Yaris sales have completely tanked

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Originally Posted by thebarber

Im a little late to the discussion, but:

1. Americans don't like hatchbacks
2. The yaris uses the same (essentially) powertrain that was in the echo in 2000MY

id go more with the yaris being a really bland design, boring to drive, and still (imo) having the cheapest and noisiest interior of anything in its class.

Americans are buying plenty of hatchbacks. the Honda fit is selling 4500-5000+ per month and it is in need of an update. the tiny fiat 500 has been selling around 4000 per month and that is with a tiny dealer network (about 130 dealers in the whole country).

the reliability gap between the least reliable cars and most reliable cars has closed dramatically so the yaris being reliable isn't enough.