2.4L on Yarii???

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by Razr

The Starlet was the precursor to the Vitz/Yaris line, and it was available in Turbo variants and 4WD for years... So up until 7 years ago, Toyota had decided that it's compact B segment car ought to have good performance variant - so WTF happened?!?

Toyota's gone soft... I mean, what are the sports cars they are selling today? MR-S and Celica... MR-S uses a 1ZZ engine, same damn thing we get in corollas here! At least the Celica has a high rpm engine, but even so it can't really be considered all that sporty compared to the previous generations' rally-conquering monsters.

I guess it's all about profit margins now, pandering to the larger market, forgetting the performance enthusiasts...

At least they're working on a new Supra, and possibly an AE86 successor... there is still hope!