the manual helps, but I used to work at a shop that maintained a fleet of auto hatchies and we beat the hell out of them (sad thing is thats easier then how the couriers drove them, they treated them like bumper cars) and still sprightly for what they were.

If they come out with a factory yaris turbo here in the US id highly condsider getting one if the price is right and I can swing it. However I prefer sedans to hatchies

[scratchpaddy]

Originally Posted by malibuguy

Hey the 1nz works well. Im always impressed of how fun mine runs...of course the manual helps, but I used to work at a shop that maintained a fleet of auto hatchies and we beat the hell out of them (sad thing is thats easier then how the couriers drove them, they treated them like bumper cars) and still sprightly for what they were.

Absolutely, it's an amazing motor. I'm just saying that journalists love to rag on Toyota for using "old" tech, no matter if it works just as well or better than the competition. Reliability is not as easy to measure as 0-60 times, so they ignore that part.