2019 Toyota Yaris Sedan: iA No More

After two model years, the Toyota Yaris iA is dead. In its stead comes the 2019 Toyota Yaris sedan. Like its Yaris iA forebear and the Scion iA that came before it, the Yaris sedan continues as a rebadged, fish-faced Mazda 2 (a model that’s no longer sold in the United States). Minor changes to […]

Toyota Yaris iA, Mazda CX-3 sales show crossover formula isn't an automatic win

While 2017 was another watershed year for crossovers, in one interesting case, a crossover had its lunch eaten by its sedan counterpart. In the past year, Toyota sold nearly 36,000 Yaris iAs, a sedan that is identical to the foreign-market Mazda2 in everything but Toyota’s ugly front bumper. In the same time frame, Mazda sold […]

Toyota Goes GRMN, Gives a Yaris the Heart of a Lotus Elise

– As the pioneer of hybrids, Toyota is the quintessential “green” brand. It’s a nice reputation to coast on; once established, it gives the company leeway to get away with a bit more than the competition. Case in point: the Europe-only Toyota Yaris GRMN. No, they didn’t leave the vowels out of “German”; the letters […]

2018 Toyota Yaris gets a meager refresh but a carryover powertrain

Joining the new Sienna on stage at the New York Auto Show will be a refreshed version of the Toyota Yaris hatchback. As before, the Yaris lineup will consist of three-door and five-door body styles, and trim levels broken down into in three grades, base L, upmarket LE, and the SE, which is supposed to […]

2018 Toyota Yaris: Updated Except Where It Needed It the Most

– For the 2018 model year, Toyota has given the Yaris tweaked looks and more standard and available features. (Have no fear, we checked, and it’s definitely still a car.) The subcompact’s lineup remains the same, with two- and four-door hatchback body styles available in L and LE trims and an SE model topping the […]

Toyota Yaris 2017 – prices and specifications for tech-focused new range 

Toyota’s revised new range is now available to buy in the UK starting at prices of £12,495.  For the first time a hybrid powertrain has been added to the line-up, offering improved fuel-economy and lower CO2 emissions at 56.5mpg and 109g/km respectively.  You do have to fork out more cash for the hybrid, with prices […]