Facelifted 2015 Yaris Leaked

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by YodaBird

Mazda is making the 2015 model Yaris, how does Mazda make a Toyota car, secret partnership ?

The upcoming Mazda built subcompact (yet to be named - "Yaris" may be dropped, a least in North America), is not the 2015. It seemed originally slated for 2016 but I don't know why the '15 would be face lifted for 1 year. Either way, 2016 is the earliest we'll see this all new car from Mazda and Toyota.

This is a common joint venture to answer your question. For many years, companies have joined up to build cars together for economic reasons. For example, the Pontiac Vibe and Chevy/Geo Prism were both built by Toyota (Matrix and Corolla). Which is why they were one exception of reliable cars "from" GM. A current example of a Toyota joint venture is the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ. Nearly identical unfortunately. Subaru drivetrain, the rest Toyota. Saves both companies money.