Under the hood of a 2012 Yaris

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Originally Posted by anthpace

I've been in the new Yaris, and test driven it. I still love my tiny 1Litre Vitz after driving it. - I do not like the fact that they removed almost all of the cubby holes that the 2nd Gen had, and also, to be honest, The sporty looks have ruined it's interior space in the rear. I'm 6" 1 and I fit with plenty of room in the back of my own Vitz. but in the new one, I always hit my head when entering, and my head touches the ceiling.

I'm a fan of the new seats though, Mine are great, but the New one's are slightly better feeling.

I feel that Toyota went with sporty looks and less practicality when it came to this model.

If I had to choose, I'd pick the 2nd Gen everytime. - it just looks much smarter on the inside, and if given a little Aftermarket love, or TRD Accessories, it looks good too.
- I Like the standard look of the car too, so I'm not being biased.

Toyota had to make up ground because of the PR damage that it had earlier this year, but they could have been a little more practical in terms of design.

The new dashboard texture is coming out all over the European range, it started in the iQ, then the Avensis. it works best in the Avensis, as it has a huge swooping dash, but on the new yaris, it just looks like it can get easily damaged with time. and one more thing, the grey insert in the European model feels like a REALLY thin layer of Vinyl, which can get torn very easily.

I'll be keeping my blue speedster for a long time to come.

In your country, does Toyota offer any larger engines for the Yaris or are you limited to the 1L?

I wish the would offer the smaller engines here so we could get better gas mileage.