4 wheel drive Yaris north america

[Gdubsmith]

Originally Posted by CTScott

I have looked at merging an older RAV4 and a Yaris, but significant chassis mods would be necessary to fit the drivetrain in.

What kind of chasis modifications are they doable?

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Gdubsmith

What kind of chasis modifications are they doable?

It would require basically removing the entire lower structure of the Yaris body and replacing it with the RAV4 lower structure. It would not be a practical thing to do because of how the unibodies are structured. Bolting it onto a cut-down Tacoma frame would probably be the best way to go, but used Tacomas are not cheap.

There is a AWD version of the Yaris sold only in Japan, but it too has a different lower body structure to provide a tunnel for the driveshaft.