goodbye ECHO, hello yaris

[sikuya]

as you may all know already, the ECHO's sales in america has virtually disapperaed thus it was no surprise the car was dropped from the US lineup. people thought since there's toyota's successful Scion line, the echo (and for that matter the dead Celica will not be replaced (scion tC=celica, scion xA=ECHO). the celica will remain dead, but it appears like toyota USA will replace the ECHO with the Yaris to be offered in 3 variants:H/B,S and D (hatchback, sedan but what's the D?). on sale across the 50 states on march 2006:



2006 toyota yaris

the obvious US engine is probably the 1.5L....looks like toyota will have more success this time around with this subcompact car

[Mojo]

hihihihihi, yaris ata rebadge daihatsu iyan hehehe

[mbt]

looks much better than that ridiculous echo sedan sold in the US hehe :D

[theveed]

Mojo: Why would Toyota need a rebadged vehicle? hehe...

[nugundam93]

mini-vios...?

[karlbo]

mini vios na mukha rin namang jazz...

[carlocaraddict]

launched in Japan last year. Looks realy good. I just wonder if they will still have a 4dr version.

Hi Mojo, even if Toyota owns Daihatsu, Toyota didnt rebadged the Echo/Yaris as Daihatsu.
http://www.daihatsu.co.jp/showroom/lineup/index.htm

You might be talking about the Daihatsu Sirion/Toyota Duet:
Toyota Duet:

Daihatsu Sirion:

[theveed]

Eto lupet na pic of the new Yaris

[theveed]

nice int...

[Mojo]

im mistaken, nakakadoleng kasi mga small cars, pag malayo magkamukha mukha sila hehehehe


yung altis heheh daihatsu, yung YRV parang may toyota na kamukha

[the_wildthing]

Ayan nanaman center gauge cluster... Di ko talaga "masakyan" hehe.

Plus you have to move your eyes diagonally instead of just down to check anything, while driving!

[BlueBimmer]

i think a tricked out yaris was posted here, it looked pimpin!!

[sikuya]

rumors are circulating that toyota USA will release the Yaris sedan in america as this:

[mbt]

really?? i'd think that's too tiny inside for yanks hehe :D

[sikuya]

really?? i'd think that's too tiny inside for yanks hehe :D

yeah,but there's this bourgeoning micro-car/subcompact car market here. i think it was made possible by toyota's scion ,that's why nissan and honda are also bringing in their small cars like the jazz, the sport concept and the cube.
not to mention kia's,hyundai's and the aveo.

[mhelskie]

mini-vios...?

kung ang vios ay mini-sedan, ang yaris ay mini-vios...sino kya sasakay dito...c mini me? LOL jk

[Usting]

Ang Echo at Yaris ay iisang modelo na magkaiba ang badge depende sa bansa. Sa UK ay Yaris at Echo naman sa Phil, dunno sa ibang bansa pero iisa sila.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/ca...n%20image#.jpg

This is the Yaris Tsport in UK with 1.5 engine.

[carlocaraddict]

rumors are circulating that toyota USA will release the Yaris sedan in america as this:

Ah, so the Toyota Vios MIGHT make it to the US. Anyway, the Vios is also based on the Echo/Yaris/Vitz/Platz platform.

As we all know, the Echo here was so expensive. It was more expensive than the XE AE111 Corolla 5 years ago. To fill up the space left by the Echo, TMPI decided to bring the Vios here. It was much cheaper because it is imported from Detroit of Asia.

[badkuk]

i read today Inquirer Cocktales column today. Apparently toyota's planning to bring the Echo/Yaris here next year, to compete kuno with the cheaper korean minis.

personally, i don't know how toyota's gonna price this baby; the standard vios is already at a relatively low 550k; not much incentive to get the yaris unless they price it in the mid-400k range imho -- which i think is quite impossible, what with the toyota badge's price premium

[albert_b]

hanep sa interior!