2010 Yaris?

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by Sabretooth

Why the 1.3L, the car would be come rather sluggish and underpowered. Would feel like a smart car.

How so? My 1.5 has far more power than I ever need. It can easily do 90 MPH on the freeway, it will spin the tires if you let the clutch out too fast, and it accelerates up to freeway speed w/o even trying, and I don't even rev it up high... I'd gladly trade some of that wasted power for another 5 MPG.

I recently took a long trip through the mountains with two adults and the rear of the car FULL of luggage and gifts for the people that we'd be visiting (seats folded down and full) and it did just fine except for one extremely steep pass (single lane road kind of steep) where I couldn't go fast enough to get out of second gear, but that was the exception. (btw, I still managed 41 MPG on that tank even after that climb and doing 80 MPH on the flat sections) On one vacation we went out in a Peugeot w/ a 1.3L engine w/ an automatic transmission and drove through the mountains with four adults (one of which was big enough to count as two) and luggage and it did just fine...

[Zaphod]

Originally Posted by twowheels

How so? My 1.5 has far more power than I ever need. It can easily do 90 MPH on the freeway, it will spin the tires if you let the clutch out too fast, and it accelerates up to freeway speed w/o even trying, and I don't even rev it up high... I'd gladly trade some of that wasted power for another 5 MPG.

I recently took a long trip through the mountains with two adults and the rear of the car FULL of luggage and gifts for the people that we'd be visiting (seats folded down and full) and it did just fine except for one extremely steep pass (single lane road kind of steep) where I couldn't go fast enough to get out of second gear, but that was the exception. (btw, I still managed 41 MPG on that tank even after that climb and doing 80 MPH on the flat sections) On one vacation we went out in a Peugeot w/ a 1.3L engine w/ an automatic transmission and drove through the mountains with four adults (one of which was big enough to count as two) and luggage and it did just fine...

I agree with that, 1.3L and a 6 speed would be great!

Of course I wouldn't trade in my 09 for one, but that would having me wishing I'd waited.

[Thirty-Nine]

Originally Posted by twowheels

How so? My 1.5 has far more power than I ever need. It can easily do 90 MPH on the freeway, it will spin the tires if you let the clutch out too fast, and it accelerates up to freeway speed w/o even trying, and I don't even rev it up high... I'd gladly trade some of that wasted power for another 5 MPG.

I agree. At least having a 1.3 option would be nice. I'd love to see some smaller engine options out there. Not everyone is looking for speed and performance. Although, I'd imagine a 1.3 might be a tough sell to Americans. The last car (sans the Smart) to come with such a small engine would've been the Suzuki Swift/Chevrolet Metro.

However, in the 1980s, there were cars with tiny, fuel-efficient engines that got 45+ MPG. Hybrid Shmybrid!