Thursday, December 29, 2005
The Toyota Yaris, in the US.. WHY Toyota, why!?
I know that might look like a deceiving title for this blog, but in reality it is an honest question to Toyota. I was quite excited that Toyota was bringing the wonderful Yaris over to the States.
For one, a reasonable supermini classed car, with a peppy 1.0l, 70bhp engine that is quite fuel efficient sounds wonderful.
The truth is that Toyota backed out and 'fixed' that which was never broken in the first place. They're giving the US a larger car, an ugly saloon version (the hatch looks beautiful, the saloon looks outright awful, and to top it all off, the engine we'll be getting here is a 1.5l 108bhp version. Talk about adding insult to injury.
I just want to know.. WHY Toyota.. why.
Eric
For one, a reasonable supermini classed car, with a peppy 1.0l, 70bhp engine that is quite fuel efficient sounds wonderful.
The truth is that Toyota backed out and 'fixed' that which was never broken in the first place. They're giving the US a larger car, an ugly saloon version (the hatch looks beautiful, the saloon looks outright awful, and to top it all off, the engine we'll be getting here is a 1.5l 108bhp version. Talk about adding insult to injury.
I just want to know.. WHY Toyota.. why.
Eric
