Debate Yaris vs. Smart Car Please help!

[Airforce1]

Hello everyone. Well i have been lurking the forums for about 1 month now and i was pretty much sold on buying a yaris. To give you a little background i currently commute 100miles daily to and from work (all highway) I currently drive a Jetta Vr6. I love the car but its horrible on gas im spendnig about 60 dollars a week.

Long story short i want a daily commuter thats good on gas, keeping in mind i need something thats decent on the highway. So i had my heart set on the yaris until a colleague of mind told me to check out the smart car. Yes there two very different cars and its hard to compare but i wanted everyone’s opinion on comparing the two. Obviously I’m going to get a little bias opinions since your all yaris owners, but any help is greatly appreciated.

THANKS! And hopefully i will be making my decision in the next week!

[staticorex]

Well the Yaris will have more cargo room if you would ever need it. But if mpg is the only thing you care about... Hope that helps.

[aeipee13]

Originally Posted by staticorex

Well the Yaris will have more cargo room if you would ever need it. But if mpg is the only thing you care about... Hope that helps.

doesn't the yaris get better mileage? i read somewhere that even though the smart is listed at 33 city and 40 highway it isn't true. Reason is because the engine is so small you spend a lot of time on the pedal even compared to the Yaris.

[hatchbackkid82]

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[SIPNGAS]

Originally Posted by hatchbackkid82

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Herbie..this is the second time I've seen this!! What IS it? lol

[staticorex]

Originally Posted by SIPNGAS

Herbie..this is the second time I've seen this!! What IS it? lol

I second that. :p

Originally Posted by Tamago

http://redirectingat.com/?id=42X122&...ota_tiny_car_1

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[Tamago]

Originally Posted by staticorex

Page not found. :/

that's what i get for not clicking first

Originally Posted by that broken site

The boxlike yet curvy "premium four-seater" encapsulates Toyota's strategic ambitions to woo buyers of European models like German Daimler AG's Smart two-seater. It is also an attempt to engineer bigger profits from usually cheap small cars.

The iQ starts at 1.4 million yen ($14,000) in Japan, about 330,000 yen ($3,300) more than the Vitz subcompact — the Japanese market branding for the Yaris — and targets urban drivers who park and scoot around in tight spaces.

It fits three adults plus a child, dog or luggage, and gets 23 kilometers a liter, the equivalent of 54 miles per gallon. Overseas mileage numbers will vary. A Camry gets about 31 mpg, while the new Prius is billed to get 50 mpg.

"We've explored all the possibilities of smallness. With this car, making a U-turn gets to be a true joy," said Hiroki Nakajima, chief engineer for the iQ, which Toyota says evokes words like "individuality," "intelligence," "quality" and "cue."

[1stToyota]

Originally Posted by SIPNGAS

Herbie..this is the second time I've seen this!! What IS it? lol

Looks like he's up to 5 times now

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by Airforce1

Hello everyone. Well i have been lurking the forums for about 1 month now and i was pretty much sold on buying a yaris. To give you a little background i currently commute 100miles daily to and from work (all highway) I currently drive a Jetta Vr6. I love the car but its horrible on gas im spendnig about 60 dollars a week.

Long story short i want a daily commuter thats good on gas, keeping in mind i need something thats decent on the highway. So i had my heart set on the yaris until a colleague of mind told me to check out the smart car. Yes there two very different cars and its hard to compare but i wanted everyone’s opinion on comparing the two. Obviously I’m going to get a little bias opinions since your all yaris owners, but any help is greatly appreciated.

THANKS! And hopefully i will be making my decision in the next week!

AF1

Glad to see a fellow Zoomie on here!

Second, I also came from a 'Dub, a 96 Passat GLX wagon with a VR6 and 5-speed. Mine had a Neuspeed P-flow and rocked , but like you the gas mileage wasn't great and I was driving like a frigging maniac in it all the time.

I saw the Yaris and really liked it, then I had an opportunity to drive one as a rental down at MacDill. That sold me and I bought a 08 HB shortly afterward.

Some things about the Smart, for one it requires premium gas. That's about a 25 cents per gallon difference here, and adds up quickly. Secondly, there is absolutely no storage room behind the seats nor is there (obviously) any way to take more than one passenger. Thirdly, I wouldn't trust a Smart on the highway for too long at decent cruising speeds, the wheelbase is just too damn short...





I drove a ForFour in Germany for a week and it was a nice car; but they don't sell those here. The ForTwo would be a great city car, but since your commute is mostly highway I would recommend going with the Yaris. But I will admit I am biased!

Cheers! M2

[Tamago]

Scion IQ

[Tamago]

http://redirectingat.com/?id=42X122&...ota_tiny_car_1

[CKaelin]

So it's official? The IQ will be Scion? Is it coming to the US in 2010? My local Toyota dealer knows nothing about them.. Grrr..

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by CKaelin

So it's official? The IQ will be Scion? Is it coming to the US in 2010? My local Toyota dealer knows nothing about them.. Grrr..

scion, yes, and hopefully out this summer!

if it's priced where it SHOULD be (under 12,000 dollars) i'll pick one up. i need a new project :D

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

Originally Posted by Tamago

scion, yes, and hopefully out this summer!

if it's priced where it SHOULD be (under 12,000 dollars) i'll pick one up. i need a new project :D

doesn't look like this year and i heard mid 15's to start.....

[MadMax]

Look folks, the OP is in the Air Force, and we don't buy any car that we can't get our golf clubs into!

So no Smart car or iQ, it's gotta be a Yaris!

By the way, while at the dealership last weekend I sat in a xB. Now I know why I never considered it. If I want to drive a box, I will take my Jeep!

I also tried a tC and it was too small for someone of my height and age.

As such, I naturally recommended the Yaris!

[Loren]

Jetta TDI.

I love the Yaris, but that is the end of the discussion, unfortunately.

If you like your Jetta, the TDI version will solve all of your problems.

[staticorex]

Originally Posted by Loren

Jetta TDI.

I love the Yaris, but that is the end of the discussion, unfortunately.

If you like your Jetta, the TDI version will solve all of your problems.

And your car won't sound like "whooooooooooooo" It'll "Vroooom" :p

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by Loren

Jetta TDI.

I love the Yaris, but that is the end of the discussion, unfortunately.

If you like your Jetta, the TDI version will solve all of your problems.

Loren

I would almost agree with ya as I seriously considered the Jetta SportWagen TDI back when diesel was considerably higher than gasoline. But I did the math and found that it would take eight years to reach the break even point as compared to the regular gasoline-engined Jetta wagon.

Plus, to get one equipped the way I wanted I was looking at $24-26K and figuring I picked up my Yaris for $16K I thought it was a better deal.

But I bought my car mainly as an inexpensive commuter. We have five vehicles and Sprocket is mainly just to get me back and forth to work, and to run a few errands here and there. For that it is perfect.

Cheers! M2