Toyota's new Yaris

UGLYYYYYYYYYY AND UGLY AND EVEN MORE UGLY

SOMEONE DESIGNED IT WITH AN AXE

By CARSARETHEBEST on 22 December, 2010, 5:01pm

Oh look, the gauges are finally in the right place.

By MaxedOut on 22 December, 2010, 8:19pm

Why?

Why do cars always get bigger?
The original Yaris was innovative and, especially in the T Sport version, huge fun to drive and characterful.
The next model was bigger, a bit dull by comparison but at least it did have a semi-sporty SR1.8 version (though nowhere near as much fun as the old TS).
Now this!! Much bigger again, effectively a small MPV and, like all such vehicles, incredibly dull and even the promised SR is no T Sport or even SR1.8.
All the character and charm has gone - great shame.

By rhion on 22 December, 2010, 9:49pm

How Awful...

...does this look? This is a backward step for the Yaris. Toyota seem hell-bent on progressively diluting what was originally a striking and innovative design.

By erly5 on 24 December, 2010, 1:10am

Hmm

I'd rather look at a Verso S, thank you very much. Much better designed and roomier.

By chickenfeed on 24 December, 2010, 6:37pm

Maybe

I donno. Maybe it'll grow on me. I've been rooting for them to make the ip face the driver. Now that they have (badly) I miss the old one. All I have to ask is, please tell me that huge central circle houses more than just the hazards button.

By chickenfeed on 24 December, 2010, 6:42pm

Strikingly dull

The design just draws attention to its utter dullness. Hmm, small car, must have a rising side window line followed by a vertical line at the rear.
Could manufacturers just design something original for a change instead of copying each other? Please?

By XO58COB on 27 December, 2010, 4:18pm

Backwards & Out Of Date !

Why are toyota constantly going backwards when they have a reputation of building such reliable cars, But that's just not enough these day's, where is the design ? The Quality ?, The Flair ? The Technoligy ? This was out of date before they even finished drawing it not designing it, don't even get me started on that interior, Cheap old plastic, i'd rather save the money & have a susuki swift it's better looking & better quality.

By BEREAL on 29 December, 2010, 12:25am

Sack the stylists!

Toyota have totally lost it these days. All their design work just looks crude and amateur. This is another fairly neat design (old Yaris) ruined with too much bling and zero originality.

By pajbse on 30 December, 2010, 9:07am

Awful

Simply awful looking car. Hope they do a bit more careful development work on this one, I had a 08 Yaris SR for about 8 months last year. Was the worst newish car I've ever owned, just couldn't live with its many faults - awful brakes, noisy, terrible ride, unrefined engine, poor performance, thirsty, uncomfortable. Plus the annoyance of the recalls and the snotty main dealer who tried to persuade me that the faults were "normal for the type". Traded it in losing lots of money, serves me right for not road testing for long enough before buying. Colour was nice! I will never buy a Toyota again.

By steve647 on 30 December, 2010, 10:55am

It's as if they benchmarked the the old Mazda2, Jazz and Colt, but forgot about the 207, Ibiza, Corsa, Punto, Rio, Accent and Clio, and never though the C3, Fiesta, Polo or Aveo would be updated. If SAIC can get it right with the MG3, why can't Toyota?

Fuel economy is less impressive than it appears. This is the "old" Japanese 10-15 cycle test number, not the newer JC08. The engine and start-stop system are basically the same as the Toyota Urban Cruiser (same size, on the older shorter wheelbase platform). With 6-speed manual, rather than the Japanese-market CVT, that gets slightly more than 51 mpg on the Euro-cycle, not as good as the Jazz or the larger Corsa with similar power (c 100 PS), neither of which benefits from Start-Stop or the Toyota's extra gear.

By autoreport on 30 December, 2010, 11:36am

Unfortunately Steve this new Yaris was developed under the old "how can we save another 50p" regime, not new "how can we fix our quality" regime. It will be 4-5 years before you see new Toyotas designed for better reliability.

By autoreport on 30 December, 2010, 11:50am

The design...

...screams "NIssan Leaf" rip off, without the innovation, and how cheap does that interior look? Check the airvents and spindly gearstick...not great!

By BARNEYM1979 on 30 December, 2010, 9:31pm

where's cute?

So the yaris is not cute anymore????

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By zzjjj89 on 31 December, 2010, 1:14pm

Why no auto for UK?

Why is it that so many so-called 'city cars' don't have an auto 'box option - and here's another one. The modern CVT 'box seems to give around the same, sometimes better fuel consumption than a manual and surely a city car screams out for deletion of the left pedal. As far as the new Yaris goes, it at least looks different to the outgoing, very boring model but doesn't seem to offer much in the way of innovation.

By RogerWillis3 on 31 December, 2010, 1:23pm

Another Cautious Toyota Design

I was expecting the Yaris to be a bit braver in terms of design than this - lacks flair. A shame they have no plans to bring the Japanese spec RS to the UK.

By cousins11 on 3 January, 2011, 7:16pm

I don't think it's that bad!

What a lot of negative comments - but some good points made none the less.
I personally don't think it looks too bad - there's a lot of nasty designs out there that are a lot worse, unfortunately taking inspiration from the likes of Chris Bangle (why the hell any manufacturers outside of the arrogance of BMW copy his rubbish is a mystery to me).
But the interior is another matter - it's like someone didn't even bother to draw it first! I've seen more interesting interiors inside 1980's Ladas!
As a side point, I don't think considering the forthcoming Verso S as an alternative to the Yaris is going to be likely - on the Toyota website they're quoting a price of just under 15K for the basic petrol model! A bit different from the 12K all the motoring press were estimating!
I think someone needs to remind manufacturers like Toyota that not many people have the money or job security at the moment to be paying close on 20 grand for a supermini!

By gavsmit on 3 January, 2011, 8:22pm

They don't make them like they used to

'Bereal' nailed it. This latest travesty of design is a 88k miles away from the perky little Yaris that my wife bought in 2002. Small, compact, proper auto gearbox, fits into the smallest places quite unobtrusively.

Our little car whizzes through winter snows and ice - fitted with Vredestein Snowtrac winter tyres and is an all round delight to drive and other than tyres and a new battery nothing has ever had to be replaced on the car in eight years. Why do car makers feel the need to keep revisiting and tinkering with a perfectly workable, usab;e and lovable little car.

Fingers crossed that it will do another 80k miles which I believe it can.

By TrevorChenery on 4 January, 2011, 7:35pm

Rubbish Design!

What an ugly car! And what is this trend of car makers to continually shorten the bonnets and have bug eyed headlights?? With the exception of a few, I find the supermini category at the moment, to be very undesirable, in terms of Design / Looks / Styling. We need Artist's not a Commitee!

By JTravolta77 on 8 January, 2011, 11:17pm

Looks Hideous

I've owned a five door, 57 Model Yaris from new. It has simple clean lines, which I like. This new model is desperately disappointing. Who are they trying to appeal to with this exterior design?

By techmore on 9 January, 2011, 2:57pm

What next?

I have a 52 plate Mk 1 Yaris and a 08 plate Mk 2.

The Mk 2 is a real disappointment compared with the Mk 1 and there is NO WAY I will even be considering the Mk 3, it's so ugly and boring.

By Heinz on 26 April, 2011, 2:51pm

Shite and over priced!

What happened to the once cool inspiring design from Toyota? It's one bland design to the next, with each model becoming increasingly boring.

Who are they trying to target this at? Young people won't want it, older people will be so pleased about it's increased size, most people in the middle have different requirements for their type of car.

In desperate times this will not have people pilling through the showrooms doors. Sack the design team and get some young fresh talent that wants to push barriers, break the mould and excite. This does none of them!

By Focus_your_mind on 27 June, 2011, 9:16am

As for those seats....

Are they from a 1990's Nissan Almera? Nasty!

By Focus_your_mind on 27 June, 2011, 9:18am

Harsh....

I have purchased the Yaris and after a long test drive found it to be very good, obviously.

The images you have hear do look a little odd and certainly don't represent the car I drove. I have order a T Spirit, in black and some nice wheels and the whole package looks great.

Pano roof and many other specs make the car user friendly and fun to drive. Power for the little eco engine, 1.3, is fair and certainly didn't upset me as much as I thought it would coming from a 2ltr diesel.

I too owned the originial Yaris MKI and loved it. Yes the design has changed but I still think is looks unique and stylish. In fact it simply looks like it has evolved in to a more refined car....

The dash is lovely and with addition of the Touch n Go system you could not ask for more in a small car. When I compare to other small cars I have sat in the interior quality seems miles better.

So in a nutshell have no idea what these reviews are about. Personally if you are interested in this car I would argue that you test drive, no shock there and not listen to reviews based on some shots taken in Japan of a version that is not released here...

Japanese tastes are very different, as is the market, as is the product...

Great car...

My wife also owns the iQ which is also a belter, as long as you don't want to overtake anything faster than a push bike...

;O)

By Megha_Duta on 4 September, 2011, 11:59pm