Anybody wish they had the interior from the opposite body style?

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

though they share the same platform and basic design philosophies, the sedan and lb were apparently designed by two totally different teams in completely different places (LB in Europe, Sedan in Japan), which I suppose would account for the differences.

And yet they share a very similar design with many shared parts. So I wonder how the process went. People say the center gauges were a cost cutting measure by Toyota and yet Toyota unnecessarily made two different interiors which cost a lot more than putting gauges behind the wheel.

The whole thing just seems odd.

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

And yet they share a very similar design with many shared parts. So I wonder how the process went. People say the center gauges were a cost cutting measure by Toyota and yet Toyota unnecessarily made two different interiors which cost a lot more than putting gauges behind the wheel.

The whole thing just seems odd.

The center gauges did start with the previous model yaris (aka echo), and is present in other "cheap" Toyota cars in Japan and elsewhere, I believe